I started meditating on 1 Corinthians 10:11. It says, “Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the end of the ages has come.”

We have to go back to pick up the context. Paul was reiterating what the children of Israel had gone through. No one was left behind. They all went through the Red Sea. They all ate God’s special provision of manna.

Verse 5 says, “But with most of them God was not pleased…” They were idolaters, sexually immoral and they were complainers. The Lord knew from the beginning that they would disobey~yet He chose them as He chose us. He recorded their examples for us, to warn us to not be like them.

In 1 Corinthians 11:1 Paul wrote, “Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.” The writer of Hebrews, called out instructions regarding who is to be our examples. Hebrews 13:7 says, “Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct.”