Why Agur Couldn’t Handle It
“. . . Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full and deny you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ or lest I be poor and steal and profane the...
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We Still Need Manna in the Wilderness
“But now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at” Numbers 11: 6. The Israelites in the wilderness wanted to see the provision, the fulfillment...
Wilderness In the Bible: To Do You Good in the End
“When the Lord your God enlarges your territory, as he has promised you, and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because you crave meat, you may eat meat whenever you desire” Deuteronomy 12: 20. I love this verse...
Commentary on the Parable of the Sower: Barren
“At the Lord’s command they encamped, and at the Lord’s command they set out. They obeyed the Lord’s order, in accordance with his command through Moses” Numbers 9: 23. This verse, and really this whole chapter points...
How The Story of the Israelites in the Wilderness Parallels Our Story
We sometimes hear about Israel’s exodus from Egypt into the wilderness and ultimately the promise land as a metaphor for salvation, and the new birth. And of course, it is. Click here to read...
The Israelites in the Desert: How to Get Out Faster
“The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into...
The Israelites in the Wilderness Refused Grace
“But the men who had gone up with him said, ‘We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are’ Numbers 13:31 In this post, we will hopefully learn a little about why...