July 7, 2025 • 26 mins
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Bible translation used in today's episode: Ch. 25 NLV, Ch. 26 NET, Ch. 27 HCSB, Ch. 28 GWT
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It’s the Law Monday, and we’ll read Numbers 25-28 here on the Lifespring One Year Bible. I’m calling this episode “Immorality and the Decline of a Nation.“
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In Numbers 25, the people of Israel sinned and faced consequences for their actions. The problems we see in America are similar to what the people of Israel did. We must pray, and we must fight against these issues. I believe that we can make a difference. I believe that America's future hangs in the balance. Will we be able to prevent a potential disaster?
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Steve Webb 0:00What we do know is that we're called to be salt and light. It's The Law Monday and we'll read Numbers 25 through 28 here on the Lifespring! One Year Bible. Thanks for inviting me in. Before we read, let's pray. Our heavenly Father, we thank you for this day and the opportunity to gather around your Word. Bless our time of reading today, we pray that you would teach us in Jesus' name, Amen. All right, let's begin.
Steve Webb 0:29Numbers, chapter 25. While Israel stayed at Shittim, the people were not faithful to the Lord and began to have sex with the daughters of Moab. They asked the people of Israel to bring gifts to their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods. So Israel joined themselves to Baal of Peor, and the Lord was angry with Israel. The Lord said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people, kill them, and put their bodies in the bright daylight before the Lord. Then the strong anger of the Lord may turn away from Israel.” So Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of you kill his men who have joined themselves to Baal of Peor.” Then one of the people of Israel came and brought a Midianite woman to his family. Moses and all the people of Israel saw this while they were crying at the door of the meeting tent. When Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the religious leader, saw it, he rose up from among the people. He took a spear in his hand and went after the man of Israel into the tent. Then he cut through the bodies of both the man of Israel and the woman. So the very bad disease that spread on the people of Israel was stopped. Those who died because of this bad disease were 24,000. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the religious leader, has turned My anger away from the people of Israel. He was jealous with My jealousy among them, so I did not destroy the people of Israel in My jealousy. So say to them that I make My agreement of peace with Phinehas. It will be an agreement for him and his children after him that they will always be religious leaders, because he was jealous for his God, and did what he was to do to pay for the sin of the people of Israel.” The name of the man of Israel who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri the son of Salu. He was a leader of a father’s house among the Simeonites. The name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi the daughter of Zur. Zur was the head of the people of a father’s house in Midian. The Lord said to Moses, “Be angry at the Midianites and fight against them.
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Steve Webb (00:00):
What we do know is that we're called to be salt and
light. It's The Law Monday andwe'll read Numbers 25 through 28
here on the Lifespring! One YearBible. Thanks for inviting me
in. Before we read, let's pray.Our heavenly Father, we thank
you for this day and theopportunity to gather around
your Word. Bless our time ofreading today, we pray that you
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would teach us in Jesus' name,Amen. All right, let's begin.
Numbers, chapter 25. WhileIsrael stayed at Shittim, the
people were not faithful to theLord and began to have sex with
the daughters of Moab. Theyasked the people of Israel to
bring gifts to their gods, andthe people ate and bowed down to
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their gods. So Israel joinedthemselves to Baal of Peor, and
the Lord was angry with Israel.The Lord said to Moses, “Take
all the leaders of the people,kill them, and put their bodies
in the bright daylight beforethe Lord. Then the strong anger
of the Lord may turn away fromIsrael.” So Moses said to the
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judges of Israel, “Each of youkill his men who have joined
themselves to Baal of Peor.”Then one of the people of Israel
came and brought a Midianitewoman to his family. Moses and
all the people of Israel sawthis while they were crying at
the door of the meeting tent.When Phinehas the son of
Eleazar, the son of Aaron thereligious leader, saw it, he
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rose up from among the people.He took a spear in his hand and
went after the man of Israelinto the tent. Then he cut
through the bodies of both theman of Israel and the woman. So
the very bad disease that spreadon the people of Israel was
stopped. Those who died becauseof this bad disease were 24,000.
