The Wilderness and Early Canaan Eras

After the Lord renewed the covenant, Israel spent nearly a year at Mount Sinai preparing to depart for Canaan. The climax of that preparation was Yahweh's glory filling His newly-constructed sanctuary, and thus He led Israel away from the mountain toward Canaan. Though His glory went before them, the people immediately began grumbling and rebelling against Him, and this intractable pattern resulted in 40 years of wandering in the desert and great calamity after inheriting the promised land. This message presents a summary of that era of Israel's history from the nation's departure from Sinai until it arrived at the threshold of its new monarchy.