The Book of Numbers is rich and full of first-hand documented accounts of the exodus of the Israelites when they were freed from Egypt by the grace and mercy of God’s hand.
There are many examples of:
- The intent and purposes of God’s deliverance for the Israelites.
- God’s miraculous provisions
- God’s awesome power
- God’s Love
- God’s Grace
- God’s Mercy
- God’s Justice
- God’s Wrath
- God’s Anger
- God’s Sovereignty
- God’s Plan
- God’s Commandments
- God’s ability to know the thoughts and intents residing in the hearts and minds of all people
- God’s design for leadership
- God’s expectations
- God’s Promises
There are also examples of how the people reacted towards God and His chosen leaders:
- Grumbling
- Challenging
- Hauty
- Proud
- Jealousy
- Greed
- Disbelieving
- Disregarding
- Unrepentant
- Division causing
- Anger
- Forgetful
- Never satisfied
- Longing to return back to the way things were
- No trust
- No Reliance
- No commitment
- Rebelling
- Lip service toward God
The Israelites could have been out of the wilderness and all the training in expectations God had for them. They could have been heading into the promised land within two years of their exodus. Instead, they rebelled and that generation was left to wonder for forty years and die in the wilderness never to set foot in the promised land.
There are consequences for our thoughts and actions. If our faith, trust, and reliance are subject to things of this world we will certainly not see the promised land – Heaven.
