Tues.’s Devo - Inscribed

Read: Numbers 16:41-18:32; Mark 16:1-20; Psalm 55:1-23; Proverbs 11:7
I love how God opened up the ground, swallowed Korah and his family, then sent fire and killed others and all the people could do was to blame Moses. These were their words, “You have killed the Lord’s people.” I find that hilarious since it was God who killed his people because they disobeyed, so really, they were responsible for their own deaths. But somehow, Moses got all the blame. It is not easy to be a leader.
I think that when God wanted to kill them all, I might have let him but Moses was different. He fell down before God then told Aaron to run and put incense in his censer and take fire from the altar and take it to the people to make atonement for them. The plague had already started but when Aaron offered the incense and made atonement for them the plague was stopped though 14,700 people had already died.
Then Moses told the leaders of every tribe to carve their own names on their rod and bring them to him. Moses would put the rods in front of the ark and see what God did. The next morning only Aaron’s rod had changed. It had sprouted with buds, blossoms and almonds. It stood as a testimony to the people of their rebellion and who God had chosen to minister in his presence. On that day, God gave the office of Korah’s family to Aaron’s and they were to be the priests who served in the tabernacle. He told them that the priesthood was a gift from Him. Salvation itself is a gift from God (Ephesians 2:8).
God bestowed upon the priests gifts which are all pictures of our salvation. They were given the finest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain. We are given the Holy Spirt which is the oil and the new wine; and we have the revelation of the Word of God which is the grain or the seed. They were given the first fruits of the land which is the best. The offerings the people gave to the Lord were theirs to live off of. When the true Church realizes that everything on this earth was give to us, we will start taking ownership and becoming better stewards of it. What happens in Washington is our responsibility and should reflect God’s kingdom. What comes out of Hollywood and Nashville should reflect the kingdom of God and we should be the head and not the tail. We are to be bringing the kingdom of heaven down to earth and not bringing up the kingdom of hell to earth. We have let the devil rule this planet much too long and there needs to be a major shift. I see it coming.
In Mark, Mary Magdala and Mary, Jesus mother went to the tomb to bring spices for Jesus’ body. On their way they were wondering how they would get the stone away but when they got there, not only was the stone rolled away, but an angel was there who told them Jesus had risen and would meet them in Galilee. They told the disciples, but they wouldn’t believe them.
Jesus appeared in another form to two men who were walking from the crucifixion and talking about it. They ran back to the disciples and told them also, but they wouldn’t believe.
Finally, Jesus appeared to the disciples and rebuked them for not believing the testimony of the others. Jesus told them that now would be the time to go out and tell everyone what they had seen Jesus do and to do the same things he did. Jesus was taken back to heaven and they had an assignment to do.
Thank you, Lord, that you have inscribed our names in the Book of Life and our names are always before you.