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listened to My voice, shall by no means see the land which I swore to their fathers,
nor shall any of those who spurned Me see it.” And Yahweh spoke to Moses and
Aaron, saying, "How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who are grumbling
against Me? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel, which they are making
against Me. Say to them, 'As I live,' says Yahweh, 'just as you have spoken in My
hearing, so I will surely do to you; your corpses shall fall in this wilderness, even all
your numbered men, according to your complete number from twenty years old and
upward, who have grumbled against Me. Surely you shall not come into the land in
which I swore to settle you, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son
of Nun.’”

The sins of the Israelites were threefold: they failed to trust Yahweh; they made idols
and declared them to be God; and they were not content with His provision and will for
them. I would like to look specifically at this last offense and how it can disqualify the saints
from entering into the Sabbath rest of God.
We have previously defined Sabbath rest as being in a state of harmony with the
revealed will of Yahweh. It is apparent that the Israelites were not in such a state of
harmony. In fact, they were very dissatisfied with Yahweh’s will and provision for them.
Even when Yahweh’s provision came in a miraculous and unheard of manner, it did not
satisfy the fleshly longings of a carnal people.

Exodus 16:2-31
And the whole congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron
in the wilderness. And the sons of Israel said to them, "Would that we had died by
Yahweh’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate
bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole
assembly with hunger." Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from
heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that
I may test them, whether or not they will walk in My instruction. And it will come
about on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as
much as they gather daily." So Moses and Aaron said to all the sons of Israel, "At
evening you will know that Yahweh has brought you out of the land of Egypt; and in
the morning you will see the glory of Yahweh, for He hears your grumblings against
Yahweh; and what are we, that you grumble against us?" And Moses said, "This will
happen when Yahweh gives you meat to eat in the evening, and bread to the full in
the morning; for Yahweh hears your grumblings which you grumble against Him.
And what are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against Yahweh." Then
Moses said to Aaron, "Say to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, 'Come near
before Yahweh, for He has heard your grumblings... And Yahweh spoke to Moses,
saying, "I have heard the grumblings of the sons of Israel; speak to them, saying, 'At
twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and
you shall know that I am Yahweh your Elohim.'" So it came about at evening that the
quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew
around the camp. When the layer of dew evaporated, behold, on the surface of the
wilderness there was a fine flake-like thing, fine as the frost on the ground. When the
sons of Israel saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" For they did not know
what it was. And Moses said to them, "It is the bread which Yahweh has given you