This is the Bible Book Club.

And we're in the book of numbers.

Welcome to the club.

Last episode in chapters 9 and 10, the Israelites celebrated one whole year of freedom with the second Passover.

God laid out super clear cloud rules.

Move when the cloud moves, period. Then we did a little

study on the trumpets, Susan's favorite part in her Bible bender for last episode, the trumpets that

were used throughout the Bible, and what they will herald for us in the future during the

end times, which are outlined in Revelations, the last book of the Bible. With tense packed and

trumpets blasting, the Israelites finally set off for the new promised land, only to wander

for great many years, much longer than they expected. And for you, if God has told you to set out,

do it anyway, even if it means you're about to wonder because there's a promise on the other

side. Exactly. Well,

I've come to the conclusion that the Israelites are creatures of comfort and therefore they are not

happy campers because in Chapter 11, the people complain. And I mean like right away. Chapter 11 is a

fall, a fast fall from faith to defiance. We have gone 10 chapters straight

in numbers with total obedience and a really good attitude. But here, the Israelites will

revert and become the people we knew in season two, the book of Exodus. It always seems that after a spiritual high,

like the Israelites had, successfully completing all of God's directives and setting off triumphantly

with all that celebration and marching, that there is a temptation, a test. The enemy knows

our weaknesses. These next 10 chapters contrast with the 10 chapters of

obedient preparation for the march. The march had barely commenced when rebellion began. This is the

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