Pastor's Corner: New generation, new opportunities

The Biblical account of Israel wandering in the wilderness for 40 years provides us an opportunity to understand how Israel was to love and please God. The books of Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers reveal their failures due to complaining and disbelief after crossing of the Red Sea, traveling to Mount Sinai (Horeb), then to the Kadesh region, to the city of Barnea, failing test after test.

It was God’s will for them to take the land of Canaan, but 10 of the spies feared the giants and high walled cities. Only Joshua and Caleb wanted to attack and follow God’s will. The majority of the people list...