God is great, and worship is our response to His greatness! The church’s primary purpose is to insure that God receives the glory He desires and deserves. That is why the saints gather together to corporately rehearse the greatness of God through worship. The focus of the church should be the worth-ship of God. Evangelism’s main goal is first and foremost to recruit worshippers for God. When Christ is embraced as offered in the Gospel, the believer is brought into a personal worshipping relationship with God the Father.
Mike Chastain

DESERT

DESERT

DESERT, Journey of Israel Through The

  1. Date of its commencement # Ex 12:41,42
  2. Their number commencing # Ex 12:37
  3. Their healthy state commencing # Ps 105:37
  4. A mixed multitude accompanied them in # Ex 12:38 Nu 11:4
  5. Commenced in haste # Ex 12:39
  6. Conducted with regularity # Ex 13:18
  7. Under Moses as leader # Ex 3:10-12 Ac 7:36,38
  8. By a circuitous route # Ex 13:17,18
  9. Order of marching during # Nu 10:14-29
  10. Order of encamping during # Nu 2:1-34
  11. Difficulty and danger of # De 8:15
  12. CONTINUED FORTY YEARS 12a) As a punishment

    # Nu 14:33,34

12b) To prove and humble them, &c # De 8:2 12c) To teach them to live on God’s word # De 8:3 13) Under God’s guidance # Ex 13:21,22 15:13 Ne 9:12 Ps 78:52 Isa 63:11-14 14) Under God’s protection # Ex 14:19,20 Ps 105:39 Ex 23:20 Ps 78:53 15) With miraculous provision # Ex 16:35 De 8:3 16) Their clothing preserved during # De 8:4 29:5 Ne 9:21 17) Worship of God celebrated during # Ex 24:5-8 29:38-42 40:24-29 18) Justice administered during # Ex 18:13,26 19) Circumcision omitted during # Jos 5:5 20) Caused universal terror and dismay # Ex 15:14-16 Nu 22:3,4 21) Obstructed, &c by the surrounding nations # Ex 17:8 Nu 20:21 22) Territory acquired during # De 29:7,8 23) Marked by constant murmurings and rebellions # Ps 78:40 95:10 106:7-39 24) Constant goodness and mercy of God to them during # Ps 106:10,43-46 107:6,13 25) Commenced from Rameses in Egypt # Ex 12:37 26) TO SUCCOTH # Ex 12:37 Nu 33:5 27) TO ETHAM # Ex 13:20 Nu 33:6 28) BETWEEN BAALZEPHON AND PIHAHIROTH # Ex 14:2 Nu 33:7 28a) Overtaken by Pharaoh # Ex 14:9 28b) Exhorted to look to God # Ex 14:13,14 28c) The cloud removed to the rear # Ex 14:19,20 28d) Red Sea divided # Ex 14:16,21 29) THROUGH THE RED SEA # Ex 14:22,29 29a) Faith exhibited in passing # Heb 11:29 29b) Pharaoh and his host destroyed # Ex 14:23-28 Ps 106:11 29c) Israel’s song of praise # Ex 15:1-21 Ps 106:12 30) THROUGH THE WILDERNESS OF SHUR OR ETHAM # Ex 15:22 Nu 33:8 31) TO MARAH # Ex 15:23 Nu 33:8 31a) Murmuring of the people on account of bitter water # Ex 15:24 31b) Water sweetened # Ex 15:25 32) TO ELIM # Ex 15:27 Nu 33:9 33) BY THE RED SEA # Nu 33:10 34) THROUGH THE WILDERNESS OF SIN # Ex 16:1 Nu 33:11 34a) Murmuring for bread # Ex 16:2,3 34b) Quails given for one night # Ex 16:8,12,13 34c) Manna sent # Ex 16:4,8,16-31 