Israel

(7) War with Amalek Exodus 17:8-9 "Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. Moses said to Joshua, 'Choose some men for us and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.'" At Rephidim, living water flowed from a rock for the people to drink, but then Amalek suddenly appeared. The coming of living water signifies that Jesus Christ became life through his death on the cross and resurrection from the dead. Amalek is a descendant of Esau and seeks to fulfill the law. Galatians 5:16-17 says, "So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to each other, so that you do not do the things you want." Galatians 1:6 says, "I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you in the grace of Christ for a different gospel." These different g...

(6) Matna and Quail Exodus 16:2-5 “ The whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. The Israelites said to them, ‘ If only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger. ’ Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘ See, I will rain bread from heaven for you. The people shall go out and gather a certain amount each day, so that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not. On the sixth day they shall prepare what they gather; it shall be double what they gather each day. ’” "The whole congregation of the children of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness," but the Hebrew Bible says, "The whole congregation of the children of Israel stayed and stayed and stayed in the wilderness on the shoulders of Moses and Aaron." In the phrase "to stay" (run...

  (5) The Waters of Marah and Meribah ① The Bitter and Sweet Waters of Marah Exodus 15:22-27 “ Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went into the Desert of Shur, and they went three days ’ journey in the wilderness, but found no water. They came to Marah, but they could not drink its water, because it was bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah. The people grumbled against Moses, saying, “ What shall we drink? ” So Moses cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree, which he threw into the water, and the waters became sweet. There the Lord made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he tested them, saying, “ If you diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God and obey him, and do what is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his decrees, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer. ” They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water a...

  (4) Fiery Serpents and Bronze serpent Numbers 21:5-9 『 And the people spake against God and against Moses, saying, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, and there is no water, and we loathe this worthless food.' So the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many Israelites died. Then the people came to Moses and said, 'We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD to take the serpents away from us.' So Moses prayed for the people. Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Make a fiery serpent, and put it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, he will live.' So Moses made a bronze serpent and put it on a pole; and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.'" When the Israelites left Egypt, they disobeyed God, so God sent fiery serpents to kill them. But when Moses...