The final chapters of Numbers focus on the beginning to the fulfillment of the Lord’s promise that the Israelites would inherit the land of Canaan and instructs men and women on the making of promises and vows. The Israelites have been wandering the wilderness for 40 years. They are the given the instructions...
In Numbers, 21-29, God couldn’t have made it more obvious that Israel was a blessed nation. Everyone that encountered them in battle was defeated and wiped out. They defeated the King of Arad, King Sihon and the Amorites and King Og of Bashan. Through Balaam, God showed Balak, the Moabites and the Midians that...
Continuing on through Numbers, we see that the Israelites are a doubting nation. Israel has become a whining, ungrateful and untrusting congregation. The Lord is providing food for them, but it is not good enough. He has given them leaders that have a direct line to God to tell them what to do and...
Leviticus can be extremely overwhelming read. It is easy to get bogged down in all of the details surrounding the expectations of all the different kinds of offerings. I was struck with how incredibly gracious that the Lord created provisions for those of all economic standing to be able to participate in bringing offerings...
One week down, only 83 days of reading left. In Exodus 29-40, the Israelites quickly stray from God and build a golden calf as a god, but face severe consequences for their actions. The speed in which the Israelites go from we have been delivered to we have no God, He has left us...
Immediately after escaping the Egyptian army through the Red Sea, one of the first thing the Israelites do is complain about bitter water. A little later they complained that they were hungry, saying they would have been better off in Egypt and the Lord heard their cries. He answered it with manna every morning...
