Wow, today reading made me have some questions. I have a question that is eating at me. When God destroys Korah, Dathan, and Abiram into the ground did their wife and children go with them? In Number 16:27 is says “Dathan and Abiram had come out and were standing with their wives, children and little one at the entrances to their tents.”
When God had the plague killing 14,700 is it because that is that because they turned toward the Tent of Meeting?
I hope you all have a wonderful Sabbeth and a great weekend.
Okay, so I'm a bit behind and am trying to catch up anywhere I can (yes, I was even reading in the bathroom!!!)
I have to say that some of these things we are reading would be such thrilling movies - like when the earth opened up and swallowed Korah, Dathan and Abiram and then fire coming down from heaven consuming 250 men! Man, what a sight!
I've had tons of questions that even my study Bible didn't address, but luckily my father-in-law is here this weekend and I was able to ask him a bunch of questions...he use to be a pastor.
Anyway, I did find one MAJOR benefit of "jumping" around a bit in the Bible - it gives us a bit of a break from Leviticus and Numbers! I have to say, I'm looking forward to Monday and going back to Genesis and the Devotional book.
I have such a problem with the books of Moses...God seems to be so unforgiving and quick to punish! I mean people being hanged...people being stoned...people being stabbed through their youknowhats! sheesh...how can the God of the New Testament be so forgiving and "turntheothercheekish"? Sometimes I wonder if Moses is just making some of this stuff up to keep people in line! Is it that they were so used to being slaves that God had to treat them that way?!
so I guess I was "enjoying" the book of Numbers so much that I accidentally kept on reading into the story of Moses striking the rock for water...we will get to that later with our devotional book, but it did make me think of some of our comments on why it seems God was being unfair and too strick...because Moses disobedient to God's directions of what he was suppose to do (also my study Bible suggested other reasons, like lack of trust, taking credit for, and anger) he was not allowed to enter the promise land. How unfair...or was it? How many times did we as children (or do we see it in our children now) that we felt our parents rules and punishments and directions were unfair and too strick?! But didn't our parents always have our best interest in mind? Didn't they always want us to grow up to be the best person we could be? I'm thinking that is exactly what God is doing! We may think His rules were/are unfair and harsh - but truly, I think we just aren't understanding fully why He did/said what He did/said. God loves us SO MUCH, that these rules and offerings and everything were for us - a way to become closer to Him and to have the best life possible!
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Wow, today reading made me have some questions. I have a question that is eating at me. When God destroys Korah, Dathan, and Abiram into the ground did their wife and children go with them? In Number 16:27 is says “Dathan and Abiram had come out and were standing with their wives, children and little one at the entrances to their tents.”
When God had the plague killing 14,700 is it because that is that because they turned toward the Tent of Meeting?
I hope you all have a wonderful Sabbeth and a great weekend.
Okay, so I'm a bit behind and am trying to catch up anywhere I can (yes, I was even reading in the bathroom!!!)
I have to say that some of these things we are reading would be such thrilling movies - like when the earth opened up and swallowed Korah, Dathan and Abiram and then fire coming down from heaven consuming 250 men! Man, what a sight!
I've had tons of questions that even my study Bible didn't address, but luckily my father-in-law is here this weekend and I was able to ask him a bunch of questions...he use to be a pastor.
Anyway, I did find one MAJOR benefit of "jumping" around a bit in the Bible - it gives us a bit of a break from Leviticus and Numbers! I have to say, I'm looking forward to Monday and going back to Genesis and the Devotional book.
Hope you all are having a good weekend!
I have such a problem with the books of Moses...God seems to be so unforgiving and quick to punish! I mean people being hanged...people being stoned...people being stabbed through their youknowhats! sheesh...how can the God of the New Testament be so forgiving and "turntheothercheekish"? Sometimes I wonder if Moses is just making some of this stuff up to keep people in line! Is it that they were so used to being slaves that God had to treat them that way?!
so I guess I was "enjoying" the book of Numbers so much that I accidentally kept on reading into the story of Moses striking the rock for water...we will get to that later with our devotional book, but it did make me think of some of our comments on why it seems God was being unfair and too strick...because Moses disobedient to God's directions of what he was suppose to do (also my study Bible suggested other reasons, like lack of trust, taking credit for, and anger) he was not allowed to enter the promise land. How unfair...or was it? How many times did we as children (or do we see it in our children now) that we felt our parents rules and punishments and directions were unfair and too strick?! But didn't our parents always have our best interest in mind? Didn't they always want us to grow up to be the best person we could be? I'm thinking that is exactly what God is doing! We may think His rules were/are unfair and harsh - but truly, I think we just aren't understanding fully why He did/said what He did/said. God loves us SO MUCH, that these rules and offerings and everything were for us - a way to become closer to Him and to have the best life possible!
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