Numbers 17:10
And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
The text does not tell us how Moses was to take away their murmurings, unless it was in the saving of Aaron's rod as a testimony against the rebels.
What the Bible does say is that Moses did as the Lord said. What an example Moses is of humility and faithful service to the Lord. These are a people who had
• Forfeited the Promised Land
• Challenged Moses and Aaron's authority and
• Murmured against them when God caused the earth to swallow Korah Dathan and Abiram.
These were a people who had caused that Moses himself would not go into the Promised Land (though I am not discounting Moses' own sin and the waters of Meribah) and he spent the rest of his life ministering to people who would wander until they died. Still Moses consistently ministered to them for their good.
I sometimes believe that we are living in such days when the majority of mankind have forfeited the grace of God upon themselves. Sin, humanism and pride have so swallowed up men that I wonder if we aren't just wandering around until this one last generation has passed.
Even if that is the case the task of the believer today is to serve God by attempting to be a blessing to men.
May God help me to be a blessing.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
The text does not tell us how Moses was to take away their murmurings, unless it was in the saving of Aaron's rod as a testimony against the rebels.
What the Bible does say is that Moses did as the Lord said. What an example Moses is of humility and faithful service to the Lord. These are a people who had
• Forfeited the Promised Land
• Challenged Moses and Aaron's authority and
• Murmured against them when God caused the earth to swallow Korah Dathan and Abiram.
These were a people who had caused that Moses himself would not go into the Promised Land (though I am not discounting Moses' own sin and the waters of Meribah) and he spent the rest of his life ministering to people who would wander until they died. Still Moses consistently ministered to them for their good.
I sometimes believe that we are living in such days when the majority of mankind have forfeited the grace of God upon themselves. Sin, humanism and pride have so swallowed up men that I wonder if we aren't just wandering around until this one last generation has passed.
Even if that is the case the task of the believer today is to serve God by attempting to be a blessing to men.
May God help me to be a blessing.
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