THE EXODUS | BACKGROUND TO THE WILDERNESS WANDERING
1. The Exodus
a) Our third period of Israel's history — WILDERNESS WANDERING — covers only 40 years, although it could have been but 40 days if not for the Exodus generation's disqualification from entering the promised land.
b) This time of Wandering in the Wilderness starts with the crossing of the Red Sea (marking the Exodus from Egypt) and ends with the crossing of the Jordan River (marking the entry into the promised land). The period includes an encampment at Sinai, where God gave the Law to Moses on the mountain. In this lesson we look at the first part of the wilderness wanderings — from crossing the Red Sea to the arrival at Sinai.
2. Background To The Wilderness Wandering
a) In the providence of God, one of the Israelites, Moses, was privileged and powerful in Egypt. After forty years he tried to deliver his people from slavery, but they rejected him. Having killed one of the cruel slave masters, Moses fled to Midian and was forty years a shepherd.
b) Moses saw an angel in a bush that was burning yet unconsumed. The angel sent Moses back to Egypt. There he brought ten plagues upon Egypt and led the children of Israel across the Red Sea into the sandy wastes of Sinai.
c) Moses led the Israelites wandering through the wilderness forty years, because they were too disobedient and unthankful to enter Canaan the promised land. At Sinai, the law was given and the tabernacle of worship was prepared.
d) Behind this story is the amazing power demonstrated by God in dealing with the Pharaoh and helping his people to get out of Egypt under the leadership of Moses (Exodus 14:31). God's power is acknowledged in Moses's Song, "In Thy strength Thou has guided them" (Exodus 15:13).
b) This time of Wandering in the Wilderness starts with the crossing of the Red Sea (marking the Exodus from Egypt) and ends with the crossing of the Jordan River (marking the entry into the promised land). The period includes an encampment at Sinai, where God gave the Law to Moses on the mountain. In this lesson we look at the first part of the wilderness wanderings — from crossing the Red Sea to the arrival at Sinai.
2. Background To The Wilderness Wandering
a) In the providence of God, one of the Israelites, Moses, was privileged and powerful in Egypt. After forty years he tried to deliver his people from slavery, but they rejected him. Having killed one of the cruel slave masters, Moses fled to Midian and was forty years a shepherd.
b) Moses saw an angel in a bush that was burning yet unconsumed. The angel sent Moses back to Egypt. There he brought ten plagues upon Egypt and led the children of Israel across the Red Sea into the sandy wastes of Sinai.
c) Moses led the Israelites wandering through the wilderness forty years, because they were too disobedient and unthankful to enter Canaan the promised land. At Sinai, the law was given and the tabernacle of worship was prepared.
d) Behind this story is the amazing power demonstrated by God in dealing with the Pharaoh and helping his people to get out of Egypt under the leadership of Moses (Exodus 14:31). God's power is acknowledged in Moses's Song, "In Thy strength Thou has guided them" (Exodus 15:13).
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