TRUSTWORTHY PRESENCE

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NUMBERS STRUCTURE

TRUSTING GOD IN THE WILDERNESS

“How long will these people treat me with contempt? Will they never believe me, even after all the miraculous signs I have done among them? (Numbers 4:11)

KORAH & THE REBELLION (NUMBERS 16)

“Isn’t it enough that you brought us out of Egypt, a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us here in this wilderness, and that you now treat us like your subjects? (Numbers 16:13)
And Moses said, “This is how you will know that the Lord has sent me to do all these things that I have done—for I have not done them on my own. 29 If these men die a natural death, or if nothing unusual happens, then the Lord has not sent me. 30 But if the Lord does something entirely new and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and all their belongings, and they go down alive into the grave [Sheol], then you will know that these men have shown contempt for the Lord.”
Numbers 16:28-30

GRADIENTS OF HOLINESS IN THE ISRAELITE'S CAMP

In the Tabernacle:
- Holy of Holies
- Holy Place
- Courtyard
- Wilderness
In Israel's Camp:
- The Tabernacle
- The Levites
- The 12 Tribes of Israel
- Wilderness
In the Garden of Eden:
- Tree of Life
- Garden of Eden
- Land of Eden
- Wilderness
At Mount Sinai:
- Mountaintop (where Moses went)
- Mid Mountain (where the Elders stopped)
- Base of the Mountain (where the Israelites waited)
- Wilderness

JESUS TESTED IN THE WILDERNESS

1 Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River. He was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, 2 where he was tempted by the devil for forty days. Jesus ate nothing all that time and became very hungry.
3 Then the devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread.”
4 But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone.’”
5 Then the devil took him up and revealed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 “I will give you the glory of these kingdoms and authority over them,” the devil said, “because they are mine to give to anyone I please. 7 I will give it all to you if you will worship me.”
8 Jesus replied, “The Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”
9 Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple, and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! 10 For the Scriptures say,
‘He will order his angels to protect and guard you. 11 And they will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.’ ”
12 Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’”
13 When the devil had finished tempting Jesus, he left him until the next opportunity came.
Luke 4:8-13