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Then the Lord said to Moses,“Phinehas the son of Eleazar,
the son of Aaron the religiousleader, has turned My anger away
from the people of Israel. Hewas jealous with My jealousy
among them, so I did not destroythe people of Israel in My
jealousy. So say to them that Imake My agreement of peace with
Phinehas. It will be anagreement for him and his
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children after him that theywill always be religious
leaders, because he was jealousfor his God, and did what he was
to do to pay for the sin of thepeople of Israel.” The name of
the man of Israel who was killedwith the Midianite woman was
Zimri the son of Salu. He was aleader of a father’s house among
the Simeonites. The name of theMidianite woman who was killed
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was Cozbi the daughter of Zur.Zur was the head of the people
of a father’s house in Midian.The Lord said to Moses, “Be
angry at the Midianites andfight against them. For they
have brought trouble to you withtheir false ways. They have
fooled you and turned you to thewrong way. They have brought you
trouble at Peor with Cozbi, thedaughter of the leader of
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Midian, their sister. She waskilled on the day the very bad
disease came because of Peor.”
Numbers, chapter 26. After theplague the Lord said to Moses
and to Eleazar son of Aaron thepriest, “Take a census of the
whole community of Israelites,from twenty years old and
upward, by their clans, everyonewho can serve in the army of
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Israel.” So Moses and Eleazarthe priest spoke with them in
the plains of Moab, by theJordan River across from
Jericho. They said, “Number thepeople from twenty years old and
upward, just as the Lordcommanded Moses and the
Israelites who went out from theland of Egypt.” Reuben was the
firstborn of Israel. TheReubenites: from Hanoch, the
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family of the Hanochites; fromPallu, the family of the
Palluites; from Hezron, thefamily of the Hezronites; from
Carmi, the family of theCarmites. These were the
families of the Reubenites; andthose numbered of them were
43,730. Pallu’s descendant wasEliab. Eliab’s descendants were
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Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. Itwas Dathan and Abiram who as
leaders of the communityrebelled against Moses and Aaron
with the followers of Korah whenthey rebelled against the Lord.
The earth opened its mouth andswallowed them and Korah at the
time that company died, when thefire consumed 250 men. So they
became a warning. But thedescendants of Korah did not
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die. The Simeonites by theirfamilies: from Nemuel, the
family of the Nemuelites; fromJamin, the family of the
Jaminites; from Jakin, thefamily of the Jakinites; from
Zerah, the family of theZerahites; and from Shaul, the
family of the Shaulites. Thesewere the families of the
Simeonites, 22,200. The Gaditesby their families: from Zephon,
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the family of the Zephonites;from Haggi, the family of the
Haggites; from Shuni, the familyof the Shunites; from Ozni, the
family of the Oznites; from Eri,the family of the Erites; from
Arod, the family of theArodites, and from Areli, the
family of the Arelites. Thesewere the families of the Gadites
according to those numbered ofthem, 40,500. The descendants of
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Judah were Er and Onan, but Erand Onan died in the land of
Canaan. and the Judahites bytheir families were: from
Shelah, the family of theShelahites; from Perez, the
family of the Perezites; andfrom Zerah, the family of the
Zerahites. and the Pereziteswere: from Hezron, the family of
the Hezronites; from Hamul, thefamily of the Hamulites. These
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were the families of Judahaccording to those numbered of
them, 76,500. The Issacharitesby their families: from Tola,
the family of the Tolaites; fromPuah, the family of the Puites;
from Jashub, the family of theJashubites; and from Shimron,
the family of the Shimronites.These were the families of
Issachar, according to thosenumbered of them, 64,300. The
Zebulunites by their families: from Sered, the family of the (06:01):
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Sardites; from Elon, the familyof the Elonites; from Jahleel,
the family of the Jahleelites.These were the families of the
Zebulunites, according to thosenumbered of them, 60,500. The
descendants of Joseph by theirfamilies: Manasseh and Ephraim.
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from Machir, the family of the Machirites
(now Machir became the father ofGilead); from Gilead, the family
of the Gileadites. These werethe Gileadites: from Iezer, the
family of the Iezerites; fromHelek, the family of the
Helekites; from Asriel, thefamily of the Asrielites; from
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Shechem, the family of theShechemites; from Shemida, the
family of the Shemidaites; fromHepher, the family of the
Hepherites. Now Zelophehad sonof Hepher had no sons, but only
daughters; and the names of thedaughters of Zelophehad were
Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah,and Tirzah. These were the
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families of Manasseh; thosenumbered of them were 52,700.
