We decorate our bookshelves with books and we keep them in place with bookends. Look at the bookends which describe Israel. The beginning of her wanderings was marked by idolatry and lack of trust. Moses was receiving the Ten Commandments while Israel below made a golden calf. And now at the end of the journey […]

When armies go out to battle, they think it is solely a combat of flesh and blood, but we would be short sighted if we did not realize that war is also a battle of principalities and powers. While Israel was below and totally unaware, there was a spiritual battle going on between Balaam and […]

This will be the last time we will hear about the Israelites grumbling…from now right up until the entrance into the Promised Land. Is it actually wrong to complain? Who among us has not gone through personal difficulties and trials? We, like the psalmist often come to God with our complaints. But is it sin […]

Sometimes we look back in life and ask ourselves, where did all the years go? Likewise, what happened in those 38 years from the time the children of Israel reached Kadesh Barnea and remained there, until they could finally walk into the Promised Land. So close to the border yet they needed to wait because […]

The Book of Numbers sermon 17

God desires that we be holy, as He is holy. Just as the censors by themselves were not holy, just as the fringes and tassels could not make anyone holy, we learn that holiness comes by choice to follow God. Yes, Korah was a rebel, but could it be that his sons chose to be […]

In Psalm 3 David cries out, and prays to the Lord. He prays that the Lord would arise and save him from the enemy. How is our prayer life?  Moses’ prayer saved a nation. What might have happened had he failed to pray?  We have been commissioned not to carry through with sins of omission […]

In this week’s message we are going to hear about the connection between the ten rebellious acts of the Israelites and the ten I AM’s of Yeshua. This will help us see how patient and just God is. The number ten reminds us the plagues in Egypt, each one demonstrating God’s superiority over the Egyptian […]

In this week’s message, we will hear from Moses, how he prayed to protect the nation of Israel and how he prayed that they would be forgiven. We will learn that the word salach (סָלַח), means forgive and is used only of God because truly, He is the only one who can forgive; after all, […]

Moses told the spies to be of good courage. What does it mean to be of good courage? Courage springs from strong faith. Courage is required when our fears surface and we want to run in the opposite direction. Courage was shown when Esther walked into the kings court unannounced or when the spies would […]