What did God promise Israel He would do for them in the promised land?
God promised Israel that He would have everything ready for them in the promised land. He would drive out their enemies before them, so all they would have to do is occupy and possess it. They were told to go up and possess it, not fear or be discouraged.
Les explains that God had told Israel He would have everything ready for them. He would drive out their enemies, and all they would have to do is occupy. The sending of the twelve spies was not God's idea; it came from the weakness of the flesh. God graciously allowed it, but it was not His intention. Moses relayed God's command: go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said, fear not, neither be discouraged. Yet the people wanted men to search out the land and bring back word, revealing that they did not really believe God would do what He said. They were taking things out of God's hands and putting them into the hands of mere mortals.