Instructions Against Destruction

And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.-Numbers 21:4-9***After Moses and his older brother Aaron led their fellow Israelites away from Egyptian slavery, through Succoth, and to the edge of Etham, they were at the Red Sea. The Egyptians, including Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, were pursuing the Israelites, the descendants of Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, and Isaac  and Rebekah's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel). The Israelites cried out to Moses, and Moses obeyed the commands of the Lord God, and the Lord God caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind. The water was divided, and the Israelites, and those with them, walked across the dry bed of the Red Sea. The Lord God gave Moses more commands, and the Lord God threw the Egyptians into the sea. In Marah, in the desert wilderness of Shur, there was only bitter water to drink. Everyone complained against Moses, and Moses cried out to the Lord God. In the desert wilderness of Sin, the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron while craving the meat and bread previously eaten in Egypt. The Lord God told Moses that he would rain down bread from heaven. During the evening the Lord God provided quail for the Israelites, and in the morning the Lord God provided manna, the bread from heaven. At Rephidim, the Israelites demanded Moses supply them with water, and the Israelites complained about being led out of Egypt. At Taberah, their complaints resulted in fire from the Lord God burning among the Israelites and consuming many of the Israelites. Sometime thereafter, the Israelites, and those with them, began complaining about the manna and began crying for the variety of food they had enjoyed in Egypt. In the desert wilderness of Paran, the Israelites complained after hearing about the size of the inhabitants living in Canaan, the Promised Land. Before the Israelites were in Kadesh, in the desert wilderness of Zin, the Israelites expressed such serious opposition to Moses and Aaron and the perceived privileges of Moses and Aaron that the Lord God was going to put an end to the Israelites, his treasured and chosen people. During the 40-year journey to the Promised Land,  Miriam, the older sister of Aaron and Moses, died and was buried in Kadesh. Upon Mount Hor, 123-year-old Aaron the priest died. After the Canaanite king of Arad took Israelites captive, the Israelites requested help from the Lord God and made a vow to the Lord God. The Lord God allowed the Israelites to defeat the Canaanites. Sometime thereafter, when the Israelites were complaining against the Lord God and Moses, and complaining about the journey from Egypt, and the lack of bread and water, and the daily supply of manna, the Lord God sent fiery serpents. When Moses went upon Mount Nebo, the Lord God showed Moses the Promised Land, and 120-year-old Moses the prophet died and was divinely buried. Joshua, Moses' successor, was from the tribe of Ephraim, descended from Jacob and his 2nd wife Rachel, their firstborn son Joseph and his wife Asenath, and Joseph and Asenath's 2nd born son Ephraim, whom Jacob proclaimed to be his own son. Joshua led the Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants. Over 1,300 years after 110-year-old Joshua died and was buried in his tribe's portion of the Promised Land, John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, were born. John the Baptist was born into the tribe of Jacob's 3rd born son Levi, the birth tribe of Miriam, Aaron and Moses, to Zechariah (Zacharias) the priest and his wife Elizabeth (Elisabeth). Jesus the Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Elizabeth's relative Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Jacob's 4th born son Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Approximately 30 years after John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ were born, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. Jesus having prayed, the heavens tearing open, the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted 40 days and nights and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world, In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God. In a private conversation with Nicodemus, a Pharisee, Jesus mentioned Moses and the serpent that Moses made.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus 1:1-40:38, Numbers 11:1-17:13, 20:1-21:35, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 1:1-2:37, 8:1-20, 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-6:27, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 7:20-29, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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