1 Corinthians 10:11 says, “Now all these things happened to them as examples, and that they were written for our admonition…” All means without exception. What things? Verses 1-10 were examples from the lives of the children of Israel.

Let me recap a few. They were severely oppressed Egyptian slaves. Exodus 2:23 says that they, “…groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.”

Through Moses and Aaron, the Lord plagued the Egyptians, until finally the Pharaoh told them to go out and worship their God. As they wandered through the wilderness, the Lord was a cloud by day to shade them, and a fire by night so they could see.

Throughout their journey they complained. Then when they were blocked in by the Red Sea, and Pharaoh’s army was descending upon them ~ they blamed Moses. In Exodus 14:12 they stated what was in their hearts. It says, “…It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians…” How like them we can be when we face impossible circumstances ~ blame others.