WILDERNESS EXPERIENCES

Hebrew:   yeshimon meaning a desolate place

midbar meaning a desert

arabah meaning an obscure place

tsiyyah meaning a dry place

tohu meaning a place of ruins

Greek:     eremia meaning a desert, desolate place

eremos meaning a desolate place, a deserted place


 

FIRST                        SECOND                            THIRD

God’s Will                Preparation                         Fulfillment

(Purpose/Plan
/
Direction/Mission)

 

Calling                      Refining                              Completion

Vision                       Purifying/Purging                Fruition                                                                   (“Showing  what’s in your heart”)

Note: God works in SEASONS in our lives!

OLD TESTAMENT:

  1. Joseph experienced the wilderness! (Genesis 37:22)

  1. Moses experienced the wilderness! (Exodus 3:1)

  1. Elijah experienced the wilderness! (I Kings 19:3-4)

  1. David experienced the wilderness! (I Samuel 23:13

NEW TESTAMENT:

1. John the Baptist experienced the wilderness! (Matthew 3:1-3) (“Behold, the Lamb of God!)

2. Jesus experienced the wilderness! (Matthew 4:1)

3. Paul experienced the wilderness! (Galatians 1:17-18)

4. John the apostle experienced the wilderness! (Revelation 1:9)

  1. Simeon (Luke 2:25-33)

  1. Anna (Luke 2:36-38)


 

 


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