When a Generation doesn't Remeber
Monday, January 14, 2008
Exodus 16:32 (NIV)
Then Moses said: "This is what the Lord has commanded:" 'Take an omer of manna and keep it for the generations to come, so they can see the bread I gave you to eat in the desert when I brought you out of Egypt."
Judges 2:10-15
After that whole generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation grew up, who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel. Then the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord and served the Baals. ... v14 In his anger against Israel the Lord handed them over to raiders who plundered them.
And I thought I was one of the few who quickly forgets things. As we see here, God prepared a historical artifact for the generations of his people to remember. Yet, it took only one generation to develop a destructive cultural defiance to God. I wonder what it took for one generation to know nothing of the Lord or what He did in their family?
Posted byAnonymous at 1/14/2008
Labels: fore-fathers, foundations, generations, heritage
