The longest journey in the Bible is not the forty years it took Moses to lead his people to the Promised Land. A longer trip took place DURING that journey.
Think about it. Moses had gone to the mountain and spent time with God. God had written the Ten Commandments and entrusted them to Moses. When Moses arrived to see his people worshiping a Golden Calf, Moses was so angry that he dashed the precious stone tablets to the ground.
Then he had to go back up the mountain and tell Jehovah what he had done.
If you have ever waited to get chewed out by your boss, you will realize that the longest trip in the Bible was the one Moses took back up that mountain.
He played it over and over in his mind:
GOD: “Did you give the Commandments to your people.”
MOSES: “No. I smashed them all to bits. Could I please have a copy?”
When Moses arrived, Jehovah already knew what had happened.
I think God has a sense of humor. He invented it.
So when Moses said, “You know those Ten Commandments you gave me? I broke them.”
Jehovah replied, “You broke ALL of them?”
“Yes.”
You broke all of them AT ONE TIME?”
“Yes.”
“Moses, you don’t do things half way, do you?”
#1 by Peter on 05/30/2005 - 6:28 pm
How do you know it was jehovah up there? Did he give his name?
#2 by Richard L. Hardison on 05/31/2005 - 11:06 pm
It’s a good thing the rest of the law hadn’t been given to Moses then. The people would have had to stone him for adultery 😉