<TITLE>17. Par 60-63</TITLE>L-60 Think of it, then they come on up the road. First thing you know, they begin to chide against God and Moses, forgot all. Isn't that just human, isn't that the way the Church does? Forgot all about the first glory and they begin to complain. God had to learn them a lesson. And the snakes come before them and begin to bite them. And they were all bitten and many of them died. And Moses interceded, and God made a serpent, had Moses to, out of brass and put it on a pole. Oh, wish we had time to dig the nuggets out of that brother. Oh, my.
Then again, they needed water and Moses took the rod and went and smote the rock. And when he smote the rock, waters came out of it, a very beautiful type of John 3:16. Christ was that Rock. The people was perishing for water, and "God so loved the world He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish (signifying the Spirit, waters of Life), but have Eternal Life to them that believe on Him."

L-61 Notice, it wasn't Moses' rod, that was God's judgment rod. That's what He brought the judgments on Egypt with. He brought the judgment. And notice, it was a judgment rod that smote the rock. And it was the judgments of God, "the day you eat of it, that day you die," that smote Christ. Death, smote Christ, God's judgment, and brought life to the perishing people. How beautiful, don't forget it.
And here's another thing. One time they were needing something to eat. And after finding water in the rock, the--they went over there and found out that bees had built a hive in there, and they found honey in the rock. Just flee to the Rock. They come to Kadesh Barnea. We're fixing to close now and bring the service to a close for the healing line.
Notice, they came to Kadesh Barnea. Maybe tomorrow night if we pick it up here we will go a little farther with it and take the people over in the promise land and positionally place them.

L-62 Notice, they came to Kadesh Barnea and Kadesh Barnea was, one time, the judgment seat of the world. The place had great big well, big springs. And there was many little springs out from it, a palm grove like, in the desert. What a beautiful place, a type, the great judgment seat of God in--in heaven where God's Word is a law book and there judgment at the White Throne of heaven. And every little spring represented a church where the judgments of God go forth, preaching judgment.
And when they come there, they were on the border of the promised land. Hallelujah. On the border, there's where they made a big mistake. They stopped at the border. And let me say to you tonight my, clergy brother, not getting back at you, I love you, you know that. But there's too many borderline preachers today. Amen. Staying on the border, God don't want you on the border. Cross over. Amen. The promise is just beyond.

L-63 So they sent some spies out, got one out of each tribe, twelve, and sent them across. And when they come back, what a report. Ten of them said, "We can't do it; we can't do it. Oh, my, the opposition's too great."
But there stood a little old Caleb and Joshua said, "We can do her." Amen.
"Oh, the walls is high. That's true, they're a walled up people and they're so big till we look like grasshoppers by them. That's true." But you see, ten of them were theologians. They were looking at what they could see intellectually.
But Caleb and Joshua was looking to God's promise. God said, "I've already give it to you; go take it." Hallelujah.


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