No one over 20 entered the Promise Land: Israel
NO ONE OVER THE AGE OF 20 WAS ALLOWED INTO THE PROMISE LAND (except Joshua and Caleb). Numb. 32:11 Think deeply about what this means & reveals: 1. These kids only knew life in the wilderness. 2. God had raised these young ones in a roaming nation that was to live holy. *they learned obedience, submission, gratitude, etc. And that God provides. 3. God basically started a new nation with them from scratch. Similarly like with Noah. From the ground up. A nation for Himself who was to be the light to the world. 4. Understand that when these young people entered Israel they had no parents (and no grandparents wisdom). 5. The 10 Commandments pointed to honoring and obeying parents. Had those parents lived and came with them into the promised land... these young adults would * have to submit to God and honor and obey their parents. * follow their godly advice whether single or married. Today we too are to do that. While we marry and go...