Numbers 3:1-51
The names of the sons of Aaron were Nadab the firstborn and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. Those were the names of Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests. Nadab and Abihu, however, died before the Lord when they made an offering with unauthorized fire before him in the Desert of Sinai. They had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.
Appoint Aaron and his sons to serve as priests; anyone else who approaches the sanctuary is to be put to death.
The Lord also said to Moses, “I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine.
The Lord said to Moses in the Desert of Sinai, “Count the Levites by their families and clans. Count every male a month old or more.” So Moses counted them, as he was commanded by the word of the Lord.
The total number of Levites counted at the Lord’s command by Moses and Aaron according to their clans, including every male a month old or more, was 22,000.
The total number of firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273. To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites, collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. Give the money for the redemption of the additional Israelites to Aaron and his sons.
From the firstborn of the Israelites he collected silver weighing 1,365 shekels. Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, as he was commanded by the word of the Lord.
God's claim on the firstborn goes back to the night of the Passover. Now the Levites replace the firstborn of all Israel on special assignment to assist the priests in the service of God. But the census showed that the firstborn of Israel outnumbered the Levites by 273 and to redeem these a payment must be made.
Why?
God redeem Israelite from Egypt so Israelite need devote the firstborn to the Lord.
It is a action to fear the Lord and give honor to the Lord. When we give first achievement to the Lord, God will blesses us much more. For it is the grace of the Lord that we may have many in our life.
How?
Give what belongs to the Lord, then God's grace and blessing is coming to us.
Sunday, August 26, 2018
Saturday, August 25, 2018
The Camp
Numbers 2:1-34
The Israelites are to camp around the tent of meeting some distance from it, each of them under their standard and holding the banners of their family.
On the east the divisions of the camp of Judah, next to them is tribe of Issachar, Zebulun will be next.
All men assigned to the camp of Judah. They will set out first.
On the south be the divisions of the camp of Reuben, Simon will camp next to them, Gad will be next.
The camp of the Levites will set out in the middle of the camps. They will set out in the same order as they encamp, each in their own place under their standard.
On the west will be the divisions of the camp of Ephraim. The tribe of Manasseh will be next to them, tribe of Benjamin will be next.
On the north will be the divisions of the camp of Dan, Asher will camp next to them, Naphtali will be next.
The arrangement of four groups of three tribes is the same for camping and for marching. When the nation moved, the three eastern bribes, headed by Judah, led the way.
10:17 gives a slightly different order for the middle section - Gershonites and Merarites carrying God's Tent, then Reuben, Simeon and Gad, followed by the Kohathites with the furnishings. The northern tribes, Dan, Asher and Naphtali bring up the rear. The tribe's leaders are the same as those who helped in the census.
Why?
God arranged this camp sequences, Moses follow God's command. So there was the order among tribes of Israelite.
God's work has his order, and Tent of meeting is the center of Israel, for the Lord is their God and their blessing. But everyone have to keep some distance from it, for God is Holy and men are unclean, in order to protect their life, keep some distance is needed.
How?
Does God is my center in my daily life? Yes, I do know it,
The Israelites are to camp around the tent of meeting some distance from it, each of them under their standard and holding the banners of their family.
On the east the divisions of the camp of Judah, next to them is tribe of Issachar, Zebulun will be next.
All men assigned to the camp of Judah. They will set out first.
On the south be the divisions of the camp of Reuben, Simon will camp next to them, Gad will be next.
The camp of the Levites will set out in the middle of the camps. They will set out in the same order as they encamp, each in their own place under their standard.
On the west will be the divisions of the camp of Ephraim. The tribe of Manasseh will be next to them, tribe of Benjamin will be next.
On the north will be the divisions of the camp of Dan, Asher will camp next to them, Naphtali will be next.
The arrangement of four groups of three tribes is the same for camping and for marching. When the nation moved, the three eastern bribes, headed by Judah, led the way.
10:17 gives a slightly different order for the middle section - Gershonites and Merarites carrying God's Tent, then Reuben, Simeon and Gad, followed by the Kohathites with the furnishings. The northern tribes, Dan, Asher and Naphtali bring up the rear. The tribe's leaders are the same as those who helped in the census.
Why?
God arranged this camp sequences, Moses follow God's command. So there was the order among tribes of Israelite.
