God imposed severe judgment on every one of the adult men over twenty years of age who treated God with contempt by disobeying His command to invade Canaan. 21 Nevertheless, …22 not one of the men who … disobeyed me and tested me ten times- 23 …No one who has treated me with contempt will ever see it. 24 But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it. But Moses interceded for them before the Lord:ġ9 “In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now.”Ģ0 The LORD replied, “I have forgiven them, as you asked. The righteous God was about to destroy His own people. God’s holy anger was kindled against the Israelites when they treated Him with contempt by refusing to obey His command to invade Canaan. 11 The LORD said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me…? 12 I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them… Then the glory of the LORD appeared at the Tent of Meeting to all the Israelites. 10 But the whole assembly talked about stoning them. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will swallow them up. Numbers 14:6 Joshua and Caleb tore their clothes 7 and said, “The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good.ĩ Only do not rebel against the LORD. …All the people we saw there are of great size. 30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.” 31 But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people they are stronger than we are.” 32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. 29 The Amalekites live in the Negev the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan. 28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. …27 They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. Numbers 13:25 At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land. What does it actually mean for us to enter God’s rest, and what are the conditions for doing so? Let’s study the Scriptures. We are taught to “be careful” of falling short and to “make every effort to enter that rest.” Therefore a believer does not simply slide into God’s rest automatically just because he once repeated a sinner’s prayer. This is the New Testament equivalent of entering the Promised Land. It is clear that a New Testament believer can fall short of entering God’s rest. “Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience.” His final words on this subject in verse 11 are similarly ominous. The writer of Hebrews warns us as he recounts the initial failure of the Israelites to take Canaan: “Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it” (Hebrews 4:1). It also has great significance for New Testament believers. Messages for Calebs III: What does it mean to “enter the Promised Land” for a New Testament believer?Įntering and possessing the Promised Land of Canaan is a prominent event in the history of the Israelites in the Old Testament. Back to Fulfilling the Great Commission & the Last Days
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