Playing a Victim

God called them an army, not bunch of slaves.

Exodus 6:26 KJV 1900

26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the Lord said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.

Exodus 12:41 NKJV

41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years—on that very same day—it came to pass that all the armies of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.

Exodus 12:51 NKJV

And it came to pass, on that very same day, that the Lord brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt according to their armies.

Slaves delivered. Soldiers drown.

Exodus 13:17–18 NKJV

17 Then it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, “Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt.” 18 So God led the people around by way of the wilderness of the Red Sea. And the children of Israel went up in orderly ranks out of the land of Egypt.

HARNESSED = ARMED!!! Equipped with or involving a firearm or firearms.

CSB Study Bible: Notes Chapter 13

The Nephilim, “fallen ones” (“giants” in the LXX), are noted in Gn 6:4 as the offspring of the “sons of God” (“angelic beings” or “divine warriors”) and the “daughters of men.”

Numbers 13:33 NKJV

33 There we saw the giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”

CSB Study Bible: Notes Chapter 13

The reference to the descendants of Anak as Nephilim was designed to instill fear in the hearts of the Israelites. The Nephilim, “fallen ones” (“giants” in the LXX), are noted in Gn 6:4 as the offspring of the “sons of God” (“angelic beings” or “divine warriors”) and the “daughters of men.” The Nephilim were of large stature, but they all would have been destroyed in Noah’s flood (Gn 6:11), so it is best to conclude that the frightened spies gave an exaggerated report. Grasshoppers were the smallest of edible creatures permitted for Israelite consumption (Lv 11:22).

Adrian Rogers Sermon Archive Outline

Introduction

A. Canaan Represents Liberty from Oppression

B. Canaan Represents Rest from Wandering

C. Canaan Represents Possession Rather Than Promise

D. Canaan Represents Variety Rather Than Monotony

E. Canaan Represents Accomplishment Rather Than Poverty

I. Caleb’s Challenge

A. The Enemy Was Strong in Number

B. The Enemy Was Strong in Size

C. The Enemy Was Strong in Position

D. The Enemy Was Strong in Defense

E. The Enemy Was Strong in Determination

F. The Enemy Was Strong in Arrogance

II. Caleb’s Courage

A. He Saw from God’s Perspective

B. He Saw from God’s Purpose

C. He Saw from God’s Promises

III. Caleb’s Conquest

A. Undiminished Faith

B. Wholehearted Obedience

C. Supernatural Strength

Conclusion

Measuring difficulties by human streaght. we are like grasshopers.

Making void the word of God. Contridicting GOd!.

They said “It is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof” (chap. 13:32). God had said that it was “A good land and a large, flowing with milk and honey” (Exod. 3:8).

Smith, J., & Lee, R. (1971). Handfuls on Purpose for Christian Workers and Bible Students, Series I–XIII (five-volume edition, Vol. 3, p. 89). Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.

Despising the provision of God.

Handfuls on Purpose for Christian Workers and Bible Students, Series I–XIII The Folly of Unbelief (Numbers 13 and 14)

“They brought up a slander upon the land” (chap. 14:36). “Yea they despised the pleasant land, they believed not His Word” (Psa. 106:24).