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[1] {wandering}
The \\wilderness\\ was part of the necessary discipline of the
redeemed people, but not the years of \\wandering.\\ The latter were
due wholly to the unbelief of the people at Kadesh-barnea. The Red
Sea, Marah, Elim, Sinai, were God's ways, in development and
discipline, and have, of necessity, their counterpart in Christian
experience. The Red Sea speaks of the cross as that which--death to
Christ but life for us--separates us from Egypt, the world
# Ga 6:14
Marah of God's power to turn untoward things into blessings;
Elim of God's power to give rest and refreshment by the way; Sinai of
God's holiness and our deep inherent evil, the experience of
# Ro 7:7-24
So far the path was and is of God. But from Kadesh-barnea
to Jordan all save the grace of God toward an unbelieving people, is
for warning, not imitation
# 1Co 10:1-11 Heb 3:17-19
There is a present rest of God, of which the Sabbath and Canaan were
types, into which believers may, and therefore should, enter by faith
# Heb 3:1-4:16
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[2] {When}
It is remarkable that just when the \\people\\ are turning in unbelief
from the land, \\God\\ gives directions for conduct when they shall
have entered it. See
# Ro 11:29 Php 1:6
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[1] {ribband of blue}
The ribband of blue. Blue, the heavenly colour, used upon the
borders of the priests' garments signified that the servants of God
were to be heavenly in obedience and character, and separate from
earthly ambitions and desires.