"Full salvation" is always in the heart of God. His original "vision" or purpose for Israel was to take them "OUT OF" Egypt and "INTO" Canaan. Even though Israel escaped Egypt and was peacefully camped at the Jordan River they were not experiencing God's "Full Salvation". They had experienced the "OUT OF" but not the "INTO".
The divinely inspired record of the Exodus to Canaan events has vital lessons, for New Covenant Believers, that should not be underestimated or minimized! It's my personal conviction that far too many of God's precious people live out their earthly lives in the "OUT OF" faze of redemption never really entering the "INTO" faze of their blood bought salvation.
It's a strange phenomena how the "first generation exodus Israelites" were able to believe God for the deliverance "out of" Egypt yet these same people would not believe Him to take them "into" the Promised Land. You'd think that after experiencing one miracle after another that by the time they reached the Jordan River they'd be believing, "nothing is impossible with our God." Not so! God fully intends that we take this Old Testament illustration of redemption and bring it into New Covenant and learn from it! What do we learn? We learn: it's possible to believe God to deliver us from sin (Egypt) and yet not believe Him to take us into Christ-likeness.
Was the Land of Promise real? Yes! Did God say,the land was Israel's to possess? Yes! Was it possible for the "first generation exodus Israelites" to inherit the Land? Yes it was! How do we know that? Because the "second generation Israelites" did it! The only difference between the first and second generation was faith. The second generation chose to believe God rather than lean on their own understanding. Heb.11:6 So, you see, it is impossible to please God without faith.
1Pe 2:2 You must crave pure spiritual milk so that you can grow into the fullness of your salvation. Cry out for this nourishment as a baby cries for milk,. For the nation of Israel the fullness of their salvation was when they entered "INTO" Canaan and physically took possession of it. For New Covenant Believers full salvation is entering "INTO" Christ-likeness.
