Jude 1:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

Having

1 Corinthians 10:1

Afterward

General references

Hebrews 3:19

Bible References

Having

For I do not want you to be unaware, believers, that our fathers were all under the cloud [in which God’s presence went before them] and they all passed [miraculously and safely] through the [Red] Sea;

Afterward

Surely all the men who have seen My glory and My [miraculous] signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice,

But among these there was not a man [left] of those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel [for the first time] in the Wilderness of Sinai.

Moreover the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from within the camp, until they were all dead.

Therefore He lifted up His hand [swearing] to them,
That He would cause them to fall in the wilderness,

For who were they who heard and yet provoked Him [with rebellious acts]? Was it not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses?

Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still remains and is freely offered today, let us fear, in case any one of you may seem to come short of reaching it or think he has come too late.

General references

Yet in spite of this word, you did not trust [that is, confidently rely on and believe] the Lord your God,

Did not Achan the son of Zerah act unfaithfully in the things under the ban, and [as a result God’s] wrath came on the entire congregation of Israel? And that man did not perish alone in his wrongdoing.’”

Because they did not believe in God [they did not rely on Him, they did not adhere to Him],
And they did not trust in His salvation (His power to save).

Five of them were foolish [thoughtless, silly, and careless], and five were wise [far-sighted, practical, and sensible].

Nevertheless, God was not well-pleased with most of them, for they were scattered along the ground in the wilderness [because their lack of self-control led to disobedience which led to death].

Some [widows] have already turned away [from the faith] to follow Satan.

So we see that they were not able to enter [into His rest—the promised land] because of unbelief and an unwillingness to trust in God.