Psalm 78:21

Lessons From Israel's Past

²⁰ Look! He struck the rock and water gushed out;
torrents overflowed.
But can He also provide bread
or furnish meat for His people?”
²¹ Therefore, the Lord heard and became furious;
then fire broke out against Jacob,
and anger flared up against Israel
²² because they did not believe God
or rely on His salvation.

To the Lord

Full Of Wrath

Israel

Jacob

Jehovah

Numbers 11:1-3

Now the people began complaining openly before the Lord about hardship. When the Lord heard, His anger burned, and fire from the Lord blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.

Numbers 11:10

Moses heard the people, family after family, crying at the entrance of their tents. The Lord was very angry; Moses was also provoked.

Deuteronomy 32:22

For fire has been kindled because of My anger
and burns to the depths of Sheol;
it devours the land and its produce,
and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

Psalm 78:31

God’s anger flared up against them,
and He killed some of their best men.
He struck down Israel’s choice young men.

1 Corinthians 10:5

But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.

1 Corinthians 10:11

Now these things happened to them as examples, and they were written as a warning to us, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

Hebrews 12:29

for our God is a consuming fire.

Jude 1:5

Now I want to remind you, though you know all these things: The Lord first saved a people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did not believe;