Marah and the Wilderness of Sin (2)

The doings of the Lord, described above, have also a meaning for us. And the behavior of the Israel­ites in the crisis that overtook them at Mara and in the wilderness of Sin, should remind us of what we all by nature are capable. The Israelites in the desert were not the last of the sons of the covenant to utter the cry, What shall we eat and what shall we drink? Let us direct our attention once more to the bitter waters of Mara. From the notice, "There he made for them a statue and an...