Neither Moses nor anyone else besides Yahweh could have provided everything the Children of Israel needed to survive in the wilderness for 40 years. That is why the Exodus remains such an important event in the history world to this day. It demonstrates that we serve the Omnipotent God who can, and will, take care of all our needs. The One who made water flow like a river from a rock in the desert will have absolutely no difficulty dealing with anything and everything we encounter. We can have faith in Yahweh because nothing is impossible for Him.

“For here we are not afraid to follow the truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.” (Thomas Jefferson)

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Websites you need to see:

Friends of the Israel Defense Forces
Israel: About Israel, The Israel Project, Tourist Information, the Holocaust, Israel map, Israel’s War of Independence, the Six-Day War, the Yom Kippur War, the First Intifada, the Second Intifada, Arab-Israel conflict, and anti-Semitism
The Temple Institute
Video: The Aaronic Blessing—This is a beautiful video rendition of The Aaronic Blessing (Numbers 6: 24-26) in Hebrew and English, but notice that the title Adonai is used instead of the Name Yahweh. That is in keeping with a Jewish tradition that dates back to the mid-second century B.C., but you can be certain about this fact. Yahweh’s Name is essential to The Aaronic Blessing and should be there.
Video: He is Yahweh

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Scripture:

Today I’ll show where Yahweh’s Name belongs in 2 Corinthians 6:

2 Corinthians 6

And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain—
for He says, “AT THE ACCEPTABLE TIME I LISTENED TO YOU, AND ON THE DAY OF SALVATION I HELPED YOU.” Behold, now is “THE ACCEPTABLE TIME,” behold, now is “THE DAY OF SALVATION”—
giving no cause for offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited,
but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God, in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,
in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger,
in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in genuine love,
in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left,
by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; regarded as deceivers and yet true;
as unknown yet well-known, as dying yet behold, we live; as punished yet not put to death,
as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing yet possessing all things.
Our mouth has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians, our heart is opened wide.
You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections.
Now in a like exchange—I speak as to children—open wide to us also.
Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?
Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?
Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said,
“I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
“Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE,” says Yahweh. “AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN;
and I will welcome you.
“And I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me,” says Yahweh Almighty.

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The Omnipotence of Yahweh on Display

The entire Exodus experience reveals the omnipotence of Yahweh. I can only speculate about many of the things He did for the Children of Israel as He led them out of Egypt and as He dwelt with them for 40 years in the wilderness, but a little speculation can be very helpful:

While they traveled, the Children of Israel, who were at least 2 or 3 million strong, would have needed 1500 tons of food each day at a minimum. To bring them that much food, two freight trains each at least a mile long would have been required.
They would have needed firewood for cooking and heating—or about 4000 tons of wood per day.
If they only drank water, watered their animals, and washed a few dishes, they would have needed at least 11,000,000 gallons of water per day.
If the Children of Israel had crossed the Red Sea in double file, it would have taken 35 days and nights to complete the crossing. For all of them to cross in one night, the land bridge had to be wide enough for them to walk across about 5000 abreast.
When they camped, they needed an area about 750 square miles in size to handle all the people and the animals they had with them.

Of course, these are just estimates, but they are reasonable given what we know. Neither Moses nor anyone else besides Yahweh could have provided everything the Children of Israel needed to survive in the wilderness for 40 years. That is why the Exodus remains such an important event in the history world to this day. It demonstrates that we serve the Omnipotent God who can, and will, take care of all our needs. The One who made water flow like a river from a rock in the desert will have absolutely no difficulty dealing with anything and everything we encounter. We can have faith in Yahweh because nothing is impossible for Him.

The Wilderness Journey Comes to an End

When Yahweh led the Children of Israel out of Egypt, He could have taken them to the Promised Land in less than two weeks. Instead, the trip took 40 years. When they left Egypt, the Children of Israel were full of hope and anticipation about meeting Yahweh and entering the Promised Land. But only two Israelites (Joshua and Caleb) who were over the age of 20 when they started out got to their final destination. Why? The answer is sin.

The Israelites rebelled against Yahweh and broke His Laws again and again, but even more important than their willful disobedience was their lack of faith in Him. They simply would not trust Yahweh, and faith is the foundation of our relationship with Him. (Habakkuk 2: 4 and Hebrews 11: 6)

Yahweh allowed His people to die in the wilderness rather than permitting them to further pollute the Holy Land with their sinful ways. The people Yahweh drove out of the Promised Land to make room for the Israelites had polluted it already, and that is why they were being removed. (Leviticus 18: 24-25) They had contaminated it with their “disgusting practices” (Ezra 9: 11 from The New Jerusalem Bible ) which had “filled it with filth from end to end.” (Ezra 9: 11 from The New Jerusalem Bible )

Joshua and Caleb were allowed to enter the Promised Land because they demonstrated faith in Yahweh. That is what He requires. Since a single unfaithful act, no matter how trivial it may seem, makes us guilty before Him and deserving of death, in the end the Bible teaches us that we need a redeemer and a savior.

Above all, Yahweh is holy. If we want to have an intimate relationship with Him, then we must be holy as well. To make us holy, Yahweh became a Man, suffered and died for us, and atoned for our sins by covering them with His own precious blood. He is our One and only Redeemer and Savior and our only hope.

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News Items of Interest:

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His Name is Yahweh:

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Available on Amazon Kindle and it can be downloaded at www.hisnameisyahweh.org

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