Lusting After the Onions of Egypt (Numbers 11:4-6) by Rev. Angus Stewart
I. The Meaning
II. The Typology
III. The Judgment
Homer C. Hoeksema on Numbers 11: “Canaan is the type of the heavenly promised land, and the wilderness journey is the type of the way of the Christian and of the church to that heavenly Canaan. On that way you do not find onions and garlic and cucumbers and melons: the things that please the senses, that gratify the animal desires, that satisfy the lust of the flesh. No, on the way to Canaan you find only the pure manna of the word of God, the bread of life, nourishing our souls unto everlasting life. The church receives and can expect nothing other than the manna, the wholesome and nourishing manna of the word of God” (Unfolding Covenant History, vol. 4. p. 103).