These are the Ephraimites bytheir families: from Shuthelah,
the family of the Shuthelahites;from Beker, the family of the
Bekerites; from Tahan, thefamily of the Tahanites. Now
these were the Shuthelahites: from Eran, the family of the (07:21):
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Eranites. These were thefamilies of the Ephraimites,
according to those numbered ofthem, 32,500. These were the
descendants of Joseph by theirfamilies. The Benjaminites by
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from Bela, the family of the Belaites; from
Ashbel, the family of theAshbelites; from Ahiram, the
family of the Ahiramites; fromShupham, the family of the
Shuphamites; from Hupham, thefamily of the Huphamites. The
descendants of Bela were Ard andNaaman. From Ard, the family of
the Ardites; from Naaman, thefamily of the Naamanites. These
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are the Benjaminites, accordingto their families, and according
to those numbered of them,45,600. These are the Danites by
from Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These
were the families of Dan,according to their families. All
the families of the Shuhahitesaccording to those numbered of
them were 64,400. The Asheritesby their families: from Imnah,
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the family of the Imnahites;from Ishvi, the family of the
Ishvites; from Beriah, thefamily of the Beriahites. From
the Beriahites (08:33):
from Heber, the family of the Heberites; from
Malkiel, the family of theMalkielites. Now the name of the
daughter of Asher was Serah.These are the families of the
Asherites, according to thosenumbered of them, 53,400. The
Naphtalites by their families: from Jahzeel, the family of the (08:49):
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Jahzeelites; from Guni, thefamily of the Gunites; from
Jezer, the family of theJezerites; from Shillem, the
family of the Shillemites. Thesewere the families of Naphtali
according to their families; andthose numbered of them were
45,400. These were thosenumbered of the Israelites,
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601,730. Then the Lord spoke toMoses: “To these the land must
be divided as an inheritanceaccording to the number of the
names. To a larger group youwill give a larger inheritance,
and to a smaller group you willgive a smaller inheritance. To
each one its inheritance must begiven according to the number of
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people in it. The land must bedivided by lot; and they will
inherit in accordance with thenames of their ancestral tribes.
Their inheritance must beapportioned by lot among the
larger and smaller groups. andthese are the Levites who were
numbered according to theirfamilies: from Gershon, the
family of the Gershonites; ofKohath, the family of the
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Kohathites; from Merari, thefamily of the Merarites. These
are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the (09:59):
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family of the Hebronites, thefamily of the Mahlites, the
family of the Mushites, thefamily of the Korahites. Kohath
became the father of Amram. Nowthe name of Amram’s wife was
Jochebed, daughter of Levi, whowas born to Levi in Egypt. and
to Amram she bore Aaron, Moses,and Miriam their sister. and to
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Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu,Eleazar and Ithamar. But Nadab
and Abihu died when they offeredstrange fire before the Lord.
Those of them who were numberedwere 23,000, all males from a
month old and upward, for theywere not numbered among the
Israelites; no inheritance wasgiven to them among the
Israelites. These are those whowere numbered by Moses and
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Eleazar the priest, who numberedthe Israelites in the plains of
Moab along the Jordan Riveropposite Jericho. But there was
not a man among these who hadbeen among those numbered by
Moses and Aaron the priest whenthey numbered the Israelites in
the wilderness of Sinai. For theLord had said of them, “They
will surely die in thewilderness.” and there was not
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left a single man of them,except Caleb son of Jephunneh
and Joshua son of Nun.
Numbers, chapter 27. Thedaughters of Zelophehad
approached; Zelophehad was theson of Hepher, son of Gilead,
son of Machir, son of Manassehfrom the clans of Manasseh, the
son of Joseph. These were thenames of his daughters: Mahlah,
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Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, andTirzah. They stood before Moses,
Eleazar the priest, the leaders,and the entire community at the
entrance to the tent of meetingand said, “Our father died in
the wilderness, but he was notamong Korah’s followers, who
gathered together against theLord. Instead, he died because
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of his own sin, and he had nosons. Why should the name of our
father be taken away from hisclan? Since he had no son, give
us property among our father’sbrothers.” Moses brought their
case before the Lord, and theLord answered him, “What
Zelophehad’s daughters say iscorrect. You are to give them
hereditary property among theirfather’s brothers and transfer
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their father’s inheritance tothem. Tell the Israelites: When
a man dies without having a son,transfer his inheritance to his
daughter. If he has no daughter,give his inheritance to his
brothers. If he has no brothers,give his inheritance to his
father’s brothers. If his fatherhas no brothers, give his
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inheritance to the nearestrelative of his clan, and he
will take possession of it. Thisis to be a statutory ordinance
for the Israelites as the Lordcommanded Moses.” Then the Lord
said to Moses, “Go up thismountain of the Abarim range and
see the land that I have giventhe Israelites. After you have
seen it, you will also begathered to your people, as
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Aaron your brother was. When thecommunity quarreled in the
Wilderness of Zin, both of yourebelled against My command to
show My holiness in their sightat the waters.” Those were the
waters of Meribah of Kadesh inthe Wilderness of Zin. So Moses
appealed to the Lord, “May theLord, the God of the spirits of
all flesh, appoint a man overthe community who will go out
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before them and come back inbefore them, and who will bring
them out and bring them in, sothat the Lord’s community won’t
be like sheep without ashepherd.” The Lord replied to
Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun,a man who has the Spirit in him,
and lay your hands on him. Havehim stand before Eleazar the
priest and the whole community,and commission him in their
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sight. Confer some of yourauthority on him so that the
entire Israelite community willobey him. He will stand before
Eleazar who will consult theLord for him with the decision
of the Urim. He and all theIsraelites with him, even the
entire community, will go outand come back in at his
command.” Moses did as the Lordcommanded him. He took Joshua,
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had him stand before Eleazar thepriest and the entire community,
laid his hands on him, andcommissioned him, as the Lord
had spoken through Moses.
