Isaiah 59

WEEK  8                                                Isaiah 59   

SATURDAY  Reflections

It's your problem, not God's.

Often people want help but they have placed themselves in a position where help is not easy to get. The person with an unhealthy lifestyle who is sick or the athlete who pushed their body too far and now it's failing. They want help and they may have wanted it before now but wouldn't change their ways. Now they find themselves in a mess.

 

The children of Israel did this. They rebelled against God's commands and now they wanted to be saved but were not in a position to be saved. It is like a man who doesn't want to get wet but refuses to get under his wife's large umbrella. There is enough room under the umbrella for both of them but his pride keeps him from moving under her protection. Is the umbrella not functioning? No, it's working fine, it's the husband's actions which are at fault. This is Israel's problem, they don't want to move away from their sins but they still want to be saved. 

Isa 59:1-21
(1)  Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
(2)  But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
(3)  For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
(4)  None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
(5)  They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
(6)  Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
(7)  Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
(8)  The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
(9)  Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
(10)  We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
(11)  We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
(12)  For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;
(13)  In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
(14)  And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
(15)  Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
(16)  And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
(17)  For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
(18)  According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
(19)  So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
(20)  And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
(21)  As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.

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Numbers 12

WEEK  8                                    Numbers 12          

FRIDAY  Reflections

There is nothing in the Bible that forbids interracial marriage. There is much about marriage outside of your faith (this was the reason for forbidding intermarriage with the Canaanites). The prohibition against marriage outside the Jewish community has been used to justify a prohibition on Inter-racial marriage. Again I say, the Bible doesn't forbid it. Looking at this scripture it seems clear to me that God isn't happy with someone who might complain about interracial marriage.

Aaron and Miriam seem to be upset that Moses didn't talk with them before he got married to this Ethiopian woman. They thought since God had spoken to them they had a right to be able to speak against Moses.

God, however, wasn't pleased and caused leprosy to come upon Miriam. We can only guess why Aaron was spared, by seeing what had happened to Miriam he knew he was in trouble. Aaron did respond the right way by saying they had done foolishly. There was no pointing fingers or blaming anyone else, he said they did it. 

God's response to Moses' prayer for healing is also interesting. God said if her father had spit in her face she would have felt shame for at least a week (it would have probably been longer, but God was gracious), this being the case she would have to stay without the camp for that week. I wonder if this was in response to how long her words wounded Moses.

The punishment was harsh, but when you considered after the week was over it was like she never was ill, maybe it wasn't.

What does this mean to us? First, God doesn't appreciate someone complaining because someone has an inter-racial marriage. The second, just because God has used you in the past doesn't give you license to speak against God's leader.

Num 12:1-16
(1)  And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
(2)  And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.
(3)  (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
(4)  And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.
(5)  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.
(6)  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.
(7)  My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
(8)  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?
(9)  And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed.
(10)  And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
(11)  And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
(12)  Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.
(13)  And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
(14)  And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.
(15)  And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.
(16)  And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.

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Mark 8

WEEK  8                                                    Mark 8   

THURSDAY  Reflections

A straw man agreement put out there is if God could really do miracles why doesn’t he grow an arm or leg on someone who lost one. This according to the skeptic this would be proof that God is real. 

Jesus faces this kind of request himself and just says “No” (Mark 8:12). Miracles were used to confirm Jesus’ identity but they weren’t the first thing used to confirm it. His preaching and his life were first, then the miracles.

There are solid answers for the amputee miracle but this is too short to cover it. I will highlight two. One, nowhere in scripture is an amputee healed. I don’t know why but there is no record of him doing it, though I’m sure God is able. Two, even if God did the miracle in front of the skeptic it would not be enough. One skeptic I read about told a pastor there isn’t a possible miracle out there which could prove to him there is a God. At least this guy was honest, most just want to throw out the doubt but even if they saw a miracle they wouldn’t accept it. This isn’t new. The Pharisees saw Lazarus raised and their solution was to kill him again (John 12:9-11).

Mar 8:1-38

(1)  In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,

(2)  I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

(3)  And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

(4)  And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?

(5)  And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

(6)  And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.

(7)  And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.

(8)  So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.

(9)  And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.

(10)  And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.

(11)  And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

(12)  And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.

(13)  And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.

(14)  Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.

(15)  And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

(16)  And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.

(17)  And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?

(18)  Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

(19)  When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.

(20)  And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.

(21)  And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?

(22)  And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

(23)  And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.

