Our Journey Through the Wilderness--Yeshua Hidden In Plain Sight, In The Wilderness

Numbers 14

We are walking in today: Our Journey Through the Wilderness--Yeshua Hidden In Plain Sight, In The Wilderness

Witness hide throughout the Bible:  H5956 `alam-- to conceal, hide, be hidden, be concealed, be secret, to hide oneself

1​ ​Kings 10:3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid H5956 from the king, which he told her not.

The Torah testifies.....................

Deuteronomy 22:1

Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide H5956 thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.

The prophets proclaim..................

Ezekiel 22:26

Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid H5956 their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

The writings bear witness.............

2​ ​Kings 4:27

And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid H5956 it from me, and hath not told me.

Ecclesiastes 12:14

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, H5956 whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Numbers chapter 14 verses 20- 23

Then the LORD said: “I have pardoned, according to your word; 21 but truly, as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD— 22 because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now these ten

times, and have not heeded My voice, 23 they certainly shall not see the land of which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected Me see it.

The definition of “Wilderness” Hebrew 4057: Desert, Deserts, Wilderness

For forty years The Most High had Israel wander in the “wilderness”. Insights into why The Most High had chosen the wilderness for their wanderings can be found in the roots of this word. The root word is “davar” and is most frequently translated as “speak” but more literally means
to “order” or “arrange” words. The word “midbar” is a place existing in a perfectly arranged order, an ecosystem in harmony and balance. By placing Israel in this environment he is teaching them balance, order and harmony.

The definition of “Wilderness” Webster: An uncultivated, uninhabited and inhospitable region. A position of disfavor, especially in a political context.

The definition of “Hidden” Hebrew 6845: To hide, treasure up. Ambush, Authority, conceal, hid, hidden, hide, keep them secretly kept, lurk, restrain, saved, secret place, store away.

The definition of “Hidden” Webster: Put or keep out of sight; conceal from view or notice of others. To prevent someone or something from being seen. Keep secret or unknown. Conceal oneself.

The definition of “Messiah”: Hebrew 4899: Anointed, Anointed one, Messiah

The definition of “Messiah” Webster: A leader or savior of a particular group or cause.

MESSIAH IN THE WILDERNESS

Thus far we have seen that in order to truly know The Most High, we must search for Yeshua! We have seen that we must search out His will for us, not only in the New Testament — but also in the Old Testament writings! We may see Yeshua hidden in every book of the Bible, disguised here and there in various personages, prophetically revealing Himself in the activities and sayings of various characters.

Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for

they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. 6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and
rose up to play. 8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. 9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. 10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. 11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they
are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. (1Corinthians 10:1-11)

We see in the above passage that it was Messiah that accompanied the Israelites in the Wilderness (verse 4), and that it was Messiah whom they tempted (verse 9).

And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word: 21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD. 22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times,
and have not hearkened to my voice; 23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: (Numbers 14:20-23)

We just saw above (1Corinthians 10:9) that it was Messiah they tempted; but in the Numbers passage, we are told it was The Most High they tempted ten times (Num 14:22).

Fiveamprayer, is this a contradiction?

First, we do know that there are no contradictions in The Most High’s Word. There are riddles, however, appearing as contradictions to the unlearned. This is a 'riddle' for the Bride! The revealing of the true identity of Messiah is the goal of the riddle, and the answer to the riddle can be found

be seeking out Messiah's identity, seen throughout the Scriptures.

The answer to this riddle is the essence of the Apostle John's words in (John 1:1, 14). John tells us that Yahushua Messiah is the Word of The Most High, the One who is mentioned in many places throughout the Old Testament Scriptures. For example, wherever we see the phrase, "the word
of the LORD," we know this is referring to Messiah.

So we see from Scripture that it was The Most High, and it was Messiah, and it was the Holy Spirit, each spoken of as the One who was tempted in the wilderness. Are they one and the same? In order to answer this, we must diligently seek Him out, and look for further clues in Scripture.

I Will Give You Rest: The Promise

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28)

Who is it that spoke the promise, "I will give you rest," in the above verse? We know from the context, that it was Yahushua that spoke these words. Now look at the following verse:

And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. (Exodus 33:14)

Now again, who said, "I will give you rest," in this verse? We see from the context of the above passage, that it was The Most High that spoke these words. Is there a contradiction? No, there is no

contradiction, when we realize that the Spirit of Messiah is none other than The Most High's promised presence. Messiah is also the Word of The Most High, the speaker of The Most High's Words, as seen throughout the Old Testament. This is not only a revealing of who He is, but as we shall see in this series, a prophetic promise of how "Messiah-in-us" will be our hope of glory,
and how He will allow us to enter in!