Wilderness

Stories tagged Wilderness:

• The Bronze Serpent Aug 25, 2025

  

  During the long years of wandering in the wilderness, the children of Israel again grew impatient and spoke against God and Moses. This time, their complaining brought a deadly consequence that only God’s mercy could cure.

  The People Complain Again

  The Israelites had been traveling around the land of Edom, taking the long route because the Edomites had refused to let them pass through their territory. The journey was difficult, and the people’s hearts became discouraged because of the way.

• The Wilderness Wandering Aug 25, 2025

  

  After receiving the Law at Mount Sinai, the children of Israel set out for the Promised Land. What should have been an eleven-day journey became a forty-year wandering in the wilderness because of their lack of faith in God’s promises.

  The Journey Begins

  The cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, and the children of Israel set out from the Wilderness of Sinai according to the commandment of the Lord. The pillar of cloud went before them by day and the pillar of fire by night, just as God had promised.