They Reached the Promised Land and Still Lost Their Way. | John Lee Real Estate

It's been really good because when I got to Judges, when I got to Judges, which is where the book that I'm reading now, it feels like an accomplishment.

because I've only read the entire Bible from cover to cover once in my life.

But there's something also different about reading the actual chapters of the Bible from start to finish in its consistency.

And you start seeing how all these stories that you've known for such a long time, how they also start to connect.

And most people know the story of Moses, right? And the Israelites.

And the Israelites are enslaved in Egypt.

They're crying out for God, freedom.

And God delivers them from Pharaoh and they leave Egypt, right? You guys know the story of the parting of the sea.

And you would think that would be it.

You know, the people are free.

But they spend 40 years.

And you guys know this too.

They spend 40 years in the wilderness.

and during those 40 years they're just complaining and they're questioning moses at times they're even looking back at egypt they're complaining so much guys that uh moses gets pissed he strikes a rock and that actually prevents moses from being in the promised land um the thing that they desperately wanted was freedom and eventually after 40 years they got it and almost immediately they wanted something else and eventually that generation passes and israel finally enters the promised land And this is where I've been reading lately.

I'm at Judges, a super underrated book, in my opinion.

But it's interesting because God delivered these Israelites from slavery.

He brought them through the wilderness.

He gave them the land.

He gave them the land that he had promised.

He promised Abraham, the OG guy, right? Hey, we're going to make nations out of you.

And he made it.

God made it.

But then when you keep reading, you know, the Israelites still lose their way.

The tribes have their own territories.

They are conflicting with each other.