(24)  And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

(25)  After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

(26)  And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.

(27)  And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?

(28)  And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.

(29)  And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.

(30)  And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.

(31)  And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

(32)  And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

(33)  But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.

(34)  And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

(35)  For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.

(36)  For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

(37)  Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

(38)  Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

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Psalm 90 A Prayer of Moses

WEEK  10                                          Psalm 90      

WEDNESDAY  Reflections

We are going to jump ahead in Psalms to Psalms 90 and 91 (next week). Many scholars believe Moses may have written these psalms during this time of the wilderness journey. Therefore, we are going to read them in the circumstance in which they took place. 

This psalm contrasts the short life of man to the eternal God. It is a reminder God is the one we should put our trust in because he is eternal. Yet, as amazing as it is God who is eternal watches over those who trust him. 

Psa 90:1-17
(1)  A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
(2)  Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
(3)  Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
(4)  For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
(5)  Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
(6)  In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
(7)  For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
(8)  Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
(9)  For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
(10)  The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
(11)  Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
(12)  So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
(13)  Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
(14)  O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
(15)  Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
(16)  Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.

(17)  And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

Numbers 11

WEEK  8                                         Numbers 11       

TUESDAY  Reflections

Chapter 11 begins and ends with a plague. Both are a result of people complaining. Complaints are perhaps the most dangerous thing for morale in a group of people. They aren't just statements they tend to grow and cause people to do things they otherwise wouldn’t. In one place, it caused the people to nearly stone Moses. The problem with complaints as we see here is it often isn't because there is a real problem but because people want something they don't have or lost something they thought they had a right to keep.

 

Israel may have been camped for over a year and at the end of the last chapter, they were forced to go on a three-day march lead by the God of the universe. It would have been less dangerous to have complained to General Patton about getting up in the morning. Does anyone really think this was smart? Yet, do we ever complain when God moves us?

 

The second time was because they wanted more than the free food God was supplying to over a million people. The problem wasn't that they wanted something more, the problem, as I see it, was they did not appreciate what they had. No, I don't think we should point too many fingers at Israel as we do the same thing.

 

Moses even complained though he did one thing right. He talked to God about it. Israel complained to their neighbors. God isn't against us sharing our concerns and desires with one another, but he doesn't appreciate us complaining about His provision.

Num 11:1-35
(1)  And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
(2)  And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.
(3)  And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.
(4)  And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
(5)  We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
(6)  But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
(7)  And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
(8)  And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
(9)  And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
(10)  Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
(11)  And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
(12)  Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
(13)  Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
(14)  I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
(15)  And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
(16)  And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
(17)  And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
(18)  And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
(19)  Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;
(20)  But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
(21)  And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
(22)  Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?
(23)  And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD'S hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
(24)  And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.

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(25)  And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
(26)  But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.
(27)  And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.
(28)  And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
(29)  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!
(30)  And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
(31)  And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
(32)  And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
(33)  And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
(34)  And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
(35)  And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.

Numbers 10

Looks like he got a win

WEEK  8                                         Numbers 10    

MONDAY  Reflections

In workplace training for leaders, there is often a class on finding the Win-win in every situation. Do something which will bring benefit to both parties rather than compromise and make no one completely happy. I do not believe there is a win-win for every situation. Some employers only win is the bottom line and some employees only win is money for doing next to nothing or nothing if they can get by with it. Just because some don’t do it right doesn't mean we shouldn't try to find one.

 

If you haven't read Numbers 10 stop now and see if you can find the win-win, I'll wait.

 

Okay, you got it? Moses told his father-in-law to stay with them. Israelites would gain his eyes (experience) and he would receive a blessing as God blessed Israel. By staying, Moses and his father-in-law both got something of value. They both won. Let's try and do the same while working with people.

Num 10:1-36
(1)  And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
(2)  Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.
(3)  And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
(4)  And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
(5)  When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
(6)  When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
(7)  But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.
(8)  And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.
(9)  And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
(10)  Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.
(11)  And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.
(12)  And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
(13)  And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
(14)  In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
(15)  And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
(16)  And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
(17)  And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
(18)  And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
(19)  And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
(20)  And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
(21)  And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came.
(22)  And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
(23)  And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
(24)  And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
(25)  And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
(26)  And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran.
(27)  And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.
(28)  Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.
(29)  And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
(30)  And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.
(31)  And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.
(32)  And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.
(33)  And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.
(34)  And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.
(35)  And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
(36)  And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.