Numbers: Toward the Land of Promise: Nine Weeks in Numbers Chapters 20-36

by A Seek and Find Study

Toward the Land of Promise is a nine week study of Numbers Chapters 20-36. The Bible is God’s word to humanity. In it, He reveals who He is and the work He is doing. Each book of the Bible provides insight into specific characteristics of God. Through Scripture, God’s nature and character unfold story by story, book by book. The book of Numbers reveals God to be sovereign over the way of His people, completely worthy of trust and obedience. God led His people out of slavery and toward the Land of Promise by “the way of the wilderness.” As they journeyed, the Israelites came to know the wilderness as a place of teaching, of testing, of trying and of training; a place where they learned of the compassion of God toward their weaknesses and the severity of God toward their rebellion. In the wilderness, the people of God repeatedly faced the choice to either trust and obey or doubt and defy their God who freed them from bondage.

In the first part of this study of Numbers, we saw that when the people chose to trust and obey, their journey progressed; when they chose to doubt and defy, their way grew stagnant. As we continue our study of Numbers, God faithfully leads the Israelites onward, through the wilderness, and toward the Land of Promise. God persists in His promises to the next generation and continues to save His people from the perils of the journey.

More than mere history, the journey of the Israelites provides invaluable instruction to believers today. Like the Israelites, we too are being led by God toward the place of His promise; through a place of teaching, of testing, of trying and of training. Like the Israelties, we too repeatedly face the choice to either trust and obey or doubt and defy the Lord. And as with the Israelites, God persists in His promises to us, sovereign over our way and able to save us completely from the perils of the journey. Let us look together to the story of Numbers, allowing the faith of the Israelites to encourage us and the failures of the Israelites to correct us, as we too faithfully follow God to the place of His promise. This nine week, in-depth study can be used for individual, small, or large group study.

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162 pages, Paperback

Published January 14, 2022