Stories behind nursery rhymes

It's interesting how a lot of nursery rhymes we used to sing as kids originated from the olden day people using these rhymes to talk about certain sad events. It's like Journey to the West is actually a story criticising the then government of the country. Many english nursery rhymes are the same. People couldn't tell it directly, so, they used nursery rhymes.

http://www.rhymes.org.uk/

But, even without knowing the story behind the nursery rhymes, some of the lyrics of the rhymes itself is already gruesome.

- The farmer's wife cutting of the 3 blind mice's tails
- Baby falling down a cradle that was from a tree top
- Jack fell down a hill and broke his crow
- Peter stuffing his wife in a pumpkin
- The Goosey Gander throwing an old man down the stairs
- Did you feel sorry for Humpty Dumpty when you were a kid?

Bible Stories 9

Read Exodus 23.

It's interesting how it's Moses who talks sense into God when God wants to destroy all Isreal's descendants over the Golden Calf issue and it's Moses who talk sense into Him and reminding him of his promise to Abraham. Very interesting. The God in this Old Testament sounds so much like the Greek gods with their tempers and emotions and rash action/decision. This God also need to be reminded constantly of his promise to Abraham. And he purposely harden the heart of the Egyptian Pharaoh to make the Isrealites hard to leave so that He can show his might and power.

But, Moses' action to appease and seek justice for God is also quite drastic. Asking the Levites to kill 3000 people, just for that Golden Calf issue.

Truly a very fearsome God.