Hello, hello, welcome to the Hyperlink episode for the Wilderness.

In every theme study, we isolate a biblical topic and then trace its appearance throughout the biblical story.

But it's important to remember that these themes all interact with each other, harmonizing

and playing off one another throughout the story of the Bible, like a beautifully composed

piece of music.

Today, we're going to listen to clips from previous studies where the theme of the wilderness

jumps out at us.

The wilderness is a harsh and barren place where biblical characters end up,

either due to their own foolish choices or the choices of others.

But God consistently meets people in the wilderness,

provides for their needs, and uses this environment to form them,

into people who can trust him and learn to listen to his voice moving forward.

How did Moses fail his test in the wilderness?

How did Jesus succeed in the wilderness?

And how does the wilderness lead us all into final Sabbath rest?

That's today on the show. I'm your host, Michelle Jones.

Thanks for joining us. Here we go.

Let's start with a clip from a podcast episode. Let's start with a clip from a podcast episode back when we were exploring the scroll of numbers.

This is the story of Moses failing his test in the wilderness when he strikes a rock.

Now, this is a strange and cryptic story, but we'll see that it's the story that helps us meditate on how important it is to listen to and obey the word of God while you're in the wilderness, even when you're scared or thirsty or just plain fed up, because God's words are life.

We'll also see that this story points us to Jesus.

Where Moses failed to be fully in union with God's voice in the wilderness,

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