Dying In The Wilderness (Part 2 of 2)

July 13, 2026

NUMBERS 26:65 NKJV – (65) For the Lord had said of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” So there was not left a man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

In NUMBERS 14:26-35, when in Egypt, the Israelites didn’t have any hope of helping themselves out of the Egyptians’ torture, they could only pin all their hopes on God, so they kept asking for God’s salvation. But when God rescued them from Egypt, once God didn’t satisfy them, they began to complain that God hadn’t arranged everything well.

They forgot about God’s salvation and even wanted to betray God. They were utterly irrational and unable to obey God. Finally, God got angry with them.

In God’s eyes, these people were not worthy of accepting God’s salvation and entering the beautiful land of Canaan prepared by God. After they all died in the wilderness, the remaining people were led by Joshua into Canaan. God gives us today a stern warning about being ungrateful. A lesson for today’s mankind.

Read 1 CORINTHIANS 10:1-13.

SCRIPTURE READING:

ROMANS 11:22

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:

To be cut off by one who genuinely loves you should make us concerned about our mind sets.