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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
During those 38 years – a lifetime for a generation – there was much movement but no progress. Seems like my life sometimes, going thru motions and then celebrate another birthday and still in the wilderness.
• 1 – Egypt to Mount Sinai (Ex 12:31-18:27)
• 2 – Stay at Mount Sinai (Ex 19:1-Num 10:10)
• 3 – First approach to Promised Land and aborted effort (Num 10:11-14:45)
• 4 – Wandering in wilderness and Kadesh for 38 years (Num 15:1-20:13)
• 5 – Second (final) approach to the Promised Land (Num 20:14-Josh 2:24)
“Now, this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” – Winston Churchill
I. END OF THE BEGINNING
A. DEATH OF MIRIAM
>>1. PERSONIFICATION (Num 20:1a; 13:26,31
>>2. BIOGRAPHY (Num 20:1b; 12:1-15; 14:30; Ex 2:4-8; 15:20-21; Heb 9:27)
B. DISSATISFACTION OF THE PEOPLE
>>1. CONTENTION (Num 20:2-5)
>>2. PROVISION (Num 20:6-8; Ex 17:6)
C. DISQUALIFICATION OF MOSES
>>1. DISPUTE (Num 20:9-11; 16:4; Ex 15:22-25; 17:1-7; 11:8; 32:15-16, 19; Acts 7:23; Ps 106:32-33)
>>2. CORRECTION (Num 20:12-13; Jas 3:1; I Cor 10:4-6; Jn 7:37-38)
II. BEGINNING OF THE END
A. DENIAL
>>1. PERMISSION (Num 20:14-17; Gen 25:19-24)
>>2. REFUSAL (Num 20:18-21; Deut 23:7)
B. DETERMINATION
>>1. SURVIVOR (Num 20:22-26; Num 33:38-39)
>>2. PASSING THE TORCH (Num 20:27-29; 12, 16-17; Ex 4:27-31; 32; Lev 8; Heb 4:14-16)