God's work has his order, and Tent of meeting is the center of Israel, for the Lord is their God and their blessing. But everyone have to keep some distance from it, for God is Holy and men are unclean, in order to protect their life, keep some distance is needed.
How?
Does God is my center in my daily life? Yes, I do know it,
Friday, August 24, 2018
The total number of men was 603550. ; Numbers
Numbers 1:01-54
The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said: Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.
Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been specified, and they called the whole community together on the first day of the second month. The people registered their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men twenty years old or more were listed by name, one by one, as the Lord commanded Moses.
From the descendants of Reuben was 46500
From the descendants of Simeon was 59300
From the descendants of Gad was 45650.
From the descendants of Judah was74600.
From the descendants of Issachar was 54400
From the descendants of Zebulun was57400
From the sons of Joseph was 40500
From the descendants of Manasseh was 32200
From the descendants of Benjamin was 35400
From the descendants of Dan was 62700
From the descendants of Asher was 41500
From the descendants of Naphtali was 53400
The total number was 603550.
The ancestral tribe of the Levites, however, was not counted along with the others. The Levites, however, are to set up their tents around the tabernacle of the covenant law so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law.
Numbers covers 38 years in the history of Israel: the period of desert wandering in the Sinai peninsula. It begins two years after the escape from Egypt. It ends on the eve of entry into Canaan. The title comes from the 'numbering' of Israel in the early chapters and chapter 26/
this book might have been called "The grumblings of a nation". The trust in God which took them out of Egypt evaporated as they began to experience the hardship of desert life. Numbers in one long sad story of complaining and discontent. But God remains constant, present always with is people; and the hard lessons learned will enable Joshua to lead the new generation home.
Why?
The Lord already the behavior of Israelite what will be, how they will complain in their life. So God asked Moses make census and let the record to know how the Israelites become and what tribe will be the leader in Israelites.
The Levites was separated as God's servant, they are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law.
There were total 603350 men, if including women and children, there were over million people group, the living cost were very high when they were in the desert. But God is the provider to his people.
How?
Trust in the Lord, do not complain but thanks to the Lord for God loves us even sometime God let us be trained to growing up may bear more responsibility.
The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said: Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.
Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been specified, and they called the whole community together on the first day of the second month. The people registered their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men twenty years old or more were listed by name, one by one, as the Lord commanded Moses.
From the descendants of Reuben was 46500
From the descendants of Simeon was 59300
From the descendants of Gad was 45650.
From the descendants of Judah was74600.
From the descendants of Issachar was 54400
From the descendants of Zebulun was57400
From the sons of Joseph was 40500
From the descendants of Manasseh was 32200
From the descendants of Benjamin was 35400
From the descendants of Dan was 62700
From the descendants of Asher was 41500
From the descendants of Naphtali was 53400
The total number was 603550.
The ancestral tribe of the Levites, however, was not counted along with the others. The Levites, however, are to set up their tents around the tabernacle of the covenant law so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law.
Numbers covers 38 years in the history of Israel: the period of desert wandering in the Sinai peninsula. It begins two years after the escape from Egypt. It ends on the eve of entry into Canaan. The title comes from the 'numbering' of Israel in the early chapters and chapter 26/
this book might have been called "The grumblings of a nation". The trust in God which took them out of Egypt evaporated as they began to experience the hardship of desert life. Numbers in one long sad story of complaining and discontent. But God remains constant, present always with is people; and the hard lessons learned will enable Joshua to lead the new generation home.
Why?
The Lord already the behavior of Israelite what will be, how they will complain in their life. So God asked Moses make census and let the record to know how the Israelites become and what tribe will be the leader in Israelites.
The Levites was separated as God's servant, they are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law.
There were total 603350 men, if including women and children, there were over million people group, the living cost were very high when they were in the desert. But God is the provider to his people.
How?
Trust in the Lord, do not complain but thanks to the Lord for God loves us even sometime God let us be trained to growing up may bear more responsibility.
Thursday, August 23, 2018
Delivers will go up on Mount Zion to govern the mountains of Esau; Obadiah
Obadiah 1-21
This is what the Sovereign Lord says about Edom.
See, I will make you small among the nations; you will be utterly despised. The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks and make your home on the heights, you who say to yourself, 'Who can bring me down to the ground' Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down," declares the Lord.
Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame; you will be destroyed forever.
The day of the Lord is near for all nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head.
