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"And the people spoke against God and against Moses; "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water , and our soul loathes this worthless bread "(Numbers 21:5). So the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died."
In the book of Exodus Chapter 1:6, the Bible states that; " And Joseph died, all his brothers and all that generation. But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly mighty;and the land was filled with them. Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. And he said to the people , look the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we; Come let us deal with them shrewdly, with them lest they multiply and it happen , in the event of war, that they also join our enemies and fight against us, and so go up against us, and so go up out of the land.Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for pharaoh supply cities, Pithom and Raamses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were in dread of the children of Israel.... An they made their lives bitter with hard bondage - in motar, in brick, and in all manner of service in the field.Exodus 1:7-14)
The children of Israel suffered under the heavy york of the Egyptians, always going without food and water. They were maltreated and they toiled the whole day without rest. Many died in the process and many fatherless children were left to suffer. God saw there suffering and intervened for them. He sent His servant Moses to go and lead His people the Israelites out of bondage; out of Egypt. When the Israelites had been freed and were en-route to the land of Canaan; they faced hardships on the way and they gave up. And they looked back to Egypt.
The people spoke against God and against Moses. This displeased God and he punished them, by sending snakes which bite them and many of them died.
They turned to Moses and pleaded with him to pray to God to forgive them their sins.
Many a times Christians look up back; they forget their vows to follow Jesus and God and they look back to the world;
They look back to their friends in the world of darkness;
They look back and engage in Adultery;
They chase after riches;
They go to witch doctors;
They steal from their employers and do all sorts of bad things;
The wife of Lot looked back to Sodom and Gomorrah; leaving better things ahead of her and was changed to a pillar of Salt. (Genesis 19:15;24,26).
The Israelites looked back to Egypt and brought themselves a wrath of God. Christians too will be asking for trouble when they leave the faith they have received; and look back.
The Israelites left God and worshiped Baals and Ashteroth and anger of God was hot and he sold them to the hands of the enemies.Judges 2:10-14; 3:7,8)
The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; And he knows those who trust in Him. But with an overflowing flood; he will destroy his enemies. (Nahum 1:7,8).
Whenever we abandon our faith in God and follow after Satan's interests, we invite flood gates of God's judgement. It is God who will bless our ways. It is God who will guide our foot steps. It is therefore the desire of our Lord for us to follow him in all our ways and to worship him alone. It is against this backdrop that we must submit to God at all times. We should not look back to Egypt; we should seek the face of our Lord and God. Never again should we follow the footsteps of the Israelites; but rather must follow God as our Lord and Saviour.
Jesus came and died at the cross - and through his death God reconciled the fallen earth to himself. By doing so he removed the original sin and made it possible for all man kind to follow Jesus Christ.
Come now and let us worship our Lord and God with all our hearts; for He is good; and will bless all his faithful children.
HOPE MINISTRIES WORLD IS TODAY'S VOICE OF HOPE TO THE WORLD. JESUS CALLS ON ALL PEOPLE TO REPENT OF THEIR SINS AND FOLLOW HIM; AND RENEW THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOD! IT IS TIME THE WORLD TURN AWAY FROM THEIR SINFUL WAYS AND WORSHIP GOD THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS.
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