35) TO DOPHKAH # Nu 33:12 36) TO ALUSH # Nu 33:13 37) TO REPHIDIM # Ex 17:1 Nu 33:14 37a) Murmuring for water # Ex 17:2,3 37b) Water brought from the rock # Ex 17:5,6 37c) Called Massah and Meribah # Ex 17:7 37d) Amalek opposes Israel # Ex 17:8 37e) Amalek overcome # Ex 17:9-13 38) TO MOUNT SINAI # Ex 19:1,2 Nu 33:15 38a) Jethro’s visit # Ex 18:1-6 38b) Judges appointed # Ex 18:14-26 De 1:9-15 38c) Moral law given # Ex 19:3 20:1-26 38d) Covenant made # Ex 24:3-8 38e) Moral law written on tables # Ex 31:18 38f) Order for making the tabernacle, &c # Ex 24:1-27:21 38g) Tribe of Levi taken instead of the first-born # Nu 3:11-13 38h) Aaron and his sons selected for priesthood # Ex 28:1-29:46 Nu 3:1-3,10 38i) Levites set apart # Nu 3:5-9 38j) Golden calf made # Ex 32:1,4 38k) Tables of testimony broken # Ex 32:19 38l) People punished for idolatry # Ex 32:25-29,35 38m) God’s glory shown to Moses # Ex 33:18-23 34:5-8 38n) The tables of testimony renewed # Ex 34:1-4,27-29 De 10:1-5 38o) Tabernacle first set up # Ex 40:1-38 38p) Nadab and Abihu destroyed for offering strange fire # Le 10:1,2 Nu 3:4 38q) Passover first commemorated # Nu 9:1-5 38r) Second numbering of the people # Nu 1:1-46 Ex 38:25,26 39) TO KIBROTHHATTAAVAH # Nu 33:16 39a) Complaining punished by fire # Nu 11:1-3 39b) Called Taberah # Nu 11:3 39c) Murmuring of the mixed multitude and of Israel, for flesh # Nu 11:4-9 39d) Flesh promised # Nu 11:10-15,18-23 39e) Seventy elders appointed to assist Moses # Nu 11:16,17,24-30 39f) Quails sent for a month # Nu 11:19,20,31,32 39g) Their murmuring punished # Nu 11:33 Ps 78:30,31 39h) Why called Kibrothhattaavah # Nu 11:34 40) TO HAZEROTH # Nu 11:35 33:17 40a) Aaron and Miriam envy Moses # Nu 12:1,2 40b) Miriam punished by leprosy # Nu 12:10 40c) Delayed seven day for Miriam # Nu 12:14,15 41) TO KADESHBARNEA IN WILDERNESS OF RITHMAH OR PARAN # De 1:19 Nu 32:8 12:16 33:18 41a) The people anxious to have the land of Canaan searched # De 1:22 41b) Moses commanded to send spies # Nu 13:1,2 41c) Persons selected as spies # Nu 13:3-16 41d) Spies sent # Jos 14:7 Nu 13:17-20 41e) Spies bring back evil report # Nu 13:26-33 41f) The people terrified and rebel # Nu 14:1-4 41g) Punishment for rebellion # Nu 14:26,35 32:11-13 De 1:35,36,40 41h) Guilty spies slain by plague # Nu 14:36,37 41i) People smitten by Amalek for going up without the Lord # Nu 14:40-45 De 1:41-44 42) RETURNED BY THE WAY TO THE RED SEA # Nu 14:25 De 1:40 2:1 42a) Sabbath breaker stoned # Nu 15:32-36 42b) Rebellion of Korah # Nu 16:1-19 42c) Korah, &c punished # Nu 16:30-35 42d) Plague sent # Nu 16:41-46 42e) Plague stayed # Nu 16:47-50 42f) God’s choice of Aaron confirmed # Nu 17:1-13 43) TO RIMMONPAREZ # Nu 33:19 44) TO LIBNAH OR LABAN # Nu 33:20 De 1:1 45) TO RISSAH # Nu 33:21 46) TO KEHELATHAH # Nu 33:22 47) TO MOUNT SHAPHER # Nu 33:23 48) TO HARADAH # Nu 33:24 49) TO MAKHELOTH # Nu 33:25 50) TO TAHATH # Nu 33:26 