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In the book of Numbers, we learn that the Israelites wandered aimlessly in the wilderness for a generation. Why?
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The Israelites wondered in the wilderness for 40 years because they all kept sinning and wanting to put things before the God that had just gotten them out of captivity. The lesson here is not really a why did they keep sinning so much as a why has God continued to love us all even though we have always from the beginning continued to fail Him. They had to wonder in the wilderness for the blatant disbelief that they had for God even though He proved that He loved them all. Makes you step back for a moment and realize that you may have done the same thing and could quite possibly been forced to wonder in the wilderness as well. Because back then we did not have the redeeming qualities and grace of Christ. So we too would have been forced to wonder because we would have all sinned just as they did.
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Because of the grumbling, lack of faith, unappreciative nature of the Israelites, God punished them and they wandered for 40 years in the wilderness – unable to go to the Promised Land.
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The Israelites wandered aimlessly in the wilderness for a generation due to their disobedience and unbelief; and so that this unbelieving generation would die in the wilderness.
God delivered the Israelites from Egyptian bondage through might signs and wonders; leading them to take possession of the land promised to their forefathers. Prior to entering the promised land the Israelites convinced themselves that they could not defeat the inhabitants of the in the land that God had promised to give them.Their lack of belief in the Word of God brought forth the judgement of God. They were cursed for forty years of wilderness wonderings until the unbelieving generation died off. Like many of us they walked by sight and not by faith.
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They wandered because of their disobedience and for God to teach them a lesson. Even today we often have to wander for a while, while God works on us!
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The Israelites wandered in the wilderness because of their disobedience. It was a consequence because of their sin.
