Numbers 33:1

Numbers 33:1 says, These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. This chapter is a review of the places that the people of Israel went after they left Egypt.  As we journey through life, we ac followers of Christ need to remember the way that we have traveled in our relationship with God.  Verse two adds, And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.  Moses recorded their journey from the time they left Egypt, and in the Bible, we still have that record today.  Those going into the Promised Lad had not been there during the departure from Egypt and during at least some of the journey.  Verse three continues, And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.   Moses recorded that they went out on the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the angel passed over of the first born of the Israelites, in the sight of all the Egyptians, and they passed through the Red Sea on dry land. As Christians, there is a day when we left our former life ruled by sin, and we should be able to recall at least the highpoints since then.  Verse four concludes, For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.  While the Israelites were safely on the other side of the Red Sea, the people of Egypt were buying their first born.  Verse five states, And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.  The people of Israel began their journey to the Promised Land.  As followers of Christ, Jesus has redeemed us from spiritual death, and in this life, we are always on the way to the Heaven, our Promised Land.  Verse six adds,  And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.  They then went to the edge of the wilderness.  The next several verses are a recording of their journeys.  Verse seven continues, And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.  Verse eight says, And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.  Once more, they had passed through a sea and they traveled three days in the wilderness of Etham.  Verse nine adds, And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.  Verse ten continues, And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.  They still weren't very far from the Red Sea.  In our travels through life, we will never be far removed from where we were spiritually before we met Christ until we are at home in heaven.  We will still be living in this sin filled world.