Section 3
a time of rest, satisfaction, and enjoyment. The feast of Passover was such a time for the children of Israel. It was a time for God's chosen people to rest from their labor and to enjoy God as their satisfaction.
LIFE IN THE WILDERNESS
God brought the children of Israel out of Egypt, through the Red Sea, and into the wilder ness. For forty years they did not labor; instead, they rested with God. They did not sow or reap but simply gathered the manna. Furthermore, what they gathered was not the result of their labor but was something of God's gift.
As we consider the history of the children of Israel in the wilderness, we see that actually they did not know how to rest with God or enjoy His gifts. They still tried to labor, that is, to do some thing for themselves. This labor was offensive to God. Whenever they labored in this way, they caused problems.
THE GOOD LAND
After the forty year holiday in the wilder ness, the children of Israel were brought into the good land. God gave a portion of the land to each family, and the people rested on their portion of