This is the promise of the New Covenant, that if you place all your faith in God, repent, change your mind about needing to make provision for your own nourishment, security and well being, are born again with a different mind set, you will see the Kingdom of God, understand what it is, and if you act on your belief, you will ENTER the Kingdom of God, a blessing the Old Covenant could not give.
The NEW Covenant was prophesied in Jeremiah 31:31-34, brought in by Christ and sealed with his blood.
The NEW Covenant says that we can be reconciled to God, not by the blood of animals which had to be repeated many times, but by the blood of Christ who died once and for all. He was the Lamb of God who gave his life for the sin of the world, John 1:29, and the Good Shepherd who lay down his life for the sheep, John 10:11. Without blood there is no forgiveness of sin, Hebrews 9:22, and Jesus shed his blood for the forgiveness of sins, Matthew 26:28.
This is the gift of God - eternal life for all who accept Christ, Romans 6:23, and every spiritual blessing in him, Ephesians 1:3.
The story of Ananais and Sapphira does not speak of, or even mention covenant, ot matters relating to property. They lied to God - simples.
A crisis is a harmful situation.
No; a crisis is a stressful situation involving conflict.
cri·sis
(krī′sĭs)
n. pl. cri·ses (-sēz)
1. A crucial or decisive point or situation, especially a difficult or unstable situation involving an impending change.
2. A sudden change in the course of a disease or fever, toward either improvement or deterioration.
3. An emotionally stressful event or traumatic change in a person's life.
4. A point in a story or drama when a conflict reaches its highest tension and must be resolved.
In Egypt, the harm was upon Pharaoh.
Pharaoh suffered because he rejected Moses' plea to let the Israelite's go and worship God. He said that he didn't know their God, and would not release them.
Ultimately he rejected God - time after time he was told that god would cause x to happen if the Hebrew people were not released; time after time he refused, repented when the plague came, then changed his mind again when the danger was past. HE rejected God, and he brought harm upon himself and the nation.
In the wilderness, God led Israel into a desert, where she faced danger, with no visible sources of water or food.
Yes, they were led into the wilderness on their way to the Promised Land; that was the journey. After all that they had seen of the plagues in Egypt, they should have been able to trust in God for whatever they needed; instead, they grumbled and complained.
His intention was to show how Israel was to be a blessing to the world. She would lay down her life and pick it up, with God's help.
The text doesn't say that.
God rescued the nation from Egypt - as he prophesied through Jacob, Genesis 46:4, and Joseph, Genesis 50:24. He saved them from there, just as he had saved their lives from the famine by sending them there in the first place. Having rescued them, he led them to Mt Sinai where they would receive his law and covenant and instructions how to live as his people.
The journey through the wilderness could have taken only a short time; a few months, or maybe a couple of years. It took 40 years because, once again, the people didn't trust God. 10 of those sent out said that the Promised Land was full of enemies and danger; only 2 said that the Lord had promised it to them, they should trust him and that he would deliver and help them, Deuteronomy 1:20-36.
In each of these situations - with Pharaoh, and then with the nation - if they suffered "harm", it was because they rejected God or didn't trust in him. It was not God who caused that harm; people suffered because of their own attitudes or actions.