Numbers, chapter 28. The Lordsaid to Moses, “Give this
command to the Israelites (14:17):
Be sure to bring me my offerings at
the right times. They are myfood. They are offerings by
fire, a soothing aroma. Theseare the offerings by fire that
you must bring to the Lord.Every day you must bring as a
daily burnt offering twoone-year-old lambs that have no
defects. Offer one in themorning and the other at dusk.
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With each of them also bring agrain offering of eight cups of
flour mixed with one quart ofvirgin olive oil. This is the
daily burnt offering which wasestablished on Mount Sinai. This
offering is a soothing aroma, anoffering by fire to the Lord.
Also bring a wine offering ofone quart of wine for each lamb.
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Pour it out to the Lord in aholy place. Offer the other lamb
at dusk along with the samegrain offering and wine offering
as you brought in the morning.This is an offering by fire, a
soothing aroma to the Lord. “Onthe day of worship, offer two
one-year-old lambs that have nodefects, a grain offering of 16
cups of flour mixed with oliveoil, and the wine offering that
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goes with it. This burntoffering is for every day of
worship, in addition to thedaily burnt offerings and the
wine offerings that go withthem. “On the first of every
month bring the Lord a burntoffering of two young bulls, one
ram, and seven one-year-oldlambs that have no defects. With
each bull there will be a grainoffering of 24 cups of flour
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mixed with olive oil, with eachram a grain offering of 16 cups
of flour mixed with olive oil,and with each one-year-old lamb
a grain offering of 8 cups offlour mixed with olive oil. This
is a burnt offering, a soothingaroma, an offering by fire to
the Lord. The wine offering thatgoes with each bull will be 2
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quarts of wine, with each ram 1½quarts of wine, and with each
lamb 1 quart of wine. This willbe the monthly burnt offering
for every month of the year. Inaddition to the daily burnt
offering with its wine offering,one male goat must be offered to
the Lord as an offering for sin.“The fourteenth day of the first
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month is the Lord’s Passover.The fifteenth of this same month
is a pilgrimage festival. Forseven days you must eat only
unleavened bread. On the firstday there will be a holy
assembly. Don’t do any regularwork. Instead, bring the Lord an
offering by fire, a burntoffering of two young bulls, one
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ram, and seven one-year-oldlambs, all of them without
defects. Along with them bringgrain offerings of flour mixed
with olive oil. Bring 24 cupsfor each bull, 16 cups for each
ram, and 8 cups for each of theseven lambs. Also bring one male
goat as an offering for sin tomake peace with the Lord. Offer
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these in addition to the morningburnt offering. Bring all these
offerings on each of the sevendays. They are food. They are
offerings by fire, a soothingaroma to the Lord. They will be
offered in addition to the dailyburnt offering and the wine
offering that goes with it. Onthe seventh day you must have a
holy assembly. You must not doany regular work. “During the
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Festival of Weeks, you must havea holy assembly. On that day you
must not do any regular work.Bring the Lord your new grain
offering, the first produceharvested from your fields.
Bring a burnt offering as asoothing aroma to the Lord—two
young bulls, one ram, and sevenone-year-old lambs. Along with
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them bring grain offerings offlour mixed with olive oil.
Bring 24 cups for each bull, 16cups for each ram, and 8 cups
for each of the seven lambs.Also bring one male goat to make
peace with the Lord. Offer theseanimals that have no defects
along with their wine offerings,in addition to the daily burnt
offerings and their grainofferings.”
