Introduction: Is God safe?  

1.    The Lord God (Numbers 1:1)

a.    Spoke… in the wilderness 

b.    Saved… out of Egypt 

2.    The people of God 

a.    The people, the war, and the promise (Numbers 1:2-46)

b.    The people and the problem (Numbers 1:47-54)

3.    The meeting of God and his people 

a.    God at the centre (Numbers 2:1-2)

b.    God plans to journey with his people (Numbers 2:3-24)

c.     God creates a safe place (Numbers 3:1-49)  

4.    Implications (see also Hebrews 12:18-29)

a.     The nature of God and the safety of the cross 

b.    Jesus at the centre of life 

c.     The priority of God’s people, a matter of life and death