Israel Spurned God's Gift

Those who cannot remember the past are destined to repeat it. It happens every day. It seems that few of us ever learn the lessons from our past.

I am convinced, especially in spiritual history, that we have learned only one lesson from history: we have not learned from history. Therefore, history repeats itself.

The Children of Israel proved this statement repeatedly on their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land. They constantly repeated the same sin, over and over again. Despite God's mercies and patience, they failed to believe His word to them.

So consistently did they doubt God, that the generation that left Egypt failed to enter the Promised Land because of their unbelief (see Hebrews 3.7-19).

For our study today, I call your attention to Numbers 21.4-9: