November 22, 2024
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Reading along with us in Numbers and 1 Corinthians? Here’s today’s reading:
Numbers 31 (NIV)
Vengeance on the Midianites
1 The Lord said to Moses, 2“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
3 So Moses said to the people, “Arm some of your men to go to war against the Midianites so that they may carry out the Lord’s vengeance on them.……Continue Reading
Just as the Isrealites were punished by the plague for their sexual immorality and idolatry, God now commands Moses to lead an attack on the Midianites for their part in that situation. Always hard to read about God’s vengenance because we rather always think about His love and His grace, however, it is important to remember that, like any good parent, we also must have a healthy fear of God as well. We become too familiar with the warm fuzzy and then we allow ourselves to slip into sin; remembering that even though He always offers forgiveness, our actions still have consequences.