Tues.’s Devo - Judgment and Salvation

Read Numbers 15:17-16:40, Mark 15:1-47, Ps. 54:1-7, Pr. 11:5-6 When I read the judgment on the man who carried the wood on the Sabbath, it seemed a little extreme to me at first. God ordained the Sabbath to be the seventh day when no one was suppose to work. It was to be a picture of Millennium, the seven thousandth year - a time when no one works. To profane the Sabbath was to profane God’s picture of Millennium. This man had to die for distorting God’s plan. If you are called to be a leader, you might change your mind after reading about Moses and the rebellious people he had to lead. The sons of Korah rose up in rebellion against Moses because they thought they were just as anointed as Moses and they felt Moses was setting himself above them. Moses was furious and called Dathan and Abiram to help him and they refused to come because they agreed with Korah . Moses had 250 of them bring censers of incense and present them to the Lord. God would choose who was holy and who wasn’t. Moses told the rest of the people to get away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram and the ground opened up and swallowed them and their families. A fire consumed the 250 that had brought censors. In Mark, Jesus is getting wrongly judged for living a sinless life. They let a murderer free in His place. They scourged and crucified Jesus. Darkness covered the earth for three hours. If you read Ps. 18 and 2 Sam. 22 you will read that God made darkness his tabernacle and came down and ministered to Jesus. When the light shone again Jesus cried out “My God, why have you forsaken me.” He was quoting from Ps. 22. In the Old Testament the Psalms weren’t numbered like they are now so the name of a Psalms was its first line. If you read the rest of the Psalms you will see it is the picture of Jesus on the cross. Jesus wasn’t saying that God had abandoned him, He was quoting a Psalms that would explain what was going on. God never abandoned Jesus. God is Omnipresent which means there is never a place He is not already there. God and Jesus are one which make it impossible to leave one another. Lord, we are so grateful again for the sacrifice you made for us to go free. Surely You are our help; the one who sustains us.