the universal human story—he is reliving the particular Israelite story. After Israel was “baptized” in the Red Sea, they too were led by the Spirit out into the wilderness to be tested. God was not doing evil to them there. He was instead carrying them through the wilderness, “as a man carries his son” (Deut. 1:31). Almost immediately the Israelites start asking themselves, “Are we really the sons of God?” They are tested there, and they turn and test God by the criteria of their desires for provision,