Numbers 21:1-35
Homah: completely destroyed
Bronze snake: for the people grew impatient on the way; they
spoke against God and Moses. Anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the
bronze snake, he lived. àIf
he didn’t look at the bronze snake, he died. Salvation need the one who was
bitten do the portion of his.
Israel asked Sihon king of Amorites let them pass through
their country, but Sihon rejected them and mustered his entire army and marched
out into the desert against Israel. Israel put him to the sword and took over
his land, but only as far as the Ammonites, because their border was fortified.
Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them.
Israel struck Bashan down, together with his sons and his
whole army, leaving them no survivors.
Safe-conduct refused:
The Israelites had going north, directly into Canaan,
against God’s orders, ad had suffered a punishing defeat. Now they must go east
in order to travel north of the far side of the Dead Sea. But Edom stands in
the way, deaf to Moes’s sweet-talk.
Once again Israel requests safe-passage and is refused, but
this time they fight and win. The Amorite King Sihon has taken the lands of
Moab and rules from the Arnon in the south to the Jabbok in the north, from his
capital city of Heshbon. Continuing north the Israelites defeat Og of Bashan at
Edrei.
Why?
Once again Israelites complained against God and Moses for there
is not bread, not water and detest this miserable food. The Lord sent venomous
snakes among them. So the trouble was sent from the Lord, but the salvation
also given by the Lord. The dead is the
destination of the Lord given to human being, resurrection also given by the
Lord through Jesus Christ. The responsibility of man is turn his eyes to Jesus
Christ, the one hanged on the pole like the bronze snake.
How?
We have sickness and troubles in our daily life, but the
grace of the Lord is good to us. Always turn our eyes on the Lord. Do our part
then the Lord will help us the others.
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