God gives and takes away

When God gave instructions to build the tabernacle, He also chose and empowered people to do the work. When God gave Moses the commandments, He personally inscribed them on stone with His finger. Although God was giving His people His commandments, they were already breaking them down at the foot of the mountain. Moses didn't even get back and they had already disobeyed God and looked after physical objects as their gods. How quickly we turn away from God. Moses threw the tablets to the ground and broke them because he was angry. God was angry and yet He did not totally destory them. He caused them to fight amoung each other and kill each other and he struck them with a plague. God also did not go with them when they went to the promised land. He specifically said that he would not go with them because He might destory them.