The seeds of rebellion were in them.
“And I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the Lord your God—had made for yourselves a molded calf! You had turned aside quickly from the way which the Lord had commanded you.”
– Deuteronomy 9:16
[Revelation 17:4] “The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet… having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations.”
[Esther 4:14] And who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Turn it over to God. “Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” – Galatians 5:16 NKJV
[Genesis 4:4,5] And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
Engineers were pleased. “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.” – James 1:2-3 KJV
[19:38,39] Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.