Numbers 11:29 KJV
And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
What a grand man Moses must have been.
Numbers 12:3 KJV
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
Moses was not so concerned about his authority as he was that God's people would be Spirit-filled, God-honoring people. The way to real unity is not for one to have authority and for all to fall into line with him. The way to real unity is for all to completely surrender to God as Moses had done. Moses was not afraid of what these others might say, so long as they had the Lord's Spirit upon them.
This comes into contrast with
Numbers 12:1-2 KJV
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.
While Moses was willing to have God spread the Spirit He had placed upon him, and was jealous; Miriam and Aaron accepted that spirit and believed it gave them the right to speak against Moses. God's response was
Numbers 12:5-8 KJV
And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
Moses did not need to forbid the prophets because God was well aware of what they said and thought and was more than capable of caring for Moses.
I read one more passage concerning Moses and his ministry as prophet this morning
Acts 3:20-26 KJV
And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
As great as Moses was, and as quick as God was to defend him when Miriam and Aaron spoke against him, there is a greater than Moses. Those who refuse to hear Jesus Christ, the Bible says, "shall be destroyed from among the people."
And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
What a grand man Moses must have been.
Numbers 12:3 KJV
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
Moses was not so concerned about his authority as he was that God's people would be Spirit-filled, God-honoring people. The way to real unity is not for one to have authority and for all to fall into line with him. The way to real unity is for all to completely surrender to God as Moses had done. Moses was not afraid of what these others might say, so long as they had the Lord's Spirit upon them.
This comes into contrast with
Numbers 12:1-2 KJV
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.
While Moses was willing to have God spread the Spirit He had placed upon him, and was jealous; Miriam and Aaron accepted that spirit and believed it gave them the right to speak against Moses. God's response was
Numbers 12:5-8 KJV
And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
Moses did not need to forbid the prophets because God was well aware of what they said and thought and was more than capable of caring for Moses.
I read one more passage concerning Moses and his ministry as prophet this morning
Acts 3:20-26 KJV
And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
As great as Moses was, and as quick as God was to defend him when Miriam and Aaron spoke against him, there is a greater than Moses. Those who refuse to hear Jesus Christ, the Bible says, "shall be destroyed from among the people."
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