Why the Wilderness
Jerry Watts
Numbers 13-14
In Exodus 12 - Thru Moses, God led His people out of bondage, captivity, and slavery, sending them to the promised land (400 yrs). That is, the Land that had been promised to their father, Abraham. For generations, they had heard sermons preached about it, lessons taught about it, casual conversations about it, they dreamed about it, and now they were headed toward it. They left slavery and servitude on the way home.
Interesting, in Numbers 13 (2 to 6 months later) they were on standing at Kadesh-Barea looking into, scouting out, and seeing the riches of the land that was the very dream of every young Hebrew. It was the land which God had promised. And it lived up to its press. It flowed with milk and honey, grapes, and pomegranates. It was everything God has promised and MORE. The more was this: they had to do a little work and they didn’t like the work. You know the story, God said, ‘‘GO’’ and they said, ‘‘NO’’. God’s response?
Too often we think He just sent them to the wilderness, but it wasn’t that quick or easy. Num 14:11-12.
Understand God is talking to Moses and basically said, ‘‘They don’t believe, trust, or follow me, in spite of everything that I have done. I brought them into the world, and I can take them out. With you, I can start over and fix this problem.’’ You see, whether we like this or not, disobedience distrust, disrespect, and unfaithfulness angers God.
One of the things we miss in this story is this, if Moses hasn’t stepped in as an advocate between the stubborn people and God, they would have been destroyed with a PANDEMIC (Exo 14:13-38). The question today is this, ‘‘why’’ did happen? Why did God sentenced His Children (Israel) to wander around the wilderness for 40 years? Why the wilderness? (This is not just history, this HIS STORY for us.) Have you ever been in one?
Please understand this dynamic, God created mankind to walk with Him, honor Him, and love Him. But since ...
Jerry Watts
Numbers 13-14
In Exodus 12 - Thru Moses, God led His people out of bondage, captivity, and slavery, sending them to the promised land (400 yrs). That is, the Land that had been promised to their father, Abraham. For generations, they had heard sermons preached about it, lessons taught about it, casual conversations about it, they dreamed about it, and now they were headed toward it. They left slavery and servitude on the way home.
Interesting, in Numbers 13 (2 to 6 months later) they were on standing at Kadesh-Barea looking into, scouting out, and seeing the riches of the land that was the very dream of every young Hebrew. It was the land which God had promised. And it lived up to its press. It flowed with milk and honey, grapes, and pomegranates. It was everything God has promised and MORE. The more was this: they had to do a little work and they didn’t like the work. You know the story, God said, ‘‘GO’’ and they said, ‘‘NO’’. God’s response?
Too often we think He just sent them to the wilderness, but it wasn’t that quick or easy. Num 14:11-12.
Understand God is talking to Moses and basically said, ‘‘They don’t believe, trust, or follow me, in spite of everything that I have done. I brought them into the world, and I can take them out. With you, I can start over and fix this problem.’’ You see, whether we like this or not, disobedience distrust, disrespect, and unfaithfulness angers God.
One of the things we miss in this story is this, if Moses hasn’t stepped in as an advocate between the stubborn people and God, they would have been destroyed with a PANDEMIC (Exo 14:13-38). The question today is this, ‘‘why’’ did happen? Why did God sentenced His Children (Israel) to wander around the wilderness for 40 years? Why the wilderness? (This is not just history, this HIS STORY for us.) Have you ever been in one?
Please understand this dynamic, God created mankind to walk with Him, honor Him, and love Him. But since ...
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