Back to Egypt
--> December 19, 2015 Class Notes by Larry R Evans (Follow Twitter: @DrLarryEvans) Introduction Oswald Chambers has observed, “When we are in an unhealthy state physically or emotionally, we always want thrills. And in the spiritual domain, if we insist on getting thrills . . . it will end in the destruction of spirituality.” (Quoted in A Lifetime of Wisdom—Embracing the Way God Heals You, by Joni Eareckson Tada, p. 88.) There weren’t a lot of “thrills” in the transition from the flesh pots of Egypt (Ex. 16:3) to the land of milk and honey (Ex 3:8). The bondage in Egypt (Ex. 20:2) was seemingly exchanged for a different kind of bondage in the wilderness (Ex. 16:3). Regardless, the people Moses was called to lead preferred Egypt to wandering in the desert. They had a selective memory. What they failed to see was what the wandering in the desert was meant to reveal: They had an unhealthy spiritual experience with God. W...