Pending Promises

Have you ever read Deuteronomy and wondered why the Lord allowed the destruction of the older generation of the Israelites to last 40 years? In one moment, God swallowed up the elders of Israel by the word of Moses because of their murmuring (Numbers 16:28-33). Yet, we see God allow many of the Israelites to die, either by old age or sickness, ending with Moses.