The people Isreal were called on to be impartial in their judgment of others, and we must be too if we are called on to judge others. The people were reminded of the report of the spies who first went into the Promised Land, and how they reported on the goodness of the land and brought back proof. They, except for Joshua and Caleb, also said that the people there were too powerful for the people of Israel to defeat, and this was without proof or faith in God. We too often see proof of the goodness of God but cannot see proof that He that He will protect us in the face of the enemy. This is the problem with living by sight and not faith. After the report of the spies, the people began to murmur against God. This is also something that we often do if things are not going our way in life. We want to blame God. This led to the promise of God to make the people of Israel a great nation in a land that He would give them, the land that they were just across the river from, being passed on to their children. We don't want to be a generation that refuses to put our faith in God and therefore have His promise of everlasting life pass over us. Still, God would continue to lead them throughout their wilderness wanderings, even though they would still murmur. If we have truly put our faith in Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord, we are forever a part of His kingdom, even though we may murmur in doubt and miss many of the blessings of God. They were also told that they were not to bother the Edomites, who were descendants of Esau, nor were they to battle the Moabites, who were descendants of Lot. They were not a part of the people of Israel that God chose to work through but they were a part of His promise to Abraham. We are not all a part of the same physical family of God today as Christians, but we are all a part of the same family spiritually, and we should not be at war with one another.
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