Success comes from God
Reminders of God’s provision and the Israelites’ constant rebellion in the wilderness: Deuteronomy 8–9 Rescue them from slavery, take them …
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John denies being Elijah
Jesus repels Satan’s efforts to tempt him, gathers his first disciples, turns water into wine at Cana, and overturns the tables …
A bronze snake
Wandering in the wilderness, water, snakes, unexpected battles: Numbers 19–21 The story about snakes, and the cure for snakebite, is …
Keep the Sabbath
Instructions for the Sabbath, offerings and construction work: Exodus 35–36 The Sabbath was an important weekly reminder of God’s covenant …
Believe: just do it
Jesus explains that He is like bread but even better and many leave, then He explains why someone’s words matter …
Jesus quotes Deuteronomy to resist Satan
Jesus repels Satan’s efforts to tempt him, gathers his first disciples, turns water into wine at Cana, and overturns the tables …
Manna
Manna has become the symbol of God’s miraculous provision to the Israelites, and generally. In Deuteronomy, Moses explained the reason …
Best not complain
Complaints: Numbers 11–12 Poor Moses. First the people complain about the hardship of the desert life, then the foreigners amongst …
All those numbers
The book of Numbers starts with an order to count all the men of fighting age in preparation for war. …
Provision and a promise
The first two months in the wilderness: Exodus 16–19 Moses had spent 40 years in the desert. In contrast, the …
