When God told Noah to build the ark
He listened but did not try and intercede
On behalf of his fellow man
And the earth was flooded
When He told Abraham that Sodom and Gomorrah were doomed, Abraham pled to spare the cities
If 5 righteous men could be found therein
They were not found
And the cities were destroyed
After the sin of the golden calf
When God told Moses He would destroy Israel
And make a new nation from him
Moses went further than Abraham
And said, “If you do not save this people
Then blot me out too from your Book of Life”
God accepted his prayer
And Israel was spared
Moses is accorded the greatest righteousness
Of the three, and the lesson is clear
Who are any of us without our fellow man?
But if you ask me how I would feel upbraiding God and daring him to blot me out
The answer would be scared shitless
