Old School: Part 3

Wandering, Promised Land, Exile

Deuteronomy thru 2 Kings

Sunday, September 17, 2017

We begin this week with Israel in the wilderness, wandering because of their sin at Kadesh. After 40 years of wandering, a generation dies in the desert, and a new generation gets their opportunity to enter the land that had been promised to Abraham. This new generation finally trusts the Lord, and he blesses them! However, it’s not long before another generation sins and the cycle of the Judges begins. After about 400 years Israel demands a king (ignoring the fact that God was their king), and he gives them Saul, then David, then Solomon. Due to Solomon’s sin the kingdom is divided in two and eventually ends up in exile. For the second week in a row, we pause the story at a place where God’s people find themselves outside of the Promised Land due to their sin (both in attitude and deed).