Read: Numbers 21:1-22:20; Luke 1:26-56; Psalm 57:1-11; Proverbs 11:9-11
Surrounding their land of promise were kings who were set on keeping Israel out. They captured some of the Israelites so they went to the Lord and promised him that if they would give them back their people, they would completely destroy their enemies. God heard and let them completely destroy them and their towns. The place they destroyed was called Hormah which means “destruction”.
After their victory, they quickly forgot to be thankful and complained because they were out of water, and bread and they were tired of eating manna. So God sent snakes that bit the people and many died. They realized their sin and repented. God told Moses to make a bronze snake and put it on a pole and whoever looked at the pole would die. This snake on the pole was a precursor to the cross which would become the curse so that we could receive the blessing.
In Chapter 21:14 it mentions a book called the Book of Wars. There are many books mentioned in the Bible that are not in our 66 books. I can’t wait to read that one in heaven.
They traveled on and met two very powerful kings Sihon, king of Amon and Og, king of Bashan. God gave them victory over both of them which put fear in the surrounding nations. They camped across from Jericho waiting God’s instructions. Balak the son of Zippor heard what they did to the other two kings and saw the multitude of their people so he hired Balaam, a well-known sorcerer, to curse Israel. When Balaam consulted God, he told him not to go with these men. He could not curse who God had blessed. Balak sent a more distinguished group to beg him to come curse Israel. Instead of just saying “no”, he went back to God to see if he would change his mind. God let him go with strict orders to say only what he said.
In Luke, it is the sixth month which is called Adar. Elizabeth is six months pregnant which means that John the Baptist was born in the month of Pentecost which makes so much sense since he was a light to lead people to the Messiah. In the sixth month, the angel came to Mary and told her that she would give birth to the Messiah and he would be called Jesus. He also told her that her aunt, Elizabeth was six months pregnant. As soon as the angel left, Mary left to see Elizabeth. When Mary entered the threshold of Elizabeth’s house and spoke a greeting, the baby in Elizabeth’s womb leapt and was filled with the Holy Spirit, another reference to Pentecost. If they are going by the civil calendar, then Jesus would have been conceived on Passover and born on Hanakkah. All of this is speculation and everyone has their own interpretation. This is mine for what it’s worth.
I do know that God uses the feasts as dates to do his special appointments on earth so they were born on feast seasons.
Lord, your ways are so wonderful. Thank you for hiding your mysteries so that we can seek you and find them out. Thank you for becoming the curse so that we could walk in the blessing of salvation.
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