Today's reading from Numbers 14-15; Psalm 90
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In Numbers 14, the people started to grumble against Aaron and Moses. They said it would have been better if they had died in Egypt. Joshua and Caleb plead with the people byt they would not listen! The people talked abour stoning Joshua and Caleb but God intervened. in verse 11 The LORD said to Moses, "How long will these
people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the miraculous signs I have performed among them? 12 I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation greater and stronger than they." God meant to desytroy the people and make Moses into a great nation. Moses had to speak on behalf of the people to change God's mind from destroying them. We need to pray for people and get them saved from hell! Hebrews 3.7-4.13 is a commentary of the unbelief of the people in the wilderness. The sad fact was some 2 million people died in the wilderness and Joshua and Caleb were the only ones permitted to enter Canaan (verse 30).
What can we learn from Numbers 13 and 14? It is through the eyes of faith that all things are possible with God. (Mat 19.26). If the Israelites had faith, they would have reached Canaan which would have taken weeks to get took them 40 years. When we have faith and we obey God things get done if not we WASTE our lives wandering aimlessly like the Israelites. What is the secret of the Christian life, it boils down to two words TRUST and OBEY.
Numbers 14 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Guzik on Numbers 14
Peter Pett on Numbers 11-19
In Numbers 15, the Lord told Moses to say to the Israelites, AFTER you enter the land I am giving you as a home. Although they could not enter Canaan, because of their unbelief, God's grace nad mercy was shown to their children regardless of their sin. Grain and wine offering were to also to be include among the five main offerings mentioned in (Leviticus 1-7). The grain was to be mixed with oil before used. The Apostle Paul said to Timothy in 2Timothy 4.6-8 that he was poured out like drink offering, and the time of his departure was at hand. Paul was thinking of this passage in Num 15.1-12. There was to be offering for unintentional sins v. 22-30. There is the sin that is unintentional, but it must be dealt with because God is a holy God. There is an offering that must be made for it. This unintentional sin can be committed by an individual (v. 22-26) or by the whole community (v. 27-29). But if a person sins he must be cut off from the people. (v. 30-31).
We do not realize how terrible sin is. It does not matter whether the sin is commited intentionally or defiantly. God had to eradicate sin once and for all, that he sent his Son, Jesus to die in our place so that when we are His children, He does not see sin but righteousness.
Numbers 15 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Guzik on Numbers 15
Peter Pett on Numbers 11-19
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Psalm 90 with Commentaries, verse by verse
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