Today: [Numbers Chapter Thirty-Four] When God Backed the Word of an Angry Drunk. In this chapter God instructs Moses to appoint men to divide the land they are about to take from the Canaanites. Where did this appointment come from? The prophecy that the Israelites moved forward on originally came from Noah when he was […]
READ MORE Today: [Numbers Chapter Thirty-Three] Surviving Between Moves of God. In this chapter Moses recites the wilderness journeying of the children of Israel. These are called the “stations of the wilderness”. From Ramses to the plains of Moab the Lord led the children of Israel for forty years by the pillar of fire by night and […]
READ MORE Today: [Numbers Chapter Thirty-Two] Don’t Settle for Second Best. In this chapter we find two tribes of Israel who decide they don’t want to go into Canaan land. They want to settle on “this side of Jordan”. God had an inheritance for them but circumstances and situations led them to believe they were better off […]
READ MORE Today: [Numbers Chapter Thirty-One] Defeating the Midianites in Your Life. In this chapter God instructs Moses to war against the Midianites who attempted to seduce Israel with idolatry in the wilderness of Zin. The Midianites worshipped Baal – whose name means dominative father. The name Midian means strife and contention. There is a time in […]
READ MORE [Numbers Chapter Thirty] Vowing the Vow of Life. Is it wise to vow a vow or take an oath? Are words just words or do they affect us far more than we know. Numbers chapter 30 is completely devoted to the issue of vows taken and the implications concerning oaths and “binding our souls”. We […]
READ MORE Today: [Numbers Chapter Twenty-Nine] Celebrating the Feasts of the Lord. In the previous chapter and continuing in chapter 29 we have instructions regarding offerings made on the feast days of the Lord. There are three feasts in Israel: Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles. These feasts correspond and represent three experiences in Christ and three aspects of […]
READ MORE Today: [Numbers Chapter Twenty-Eight] Partaking of the Continual Sacrifice. In this passage the instructions are given regarding the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly sacrifices connected with consecration and forgiveness of sins. The morning sacrifice was performed with a specific orientation to the rising sun and the tribe of Judah. The entire encampment was a proclamation […]
READ MORE Today: [Numbers Chapter Twenty-Seven] The Appointment of Joshua. In this chapter Moses is informed that he will not enter Canaan land because of his disobedience in Zin. He went all through the wilderness for forty years and in one outburst cost himself the fulfillment of going into the land of promise. His last act was […]
READ MORE Today: [Numbers Chapter Twenty-Six] Are You Able to Go to War? In this chapter God instructs Moses to tally the number of able bodied men. It was necessary to know how many after a time of plague that could go to war. The men had to be a certain age and it had to be […]
READ MORE Today: [Numbers Chapter Twenty-Five] Trusting God in the Thorny Place. In this chapter the people of God encamp in a place filled with thorn trees oozing out sticky gum. It speaks of the thorny and difficult places we find ourselves in at times. In this case the people fall into idolatry with a false god […]
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