Topic: Israel's journey

Question

What did the brass serpent in the wilderness represent?

Answer

Now, closely, I want you to notice this. God shouldn’t have to have this, but He’s always had to have it, seemingly, some object that people could look to, some object like the brass serpent. Now, they should not have had that, they should’ve believed God. But for a memorial, that there’d been an at...

Question

How does God's leading of Israel relate to what He is doing for the Church today?

Answer

I believe that all of the old things was a type of the new to come. What Israel was in the natural, we are in the spiritual. God leading Israel naturally, was what He’s doing for us spiritually today. We’re all very familiar with this Scripture that I’ve just read. And we’re going to try to set fort...

Question

Why do we now speak to the Rock instead of smiting it?

Answer

And the rod that Moses had in his hand, it was not the rod of Moses, it was the rod of God: God’s judgment rod. Moses held it out over Egypt and flies came up. He held it out and fleas came up. Wherever he dumped this rod, it was a judgment rod. It brought judgment upon a disobedient people. And the...

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How is the church today like the Israelites who complained after leaving Egypt?

Answer

Maybe some of those poor Israelites…They left garlic and onions to eat Angel’s food, and was complaining about it. They had left the muddy waters of Egypt to drink from the fountain of life, and were complaining about it. They had led—left the boasting physicians of Egypt to be with the great Physic...

Question

Why was Moses told to speak to the rock instead of striking it a second time?

Answer

Now, remember, Divine gifts can easily get a person into trouble. That God, if He finds someone that He figures that He can entrust a Divine gift with, we should reverence with all of our hearts… Now, you remember, how many believes Moses was a Divine gifted prophet of God? He was. Everyone believes...

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What does it foreshadow that Joshua, not Moses, took the people across Jordan?

Answer

You notice one more thing before I close this series of this. Now, before…Now…[Blank spot on tape—Ed.] shadows and types here has come on up to this hour. If that was shadow and type, then the rest of it must come to pass. Now, so that you’ll get this…And I want you ministers especially to get this....