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 Egypt, through Succoth, and to the edge of Etham, they were at the Red Sea. The Egyptian enslavers, including Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, were in pursuit. The Israelites cried out to Moses, and the Lord gave Moses commands. Moses obeyed 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 bed of the Red Sea. As Moses obeyed the commands of the Lord God, the Lord God threw the Egyptians into the sea. At Marah, 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 they used to eat 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 they complained about being led out of Egypt. At Taberah, their complaints resulted in fire from the Lord God burning among the Israelites and consuming some of the Israelites. Sometime thereafter, the Israelites and others with them began complaining about the manna and began crying for the variety of food they used to enjoy 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 camped at Kadesh in the Desert of Zin, the Israelites voiced 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 40th year of their journey to the Promised Land, Aaron died and was buried upon Mount Hor.  After the Canaanite king of Arad took many Israelites captive, the Israelites requested help from the Lord God. The Israelites made a vow to the Lord God, and the Lord God allowed the Israelites to defeat the Canaanites. Sometime thereafter, the Israelites were complaining against the Lord God and Moses, and complaining about the journey from Egypt, the lack of bread and water, and the daily supply of manna. The Lord God sent fiery serpents, the Israelites repented, and Moses prayed to the Lord God. When 120-year-old Moses went upon Mount Nebo, the Lord God showed Moses the Promised Land, and Moses died and was divinely buried. Over 1,400 years after Joshua, Moses' successor, led the Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the Promised Land, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the Israelite tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Approximately 30 years after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River. Shortly thereafter, Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites. In a private conversation with Nicodemus, a Pharisee, Jesus mentioned Moses and the serpent 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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