People from the Negev will occupy the mountains of Esau, and people from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria and Benjamin will possess Gilead.
Delivers will go up on Mount Zion to govern the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will be the Lord's.
Nothing but his name is known of this prophet. His prophecy concerns the downfall of Edom.
Edom occupied the mountainous region south-east of the Dead Sea. The capital Sela was perched high on a plateau above a sheer rick cliff approached by a narrow gorge. It was virtually impregnable. From mountain strongholds like this the Edomites launched their raids on Palestine. As Esau's descendants they were in fact kin to Israel, but there was never any love lost between the two. The final outrage - and the occasion of Obadiah's prophecy - was their invasion of Judah while Jerusalem was being sacked by the Babylonians in 587BC.
Obadiah denounces Edom's pride. The Edomistes though their strongholds invincible, but they would be utterly destroyed.
Why?
Edom was pride and proud for his strongholds. Edom did not love his brothers, so the destroy came upon them.
God declares that delivers will go up on Mount Zion to govern the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will be the Lord's. God is the sovereign Lord forever.
Deliver will go up on Mount Zion, the savior, Jesus Christ will be ruler on Easu and all the world.
Your deeds will return upon your own head, God is judge and He is fair to everyone, what you deeds will return upon your own head.
How?
Be a faithful Christian to the Lord! Rejoice and fear the Lord, God is my real stronghold.
This is what the Sovereign Lord says about Edom.
See, I will make you small among the nations; you will be utterly despised. The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks and make your home on the heights, you who say to yourself, 'Who can bring me down to the ground' Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down," declares the Lord.
Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame; you will be destroyed forever.
The day of the Lord is near for all nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head.
People from the Negev will occupy the mountains of Esau, and people from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria and Benjamin will possess Gilead.
Delivers will go up on Mount Zion to govern the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will be the Lord's.
Nothing but his name is known of this prophet. His prophecy concerns the downfall of Edom.
Edom occupied the mountainous region south-east of the Dead Sea. The capital Sela was perched high on a plateau above a sheer rick cliff approached by a narrow gorge. It was virtually impregnable. From mountain strongholds like this the Edomites launched their raids on Palestine. As Esau's descendants they were in fact kin to Israel, but there was never any love lost between the two. The final outrage - and the occasion of Obadiah's prophecy - was their invasion of Judah while Jerusalem was being sacked by the Babylonians in 587BC.
Obadiah denounces Edom's pride. The Edomistes though their strongholds invincible, but they would be utterly destroyed.
Why?
Edom was pride and proud for his strongholds. Edom did not love his brothers, so the destroy came upon them.
God declares that delivers will go up on Mount Zion to govern the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will be the Lord's. God is the sovereign Lord forever.
Deliver will go up on Mount Zion, the savior, Jesus Christ will be ruler on Easu and all the world.
Your deeds will return upon your own head, God is judge and He is fair to everyone, what you deeds will return upon your own head.
How?
Be a faithful Christian to the Lord! Rejoice and fear the Lord, God is my real stronghold.
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
God is bringing the nations to judgment,
Isaiah 66:15-24
See, the Lord is coming with fire, and his chariots are like a whirlwind; he will bring down his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
“Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens,following one who is among those who eat the flesh of pigs, rats and other unclean things—they will meet their end together with the one they follow,” declares the Lord.
“I will set a sign among them, and I will send some of those who survive to the nations. They will proclaim my glory among the nations. And I will select some of them also to be priests and Levites,” says the Lord. The people from distant island that have no heard of my fame(名譽) or seen my glory.
From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me,” says the Lord.
“And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome(討厭的) to all mankind.”
God is bringing the nations to judgment, Some he will spare, sending them to distant lands, to tell out his greatness to those who do not know him and to bring back those of his people still scattered abroad.
The final bright picture of Jerusalem, visited by pilgrims of all nations coming to worship God has its dark shadow side in the fate of those who refuse God's mercy.
Why?
God created a new heaven and wonder land to his people. There are pilgrims have mercy from the Lord, they will be priest and Levites to serve the Lord, so the gospel will preaches to the world, all nations.
Those who consecrate and purify themselves are Christians, it they still follow the world to do unclean things, they will be judged at end.
How terrible of the end judgment to those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched.
How?
Fear the Lord and knowing the consequence of what we are doing now!
