Do you ever feel like outcast who isn’t welcomed or doesn’t belong? In Judges 11 we are introduced to Jephthah, the son of Gilead and a harlot, who is ostracized by his brothers because of his mother. How would you feel if you were to have people ridicule your mother and infer your value based on prejudice. Jephthah is driven out of the land of his father and family by his brothers. This sets the stage for the next deliverer. Continue Reading…
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Trust in God not in who you are: Judges 11 and 12
Living life in radical obedience to God in Numbers 31 and 32
Today I gained a better understanding who Balaam the son of Beor was from the story beginning in chapter 22 and concluding chapters 23 and 24. It was easy to look at Balaam as a good man similar to Melchizedek because Balaam was speaking of God but in Numbers 31 verse 8 we are told that Balaam was killed by the Israelites when they attacked Midian. I had compared Melchizedek to Balaam but they are each very different? Melchizedek was a priest of the Most High God where Balaam was an oracle who God used. Melchizedek was given offerings by the Israelites. Balaam lived among the people who worshiped Baal and these same people are the ones who Israel played the harlot with. There is no comparison to these men as I thought because one worship God, Melchizedek, and Balaam didn’t worship God. Continue Reading…
Hold to your word as you sojourn on Earth: Numbers 29 and 30
After reading Numbers 29 and 30 today all I am left with many confusing questions. Why are the sacrifices constantly being restated? Were the people not listening? What’s the point? As I ask these questions I remember what has happened in Numbers 27 where the mantle of leadership is transfered from Moses to Joshua. I am also reminded of Numbers 26 where the census was take again after the 40 years in the wilderness and there the was no one left who was numbered in the wilderness because God said, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” Only Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun were left from those who disbelieved and rebelled. Continue Reading…
