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.
Hard to read these chapters in the Old Testament. It’s pretty much the same story. Just different names. To think the midianites were descendants of Abraham’s wife and Moses wife and how far they have turned away. To the point God said destroy them all. They needed a Moses to confront sin before it festered. Reading yesterday in 1 Corinthians about head covering. I can remember in the 60’s. All women had a small head covering out of reverence to God. church had standing room only. Every person in town at church on Sunday mornings. Streets were empty How far have we turned away. We are Christs ambassadors. Let’s turn this country back
Numbers 30 & 31