See, guys, it sounds to me like there might actually be food. There is no food and no water, and we load this worthless food. And the people spoke against God and against Moses, why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness for there is no food and no water, and we load this worthless? What? Food? Interesting. Except that I think we’re going to pretty hard. ![]() And the people became impatient on the way they’re like children on a very long car trip saying, Are we there yet? That’s right. They set out by way to the Red Sea to go around the land of Edom. And guess what it will also be filled with grumbling. And what will end up happening is that the journey into the promised land will end up taking much longer than they are expecting, and it will be filled with battles, and it will be filled with hardships. And now there is a very short journey that would take them into the Promised Land, except that the people of Edom tell them that they must go around. They have been camped at Kadesh Barnea for quite some time. And here they are actually, in view of the promised land. And so the people who are in view in this part of the story are the people who are the next generation that is going to go into the Promised Land. When we, when we’re in the book of Numbers, what we can know is that we are at the end and chapter numbers, Numbers, chapter 21, were at the end of the 40 years in the wilderness, okay. So it is actually shaping up to be pretty typical. So do you see how I said we only had five verses, and I only made it through one. Now, let me just stop in this get situated in the story. And the people became impatient on the way. ![]() Okay, starting in verse four, says, From Mount Hor, they set out by way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And so we get to now take an opportunity to spend a significant amount of time looking at the story of the bronze serpent, are you there Numbers chapter 21. But in Numbers chapter 21, we have a story that I remember from when I was in vacation Bible school, I have this distinct memory, of being responsible for putting all the little tiny serpents up onto the board, to bite the Israelites and feeling pretty great about it. And so I am going to take us to several other passages in the Scripture so that we can see exactly how beautiful this story is. So Numbers chapter 21, we find a story that you’ve probably heard before, but you may not have spent a lot of time thinking about, I’m going to cover a total of five verses today, which is not my usual thing. And I hope you are ready because I have been thinking about this for quite some time. Well, here we are, we are going to be a Numbers chapter 21. ![]() Before quoting in print, please check the corresponding audio for accuracy. The following is an uncorrected transcript generated by a transcription service.
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