but founded by a man-Moses- who wandered lost in the desert for 40 yrs....w/o asking directions mind you...typical man....and then one day he decides " we're here!!"
no firestorm just a little lesson ( from sunday school )
"However, the Israelite people, accustomed to slavery and uncertain of freedom, soon rebelled against God.
They became convinced that they could not conquer the new land, and they constantly questioned Moses' leadership and their own faith in God.
As a consequence, the generation that left Egypt was not allowed to enter the promised land.",,,
"The Bible describes Moses himself as once losing patience with the people and seeming to doubt God: rather than speaking to a rock to get water as God commanded, Moses struck the rock with his staff.
For this, Moses was also destined not to enter the new land.
Near the end of his life, Moses taught the laws of the Torah to the new generation that had grown up in the desert.
He then transferred leadership to Joshua.
The Torah ends with Moses' final blessing to the people, after which he ascended Mount Nebo, which is identified with Mount Pisgah, on the eastern edge of the Jordan River. Moses died there, able to see, but not to enter, the promised land. "
It took forty years (a generation) to learn to be free, and to be given time to grow as a nation, .....