See, the Lord is coming with fire, and his chariots are like a whirlwind; he will bring down his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
“Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens,following one who is among those who eat the flesh of pigs, rats and other unclean things—they will meet their end together with the one they follow,” declares the Lord.
“I will set a sign among them, and I will send some of those who survive to the nations. They will proclaim my glory among the nations. And I will select some of them also to be priests and Levites,” says the Lord. The people from distant island that have no heard of my fame(名譽) or seen my glory.
From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me,” says the Lord.
“And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome(討厭的) to all mankind.”
God is bringing the nations to judgment, Some he will spare, sending them to distant lands, to tell out his greatness to those who do not know him and to bring back those of his people still scattered abroad.
The final bright picture of Jerusalem, visited by pilgrims of all nations coming to worship God has its dark shadow side in the fate of those who refuse God's mercy.
Why?
God created a new heaven and wonder land to his people. There are pilgrims have mercy from the Lord, they will be priest and Levites to serve the Lord, so the gospel will preaches to the world, all nations.
Those who consecrate and purify themselves are Christians, it they still follow the world to do unclean things, they will be judged at end.
How terrible of the end judgment to those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched.
How?
Fear the Lord and knowing the consequence of what we are doing now!
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Where is the house you will build for me?
Isaiah 66:01-14
Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be?
Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being, declares the Lord.
For when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, no one listened. They did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me.
Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment? Yet no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth to her children.
Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice greatly with her, all you who mourn over her.
I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm and dandled on her knees.
Those who go their own sinful way, who refuse to listen to God will be judged. But God has a place reserved in his new world of those of humble faith. The nation will be reborn, their suffering a thing of the past. These are the faithful ones (the 'remnant' of God's people).
Why?
God will judge those evil men and reject God's word, but God's have reserve a good place for those who fear the Lord and listen to his word.
There is place that rejoice and peace and wealth reserved to the faithful ones.
God don't need any building or places man made for him. for all heavens and world is made by his hand. God like to build a house in my heart. So God may stay with me.
How?
Do not limit the strength of the Lord, God is the sovereign Lord, God is the fountain of blessing.
Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be?
Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being, declares the Lord.
For when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, no one listened. They did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me.
Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment? Yet no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth to her children.
Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice greatly with her, all you who mourn over her.
I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm and dandled on her knees.
Those who go their own sinful way, who refuse to listen to God will be judged. But God has a place reserved in his new world of those of humble faith. The nation will be reborn, their suffering a thing of the past. These are the faithful ones (the 'remnant' of God's people).
Why?
God will judge those evil men and reject God's word, but God's have reserve a good place for those who fear the Lord and listen to his word.
There is place that rejoice and peace and wealth reserved to the faithful ones.
God don't need any building or places man made for him. for all heavens and world is made by his hand. God like to build a house in my heart. So God may stay with me.
How?
Do not limit the strength of the Lord, God is the sovereign Lord, God is the fountain of blessing.
Monday, August 20, 2018
God creates new heavens and a new earth
Isiah 65:17-25
See, I will create new heavens and a new earth, The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy.
I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more.
They will not labor in vain, nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the Lord, they and their descendants with them.
So these final prophecies highlight two contrasting destinies, in a sharp play of light and darkness. God cannot overlook evil. Those who go their own sinful way, who refuse to listen to God, will be judged. But God has a place reserved in his new world for those of humble faith.
Why?
This is a new world and heaven for God's people.
There is a wonderful place, not labor in vain, not will they bear doomed to misfortune.
They will rejoice and delight and live long time with blessing of the Lord.
It is the paradise of God, all who has faith in God will be there.
How?
We Christians has a hope one day we will be in God's heaven, God created for us.
See, I will create new heavens and a new earth, The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy.
I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more.
They will not labor in vain, nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the Lord, they and their descendants with them.
So these final prophecies highlight two contrasting destinies, in a sharp play of light and darkness. God cannot overlook evil. Those who go their own sinful way, who refuse to listen to God, will be judged. But God has a place reserved in his new world for those of humble faith.
Why?
This is a new world and heaven for God's people.
There is a wonderful place, not labor in vain, not will they bear doomed to misfortune.
They will rejoice and delight and live long time with blessing of the Lord.
It is the paradise of God, all who has faith in God will be there.
How?
We Christians has a hope one day we will be in God's heaven, God created for us.
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