The purpose of God's fiery trial in the wilderness is ...

 

 

  1. To test our family members to know what is in our hearts, whether we will keep His commandments or not (Deut. 8: 2).

 

  1. To make our family members to understand that we do not live by bread alone, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord (v. 3).

 

  1. To do good for us in the end (v. 16).