Background
Yesterday, I heard a pastor speak on Church Ages.
He said the current Church Age is one that feeds on indulgences.
That is, it resists correction.
He then when on and separated the church into conservative and liberal ( woke ) cultures.
Rebuttal
I think we have to be careful separating people into conservative and liberal ( woke ) culture.
Why you ask?
Outline
- Historically
- Biblical Figure
- Moses
Historically
I am not sure that the bible divides people into distinct cultures based on whether they are conservative and liberal.
Biblical Figure
Moses
Moses Humility
Scripture
- Numbers
- Numbers 12:3 – The Murmuring of Miriam and Aaron ( Link )
- 1 Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.
2 “Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.
3 Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.
4 And suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three, come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three went out
8b Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”
9 So the anger of the LORD burned against them, and He departed.
14 But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”
15 So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again.
16 After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
- 1 Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.
- Numbers 12:3 – The Murmuring of Miriam and Aaron ( Link )
Expound
1. Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife. .
Moses marries a Cushite woman.
Moses siblings Miriam and Aaron spoke up.
2.“Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this..
Moses’s sister and brother, Miriam and Aaron asks two questions.
a) Does the LORD speak only through Moses?
b) Does He not also speak through us?
It furthers that God hears.
3. Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.
Moses is a humble man.
4. And suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three, come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three went out.
Lord spoke suddenly.
Lord summoned all three to a meeting.
8b. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses..
The Lord our God turns to us and asks “why were you unafraid to speak against my servant?”
9. So the anger of the LORD burned against them, and He departed..
It states that our God has feelings.
That feelings can sometimes be on the angry side.
The anger at times is demonstrated by him walking away.
14 But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.
Verse 14 reads “If her father had spit in her face”.
It speaks of fatherly rebuke.
It says she will be in disgrace for seven days.
And, that of disgrace she should stay outside the camp for seven days.
After seven days, she should be brought back in.
15 So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again.
We take it that based on whether someone is conservative or liberal is grounds for separation, whereas God sometimes sees it different.
In this case yes Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days.
Yet, the people did not move until she was brought back in.
Summary
Books of the Bible
Pentateuch
Here are the Pentateuch, the first five books of the bible.
- Genesis
- Exodus
- Leviticus
- Numbers
- Deuteronomy
Our scripture verses were drawn from the book of Numbers Chapter 12.
Numbers is the fourth book of our bible.
It is Old Testament.
That is Pentateuch.
It is shared by all Abrahamic Religion.
One has to throw out the bible to dismember the Book of Numbers.
Understanding
Understanding of right and wrong.
Allowed or Disallowed.
Can always cause issues.
But, here God took the side of Moses.
He pulled Mariam and Aaron into a meeting.
He said Mariam and Aaron you do not have valid grounds here.
Suddenly
I think many people take to YouTube.
They take to social media and preach and prophesy.
Sooner or Later they will meet the “God of the Suddenly“.
Especially, the men and women of what I said is not what I said.
What I prophesy is not what I prophesy.
Learning in the Open 