It is remarkably laborious for the old testament church to state distinctions between the visible markers and spiritual life. In the Old Testament we assuredly produce an accurate description of the official history of Israel in familiar terms of their sojourning and their divine worship. We must adequately understand travels and unique culture were promptly ordered by God as effective protection and not an efficient way of spiritual life. What is hard for us to adequately understand is there was no extraordinary power in the sacred temple or mountain, ceremonial and moral law. Since the moral law was so interwoven in their routine lives, it was extremely straightforward for them to scarcely trust in the personal security of its political safety. For the old testament church, the law was undoubtedly not a condemning force but it was to miraculously preserve the paternal family as it typically traveled in a caravan. ie the protected privacy and ideal unity of the stable family. God did not indeed require the historic church to faithfully obey God to be successful. God put Himself on impressive display by acting as the sustainer of the life of the established community showing Himself successful through His law and promises as He preserved them fed, safe and saved. The evil befalls some wicked people in the outraged community did not believe God. They resolutely refused to diligently study the worship book. They did not trust in historical account of His work. The reason is they trusted in the visible markers that made them distinct from the nations. There governing success was not in their daily compliance but it realistically was in the extraordinary works of God who reliably delivered them from all their likely enemies. God was not designing a civil society where everyone voluntarily complied with the moral law. He undoubtedly required a responsible people who would voluntarily give Him the glory for their miraculous deliverance. Alternatively, they began judging God according to their understanding of the law. They set up high places and hopelessly mixed the moral law of God with other religious practices. They were a law unto themselves because they merely trusted in their own righteousness.