_THE EXCEEDING GOOD LAND_ ‘If the Lord delight in us, then He will bring us into this land, and give it us.’ Numbers 14:8 Let us notice in reference to the heavenly Canaan:— I. WHO THEY ARE IN WHOM THE LORD DELIGHTS.—(1) He delights not in the unpardoned sinner. How should He? The carnal mind is... [ Continue Reading ]
_A PROVOKING PEOPLE_ ‘And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke Me? and how long will it be ere they believe Me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?’ Numbers 14:11 Nothing is more surprising to us at first reading than the history of God’s chosen people: it see... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE DOOMED GENERATION_ ‘Your children shall wander in the wilderness … until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.’ Numbers 14:33 It is very common to hear Christian preachers refer to the forty years’ wandering of the children in the wilderness as the type of the Christian’s pilgrimage in... [ Continue Reading ]