THROUGH THE WILDERNESS I:

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THROUGH THE WILDERNESS (I)

• BREAD AND WATER FROM GOD

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Wilderness Wandering

• Israel begins trek through wilderness after
  crossing through Red Sea (Ex. 14-15)
• Guided by pillar of cloud and pillar of fire (Ex.
  1321-22)
• Where to get food and water?
• Exodus 1522-177
• Nehemiah 919-21

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Bitter Waters Made Sweet(Ex. 1522-27)

• Into the Wilderness of Shur find no water after
  three days
• Find bitter water at Marah
• People murmur against Moses
• Cast tree into water made sweet
• God makes statute to test people
• Camp at Elim

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Bread From Heaven(Ex. 16)

• Travel into Wilderness of Sin
• People murmur against Moses and Aaron
• Lord to rain bread from heaven people gather
  quota as God commands
• People made ready coming of manna
• Description of manna
• Wrong actions
• Bowl of manna put in ark
• Ate manna until they entered the land of Canaan

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Water from the Rock(Ex. 171-7)

• Camp in Rephidim find no water
• Contend with and murmur against Moses tempted
  the Lord
• God has Moses strike rock for water
• Place named Massah (tempted) and Meribah
  (contention) people questioned the faithfulness
  of the Lord to His word (cf. Num. 2013 Psa.
  958-9)

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Our Bread and Water from God

• Israel ate supernatural food provided by God, the
  Rock (1 Cor. 103-4 Deut. 323-4)
• We look to Christ today for bread and water of
  spiritual life (Jn. 626-58 cf. Deut. 83)
• Will sustain our journey to our eternal
  inheritance in heaven!!

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