The Journey is Preparing us for the Destination - Jeremy Gimpel: The Land of Israel Fellowship

you know i look at the bible and we're going into tough times and we have the bible down as a medicine and this portion in particular and i see a threat across all the heroes in their journeys in their lives the journeys prepare the way toward their destination each episode each victory each failure is growing the people of israel into who they need to be the people of israel walk through the desert and they complain and i i don't think that's a bad thing i think a lot of early christian commentators enjoy just the alley-oop slam dunk the jews are so annoying anti-semitic thing look the bible even says that they're complaining all the time the bible says so but when you look at their complaints the jews aren't punished for complaining on the contrary they complain for water and they get water they complain for food and they get food they're not punished for it they they're they're given what they asked for three days i mean i can't go three minutes in the car without my kids asking for water it's like you know they're they're slaves just not used to freedom 210 years of slavery it's like where was god for 210 years and now they're like i just they're figuring it out and i think that's pretty legitimate it's like on a deeper level they're just discovering like what does god mean for them in their lives god battles empires and pharaohs is he actually going to take care of my personal needs if i get coveted am i going to be healed i need to know what's happening here on me personally and they're figuring it out and that's like the message of the bible that god is a personal god and when you look at the map of the middle east the journey from the red sea to israel it's a three-day journey it's nothing it's like they walked for 40 years those 40 years were training those were years of preparation they spend their time wandering around the desert that journey it's not always pretty it's like a lot of mistakes and their sins but they're being groomed and every mistake is a life lesson learned you know slave he knows one thing he knows that tomorrow's pretty much going to be the same as today a slave lives with a certain level of security and certainty it's like you know so many of their complaints were about food insecurity that they had in slavery they weren't used to it the first thing they have is like no certainty at all they have no idea where they're going today they have no idea where they're going tomorrow you know they break away from slavery and immediately they're put into a boot camp of faith in uncertainty because really like what is faith if everything is all measured out they were put through that boot camp for us that we should know that when we go through uncertain times we have a blueprint a map to look at and to learn from you know a slave may not have freedom a slave may not have like a hope for a bright future but he has certainty he knows that he's going to have food today he knows that the egyptian master is going to provide his food tomorrow because egyptians want to make sure their workforce is productive they gave their slaves food stamps and free health care you know they want productive slaves so perhaps maybe when leaders start offering free food and health care you should question like what exactly are these leaders doing is that somehow taking away my freedoms that's a real important question and for the israelites the transition into actual freedom is beyond unsettling understandably so no food on the horizon water is scarce in the desert three days they don't have any water it's like what's going on here where is god and so they even say to test god they were like testing to understand that's not necessarily a bad thing but i think that they're a little bit annoying in their reading it so we know what it's like when we're complaining it's like a mirror to us i think it's wrong to see israel is annoying to god that's just not true god says in the book of jeremiah that as israel wandered after him in the desert that's when he fell in love with israel as a nation look at the book of jeremiah in chapter 2 i remember for you the love of your youth your love is a bride how you followed me into the desert in an unsewn land place god loved the jewish people and israel for following them into the desert it's like they continue to follow the pillar of fire in their life they continue to grow in faith they begin to see manna provided for them every day and as they walk in the light they begin to see the light and like in in particular the next generation that grows up free liberated from egypt stronger in faith that nation is being groomed to go into the land of israel they train themselves to walk in god's life follow his guidance train themselves to trust that he's going to provide for them every day they train themselves to live in uncertainty and know that as long as they're aligned with his mission walking in his light then they're on track they also learn that when they veer from the path of good when they veer from the path of righteousness they're gonna be corrected their journey is preparing them for the destination you know the passover seder it's the oldest surviving ritual in the western world it dates back to the first passover maybe in the reigns of ramses ii 3 300 years ago and the story of passover is the archetype for living every jewish holiday every biblical holiday including shabbat it's a commemoration of the exodus of egypt it's like biblical living is telling us to live towards transition every year in passover we see ourselves as a part of transition expect the transition love the transition we should embrace the transition because the world right now is transitioning the world is actually giving birth to something new the prophets call the time before mashiach birth pangs and we're quite literally living through birth pains that are going to bring a new era into the world and if you don't hear the footsteps of mashiach now expect salvation to come now more than ever it's like you know when you type in destination into ways or into google maps you can click and get the map overview and see the entire route from beginning to end we just don't have that privilege nowadays but they didn't have that privilege either the children of israel wandered in the desert they had no idea when they were going to go left and when they were going to go right they just followed god's light walking them into the unknown the journey then was preparing them for their destination and the journey now is preparing us for our destination you know there are a lot of people saying consciously and subconsciously just take us back to egypt i just want everything to be the way it was give me the vaccine and hopefully everything will go back to normal i'm sorry something is being birthed now it's like a mother giving birth in the middle of contraction she's like i don't really want to give birth now i'd rather just be kind of skinny it's like sorry the birth pangs have begun and the contractions are happening it's like the birth canal of the red sea has birthed the nation of israel and it's opening right now in our generation and all we're asked to do is to walk in the light that god gives us and now know that whatever we have come to us on this journey is preparing us for our destiny shalom my name is jeremy gimpel a few months ago we started an online seminar teaching life-changing biblical wisdom revealed from the original hebrew and straight from the mountains of judea with global instability on the rise more and more people are turning to god realizing now they don't exactly know where to look for guidance the bible says the guidance will come from the land of israel what started as an online seminar has grown into a global fellowship with hundreds of members from over 30 countries we are participating in fulfilling prophecy as we learn the bible through the eyes of prophecy with a focus on what it's telling about us in our lives today what you will discover is that the wisdom transmitted thousands of years ago is speaking directly to us in our time right now instead of learning the bible as a religion it's the torah of israel the living guidance of god so please join us for our next online gathering and get access to the full library of teachings that the land of israel fellowship is offering join now and get an audio series on the prophecy encoded in the book of joshua absolutely for free just click on the link below or email fellowship at the land of israel.com i don't know how you found this video or what compelled you to click on that link but i don't believe in coincidence and i would encourage you to take the next step on your journey toward the land of israel i hope to see you at the land of israel fellowship shalom