Intro to Numbers: God's People in the WIlderness

Numbers describes the movement of God's people from covenant to consummation and therefore is the Old Testament book that perhaps most represents our situation as well in between covenant and consummation.
Therefore the book stands as a sober warning to us: perseverance is required to obtain the promise. But the book holds out a precious promise as well: God will not abandon His people and the truths of the Gospel will be our preservation.
Numbers therefore calls us to value holiness by trusting in redemption and keeping our eyes on the promise.