A land flowing with milk and honey?

God promised the land of Canaan, which he swore to give to the Israelites,

as a land flowing with milk and honey (Jere. 32:22).

Joshua and Caleb, who followed God wholeheartedly (Num. 14:24),

also referred to the land of Canaan as a land flowing with milk and honey (v. 8).

Even the ten spies who brought back a bad report

after spying out the land of Canaan (13:32) described it as

a land flowing with milk and honey (v. 27).

However, Dathan and Abiram, who rebelled against Moses and Aaron (16:3, 11)

and accused them of going too far (v. 7), considered Egypt,

where the Israelites were enslaved (20:2, Deut. 5:6, 6:12, 24:22),

as a land flowing with milk and honey (Num. 16:13).

The land flowing with milk and honey promised by God to us

who believe in Jesus is none other than the eternal kingdom

of the new heaven and new earth (Rev. 21:1).

As we follow the Lord wholeheartedly,

we are journeying toward that kingdom by faith in this wilderness-like world.

However, some church members who rebel against God

and go too far consider this sinful world, reminiscent of Egypt

where they lived in sin before believing in Jesus,

as "heaven," focusing on earthly things instead of things above

(Col. 3:2).