51) TO TARAH # Nu 33:37 52) TO MITHCAH # Nu 33:28 53) TO HASHMONAH # Nu 33:29 54) TO MOSEROTH OR MOSERA # Nu 33:30 55) TO BENE-JAAKAN # Nu 33:31 56) TO HORHAGIDGAD OR GUDGODAH # Nu 33:32 De 10:7 57) TO JOTBATHAH OR LAND OF RIVERS # Nu 33:33 De 10:7 58) Several of these stations probably revisited # De 10:6,7 Nu 33:30-32 59) TO EBRONAH # Nu 33:34 60) TO EZIONGABER # Nu 33:35 61) TO KADESH IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIN # Nu 20:1 33:36 Jud 11:16 61a) Miriam dies and is buried # Nu 20:1 61b) Second murmuring for water # Nu 20:2-6 61c) Moses striking the rock instead of speaking to it, disobeys God # Nu 20:7-11 61d) Moses and Aaron punished # Nu 20:12 61e) Called Meribah to commemorate the murmuring # Nu 20:13 27:14 61f) Orders given respecting Edom # De 2:3-6 61g) The king of Edom refuses a passage # Nu 20:14-21 Jud 11:17 62) TO MOUNT HOR # Nu 20:22 33:37 62a) Aaron dies # Nu 20:28,29 33:38,39 62b) Arad conquered # Nu 21:1-3 33:40 62c) Called Hormah # Nu 21:2,3 63) TO ZALMONAH # Nu 33:41 63a) Murmuring of the people # Nu 21:4,5 63b) Fiery serpents sent # Nu 21:6 63c) Brazen serpent raised up # Nu 21:7-9 64) TO PUNON # Nu 33:42 65) TO OBOTH # Nu 21:10 33:43 66) TO IJEABARIM BEFORE MOAB # Nu 21:11 33:44 66a) Orders given respecting Moab # De 2:8,9 67) TO ZARED OR DIBON-GAD # Nu 21:12 33:45 68) TO ALMONDIBLATHAIM # Nu 33:46 69) ACROSS THE BROOK ZERED # De 2:13 69a) Time occupied in going from Kadeshbarnea to this station # De 2:14 69b) Order to pass through Ar # De 2:18 69c) Orders given respecting Ammon # De 2:19 70) ACROSS THE ARNON # Nu 21:13-15 De 2:24 71) TO BEER OR THE WELL # Nu 21:16 72) TO MATTANAH # Nu 21:18 73) TO NAHALIEL # Nu 21:19 74) TO BAMOTH # Nu 21:19 75) TO THE MOUNTAINS OF ABARIM # Nu 21:20 33:47 75a) The Amorites refuse a passage to Israel # Nu 21:21-23 De 2:26-30 75b) Sihon conquered # Nu 21:23-32 De 2:32-36 75c) Og conquered # Nu 21:33-35 De 3:1-11 75d) Reubenites, &c obtained the land taken from the Amorites # Nu 32:1-42 De 3:12-17 76) RETURN TO THE PLAINS OF MOAB # Nu 22:1 33:48,49 76a) Balak sends for Balaam # Nu 22:5,6,15-17 76b) Balaam not permitted to curse Israel # Nu 22:9-41 23:1-24:25 76c) Israel seduced to idolatry, &c by advice of Balaam # Nu 25:1-3 Re 2:14 76d) Israel punished # Nu 25:5,9 76e) Third numbering # Nu 26:1-62 76f) All formerly numbered over twenty years old, except Caleb and Joshua, dead # Nu 26:63-65 14:29 76g) The law of female inheritance settled # Nu 27:1-11 36:1-9 76h) Appointment of Joshua # Nu 27:15-23 76i) Midianites destroyed and Balaam slain # Nu 31:1-54 25:17,18 76j) The law rehearsed # De 1:3 76k) The law written by Moses # De 31:9 76l) Moses beholds Canaan # De 34:1-4 76m) Moses dies and is buried # De 34:5,6 76n) Joshua ordered to cross Jordan # Jos 1:2 76o) Two spies sent to Jericho # Jos 2:1 77) ACROSS THE RIVER JORDAN # Jos 4:10 78) Illustrative of the pilgrimage of the church # So 8:5 1Pe 1:17