In Exodus chapter thirty-two, verse ten, the Lord was speaking to Moses about the Israelites about the apostasy and sin they committed and wanted to punish them for their actions. God openly declares the intention to destroy and raise another nation through His servant Moses.
In the last three verses of this chapter, before verse ten, God expresses Himself to Moses while he was up in the mountain with Him. In the seventh verse, He tells His servant to go back down because “thy people which you brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves.” God expresses His displeasure that He does not acknowledge them now because they become immoral. After all the Israelites experienced, they have not demonstrated their appreciation toward the leader Moses or the Lord Himself. God does refer to the Israelites as “my people” at the very beginning of this quest to free the Israelites from bondage: in verse seven of chapter three and the plan to deliver them in verse eight.
God did plan to consume the Israelites. Why? They were in bondage with no plans of having a solution of being free from it. He raises a servant in their midst to lead them out of Egypt after being there for roughly four hundred years. God works on the Israelites’ behalf by demonstrating His power over Pharoah and their gods through the leader Moses with the ten plagues. Then God parted the Red Sea for them to cross after the resurgence of the Egyptians, only to succumb to defeat when they drowned in it.
Today, people behave disrespectfully to God after saving them from bondage, such as sickness. A true story of a lady who was sick with cancer and bedridden. Two believers receive word of this situation and decide to visit the lady at her home. God miraculously heals the lady through his servants, and she promises to go to church and show appreciation for what God has done. However, the lady did not do as she stated.
After a full year, the lady starts working again, finds a boyfriend, and goes to parties. Suddenly, cancer comes back, and she dies shortly after that. The lady did not keep her word and live the way people anticipated. Similarly, the Israelites were in a bad situation, and God made things better for them. What do the Israelites show for their appreciation in return? A molten god, impatience, and sin. Do you blame God for wanting to consume the Israelites?