https://beyondthesestonewalls.com/posts/the-ark-of-the-covenant-and-the-mother-of-god
Nearly 3,500 years ago,
The Lord delivered
His people from Egyptian bondage
as described in
Exodus, chapters 1–12.
They were to take possession of the land
God had promised their forefathers,
a land
“flowing with milk and honey”
(Exodus 3:8)
Prior to entry, however, they became convinced they
could not oust the current inhabitants of the land,
even though God told them
they could.
Their lack of belief in God’s word and promises
brought forth the wrath of God.
He cursed them with forty years of wilderness wandering
until the unbelieving generation died off,
never stepping foot in the Promised Land.
Upon their arrival at Kadesh Barnea, which
bordered the Promised Land of Canaan, they
sent out twelve spies to survey the land and its people
(Numbers 13:18-25)
They returned after forty days of exploration.
Ten of the spies had a bad report:
“We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are…
All the people we saw were of great size…
We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes”
(Numbers 13:31-33).
Only Joshua and Caleb dissented (Numbers 14:6-7).
Believing the report of the ten doubters,
the people lost heart and rebelled.
They “raised their voices and wept aloud,”
grumbling against Moses and Aaron, saying,
“If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this desert!
Why is the LORD bringing us to this land
only to let us fall by the sword?”
(Numbers 14:1-2, emphasis added)
Then the Lord said to Moses,
“How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of
all the miraculous signs
I have performed among them?
I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them”
(Numbers 14:11).
However, Moses once again interceded for his people and
turned away the wrath of God (Numbers 14:13-20).
Although God did forgive them,
He decided that
“not one of them will ever see the land I promised
on oath to their forefathers.
No one who has treated me with contempt will ever see it”
(Numbers 14:23).
Rather, they would suffer by wandering in the
wilderness for forty years,
one year for each of
the forty days they explored the land
(Numbers 14:34).
Furthermore, God would give them what they asked for:
“I will do the very things I heard you say:
In this desert your bodies will fall, every one of you
twenty years old or more”
(Numbers 14:28-29).
Additionally, the ten men who had given the bad
report were struck down and died of a plague before the Lord
(Numbers 14:37).
Indeed, the Israelites had seen the powerful hand of God
at work during the plagues and miracles
of the Exodus.
Yet, they walked by sight and not by faith,
and their unbelief displeased God.
“Without faith it is impossible to please God” (Hebrews 11:6).
Their failure to believe in God’s word kept them
from entering the Promised Land.
Finally,
Joshua and Caleb were chosen
with ten other men to spy the Promised Land and give a
report to Moses
and the congregation of Israelites.
After 40 days
of exploration, the spies gave the report,
“We went into the land to which you sent us,
and it does flow with milk and honey!
Here is its fruit.
But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities
are fortified and very large.
We even saw descendants of Anak there”
(Numbers 13:27–28).
And, Caleb encouraged the people before
Moses saying,
“Let us go up at once and take possession, for
we are well able to overcome it”
( verse 30).
But instead of being encouraged, the people were
afraid of the inhabitants and raised their voices
and cried forgetting all the mighty works that the
Lord did in delivering them from Egypt.
And all the children of Israel complained against
Moses and Aaron saying,
“If only we had died in the land of Egypt!
Or if only we had died in this wilderness!
Why has the Lord brought us to this land to fall by the sword,
that our wives and children should become victims?
Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”
So they said to one another,
“Let us select a leader and return to Egypt
(Numbers 14:2-4).
At that point, Joshua and Caleb tore their clothes and
said to the entire Israelite assembly, “The land we passed through
and explored is exceedingly good.
If the Lord is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land,
a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us.
Only do not rebel against the Lord.
And do not be afraid of the people of the land,
because we will devour them. Their protection is gone,
but the Lord is with us. Do not be afraid of them”
(Numbers 14:6-9).
But the people refused to believe in God and
wanted to stone Caleb and Joshua. In fact, all the
congregation said to stone
the two believing spies with stones.
But the Lord interpreted the deadly plans against
His faithful servants and
His glory appeared
in the tabernacle of meeting
before all the children of Israel
(Numbers 14:10).
The Lord was displeased with the people’s
unbelief and said to Moses,
“because all these men who have seen
My glory and the signs
which I did
in Egypt and in the wilderness,
and have put Me to the test now these ten times, and
have not heeded My voice, they certainly shall not
see the land of which I swore to their fathers, nor
shall any of those who rejected Me see it”
(verse 22-23).
And God added that all those that left Egypt
but didn’t believe,
they will surely die in the wilderness
(every person that is 20 years and older)
except for
Caleb and Joshua
The Lord said to the unfaithful Israelite that
“Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted
hand to make your home,
except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun”
(verse 29-30).
God’s word came to pass.
After Moses’ death, from all the original congregation
that left Egypt at the Exodus, only
Joshua and Caleb reached the
Land of Promise and inherited it
because of their
steadfast faith in the Lord.
Joshua and Caleb
Were the only two faithful
spies who believed God’s promise to
give the land over to them.
God had promised them victory
The land He commanded them to go in and take
was already theirs; they simply had to trust and obey,
but this they did not do.
God will never lead us where His grace cannot
provide for us
or His power cannot protect us, as indicated in
this brand new monumental discovery,
light
years ahead of its time...
Evidence has emerged in newly found
Dead Sea Scroll Writings
after months of restoring and unifying
scroll fragments...
The Scrolls were 100%
Restored!
Evidently,
Moses was resurrected, and disclosed
to Joshua that the
40 year wilderness wandering,
spies, famines, plagues, and giants all
could have been avoided with
Just an E-mail to the Ark
Joshua Agreed with the Resurrected Moses, that
typing an Email in Faith and speaking directly to the
Ark was indeed much easier and more efficient
than fighting the plagues and giants.
In Faith,
Joshua used his communication skills
and spoke directly to
the Ark, and graciously discovered
he could expedite the process by
walking it straight into the promised land,
avoiding any giants or grasshoppers.
They made it home
according to Gods Plan,
and
'Thou land and ark were friendly"
They lived happily in the land forever more
AND
Freed the World!
Praise the Lord
for a
Time such as this!