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1. Exodus 16:1-8
Then the whole community of Israel
set out from Elim and journeyed into
the wilderness of Sin, between Elim
and Mount Sinai. They arrived there
on the fifteenth day of the second
month, one month after leaving the
land of Egypt. There too, the whole
community of Israel complained
about Moses and Aaron.

2. Exodus 16:1-8
“If only the Lord had killed us back in
Egypt,” they moaned. “There we sat
around pot filled with meat and ate all
the bread we wanted. But now you
have brought us into this wilderness
to starve us all to death.” Then the
Lord said to Moses, ”Look, I’m going
to rain down food from heaven for
you. Each day the people can go out
and pick up as much food as they
need for that day.

3. Exodus 16:1-8
I will test them in this to see whether
or not they will follow my
instructions. On the sixth day they
will gather food, and they prepare it,
there will be twice as much as usual.”
So Moses and Aaron said to all the
people of Israel, “By evening you will
realize it was the Lord who brought
you out of the land of Egypt.

4. Exodus 16:1-8
In the morning you will see the glory
of the Lord, because He has heard
your complaints, which are against
Him, not against us. What have we
done that you should complaint about
us?” Then Moses added, “The Lord
will give you meat to eat in the
evening and bread to satisfy you in the
morning, for He has heard all your
complaints against Him. What have
we done? Yes, your complaints are
against the Lord, not against us.”

5. From Promise To reality 2
1. Unchanging truth.
• Exodus 16:6 So Moses and Aaron said
to all the people of Israel, “By evening
you will realize it was the LORD who
brought you out of the land of Egypt.”.
• Exodus 16:12 “I have heard the
complaints of the children of Israel.
Speak to them, saying, “At twilight you
shall eat meat, and in the morning you
shall be filled with bread.”
• God loves us and knows our needs.
• Sooner realization, sooner reality.

6. From Promise To reality 2
2. Only a thin line.
• Exodus 16:2-3,8 There too, the whole
community of Israel complained
about Moses and Aaron. “If only the
Lord had killed us back in Egypt,” they
moaned. .. “Your complaints are not
against us but against the LORD.”
• Genesis 25:21 Now Isaac pleaded with
the LORD for his wife, because she was
barren; and the LORD granted his plea,
and Rebekah his wife conceived.
• Between faith and unbelief.
• Between praying and complaining.

7. From Promise To reality 2
3. Progress is expected.
• Exodus 15:25-26 It was there at Marah that
the LORD set before them the following
decree as a standard to test their
faithfulness to Him. He said, ‘If you will
listen carefully to the voice of the LORD
your God and do what is right in his sight,
obeying his commands and keeping all His
decrees, then I will not …
• Exodus 16:4 “…. I will test them in this to
see whether or not they will follow my
instructions…….”
• Trust and obey – Key to the reality.

8. From Promise To reality 2
4. Ultimate aim.
• Exodus 16:6 “....By evening you will
realize it was the Lord who brought
you out of the land of Egypt.”
• Exodus 16:12 “I have heard the
complaints of the children 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 the LORD your
God”
• More than meeting our needs.

9. From Promise To Reality 2
Making Us A
Blessing