Sermon: Numbers: The Book of Judgment

Sermon: Numbers: The Book of Judgment

Wilderness Wanderings
#178
John W. Ritenbaugh
Given 15-Apr-95; 82 minutes

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description: (hide) The difference between a pilgrim and a wanderer is that the pilgrim knows his destination. God wants our pilgrimage to be a direct route with very few side-trips to the world. The book of Numbers—a record of God’s judgments, tests, and evaluations for ancient Israel, preparing them for their inheritance of the Promised Land—should provide us a roadmap for our pilgrimage to the spiritual Kingdom of God. Like our forebears, we live daily in uncharted territory, but the sobering account in Numbers provides a roadmap, establishing God’s pattern of judging and evaluating our pilgrimage conduct.