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"JOURNEYS"
(Weekly Reading>>Numbers 33:1-36:13, Jeremiah 2:4-28; 4:1-2, Matthew 5:33-37, James 4:1-5:20)
In the last study of the book of Numbers and we find Moses and the Israelites entering the final phase in their long journey as they move closer to their inheritance – the Promised Land. Ultimately the Messiah is the embodiment of the Promised Land of Israel in that: Father Yahweh calls Him My servant, My son, my Firstborn, Israel, and it is “in Him we live and move and exist” (Exodus 4:22; Isaiah 49:1-6; Matthew 12:18; Hosea 11:1; Matthew 2:15).
Our pre-determined pathway to the Land, to the Garden, and to intimacy and holiness with the Messiah is enumerated here in the words of Moses, as it was Moses who wrote about the Messiah, The Torah which became flesh and Tabernacled among us. (John 1:1, 1:4, Rev 19:13, 1 John 1:1)
The Stages of Israel’s Journey
(Numbers 33: 1-49)
The book of Numbers now summarizes of the stages the Israelite journeyed through the wilderness before they entered the Promised Land. The names of the places detailed God’s direction and the path they were to follow. Their wanderings were not random but were guided by the Spirit[Wind] of the Holy One as expressed through the movement of the Cloud of Glory (Numbers 9:20). The itinerary disclosed that the Israelites retraced their steps several times taking forty years for a trip that could have been achieved in eleven days. It was God’s divine mercy and the nation’s learning of His ways that allowed them to enter the Promised Land.
The names of the places revealed how the people struggled due to their own fears. They stumbled many times pleading to return to Egypt, fell into idolatry, and even cursed Moses and the Land they were about to enter. Through it all, the camp list also revealed how the Israelites time after time returned to Yahweh and then finally put their faith and hope in Him. Israel willingly chose to follow after Him despite all of their doubts. They at long last learned to no longer put their trust in themselves but to fully rest in HIS faithfulness to them.
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"JOURNEYS"
(Weekly Reading>>Numbers 33:1-36:13, Jeremiah 2:4-28; 4:1-2, Matthew 5:33-37, James 4:1-5:20)
In the last study of the book of Numbers and we find Moses and the Israelites entering the final phase in their long journey as they move closer to their inheritance – the Promised Land. Ultimately the Messiah is the embodiment of the Promised Land of Israel in that: Father Yahweh calls Him My servant, My son, my Firstborn, Israel, and it is “in Him we live and move and exist” (Exodus 4:22; Isaiah 49:1-6; Matthew 12:18; Hosea 11:1; Matthew 2:15).
Our pre-determined pathway to the Land, to the Garden, and to intimacy and holiness with the Messiah is enumerated here in the words of Moses, as it was Moses who wrote about the Messiah, The Torah which became flesh and Tabernacled among us. (John 1:1, 1:4, Rev 19:13, 1 John 1:1)
John 5:46 Jesus/Yeshua said, “If you believed [obeyed] Moses, you would believe [obey] Me, for he wrote about Me.”
Jeremiah 29:11-14 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares Yahweh, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares Yahweh, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares Yahweh, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile” (Jeremiah 33:6-9; Ezekiel 11:17-20; 36:24-36; 37:15-28).
Malachi 4:4-6 “Remember the Law of Moses, My servant, which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of Yahweh. And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”
The Stages of Israel’s Journey
(Numbers 33: 1-49)
The book of Numbers now summarizes of the stages the Israelite journeyed through the wilderness before they entered the Promised Land. The names of the places detailed God’s direction and the path they were to follow. Their wanderings were not random but were guided by the Spirit[Wind] of the Holy One as expressed through the movement of the Cloud of Glory (Numbers 9:20). The itinerary disclosed that the Israelites retraced their steps several times taking forty years for a trip that could have been achieved in eleven days. It was God’s divine mercy and the nation’s learning of His ways that allowed them to enter the Promised Land.
The names of the places revealed how the people struggled due to their own fears. They stumbled many times pleading to return to Egypt, fell into idolatry, and even cursed Moses and the Land they were about to enter. Through it all, the camp list also revealed how the Israelites time after time returned to Yahweh and then finally put their faith and hope in Him. Israel willingly chose to follow after Him despite all of their doubts. They at long last learned to no longer put their trust in themselves but to fully rest in HIS faithfulness to them.
continues tomorrow...