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Okay, last week in Numbers 22through 24 Balak tried to get
Balaam to curse God's peoplebecause he was afraid that they
were a threat to him becausethey were so numerous. Balak
wanted to drive them from hisland. He was sure that if Balaam
would curse them, he would beable to defeat them. But God
told Balaam that these were hispeople, and he shouldn't curse
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them. God would not allow it.And he protected his chosen
people from those outsidethreats. But here in chapter 25
what happened? Israel brings acurse on themselves from God
because of their own behavior.They begin to commit sexual sin
with the women of Moabapparently in the service of
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their god of fertilityBaal-Peor. Now, I've often heard
and you probably have, too, thatprostitution is a victimless
crime, especially if bothparties are willing
participants. Of course, that'shogwash. But I'm not here to
discuss prostitution and thedamage it causes. What I do want
to say is that God's judgment onIsrael as a result of this sin,
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should tell you everything youneed to know about how the God
of the universe thinks about it.God told Moses to, quote,
"Arrest all the leaders of thepeople and hang them up before
the Lord in broad daylight sothat the fierce anger of the
Lord may be turned away fromIsrael," unquote. Those who had
a responsibility to lead thepeople in righteousness and who
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seem to have even participatedin this great sin were to be
executed. And later in thechapter, we learned that God
sent a plague on the rest of thepeople. Twenty-four thousand
people died from the plague andit was only because Phinehas
killed, with a javelin, one ofthe Israelites and the Midianite
woman he was publicly having sexwith - where? - at the entrance
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of the Tabernacle, that Godstopped the plague. Beloved,
sexual immorality is notsomething that should be taken
lightly. That's the lesson thatcomes through loud and clear.
But there is another lesson thatI mentioned in passing at the
beginning of my comments today.God did not allow Israel to be
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attacked from without. Butbecause of moral and spiritual
breakdowns within, they almostcame to a terrible end. If it
wasn't for the zeal and theindignation of Phinehas, the
plague that God unleashed onthem might just have ended them.
It was the action of onerighteous man that stopped the
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destruction of Israel. Beloved,hear me, we cannot stop praying
for our nation. Right now, I'mtalking mainly to people in the
United States. But for those ofyou around the world, don't go
away, keep listening. Lookwhat's happening around us. Look
at how far our morals havefallen. Look at the agenda of
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those who want to prey on ourchildren with their perverse
desire to confuse them as towhether they're boys or girls.
This is evil, and it's perverse,and is completely counter to the
clear teaching of Scripture. Ournation is falling apart,
Beloved, in so very many ways.Our election system is under
attack. We have people in highpolitical office that hate our
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way of life and the ideals thatour nation was founded on.
America is under attack fromenemies within. It has survived
attacks from without for overtwo hundred years, but it's in
danger of falling because oframpant immorality and hatred of
God within. We must not growweary in our spiritual warfare,
Beloved. We must be strong. Wemust speak out. Some of us need
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to seek political office. All ofus need to stand in the way of
evil. With God's help, we canmake a difference. As Paul said
in 2 Corinthians 10:3-5, "We arehuman, but we don't wage war as
humans do. We use God's mightyweapons, not worldly weapons to
knock down the strongholds ofhuman reasoning and to destroy
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false arguments. We destroyevery proud obstacle that keeps
people from knowing God. Wecapture their rebellious
thoughts and teach them to obeyChrist." Beloved, as Phinehas
stopped God's judgment onIsrael, I believe we can stop
God's judgment on America.Perhaps we are in the final
moments of time, and Jesus willsoon return, but we don't know
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that for sure. What we do knowis that we're called to be salt
and light. We're called toproclaim the name of the Lord.
Will you stand? Will you speakout? Will you pray? And that
goes for people around theworld. What's happening here in
America is not entirely unique.There are leaders from around
the world, the World EconomicForum, these people are making
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decisions and they're makingpolicies to destroy us, to
destroy you, no matter where youare. If you don't believe me, do
some research. But know this, itis evil. I believe that without
the people of God intervening inprayer, and in standing up
against them, the world we livein, in five years will be
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completely different than theworld we live in today. What are
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What we do know is that we're called to be salt and
light. It's The Law Monday andwe'll read Numbers 25 through 28
here on the Lifespring! One YearBible. Thanks for inviting me
in. Before we read, let's pray.Our heavenly Father, we thank
you for this day and theopportunity to gather around
your Word. Bless our time ofreading today, we pray that you
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would teach us in Jesus' name,Amen. All right, let's begin.
Numbers, chapter 25. WhileIsrael stayed at Shittim, the
people were not faithful to theLord and began to have sex with
the daughters of Moab. Theyasked the people of Israel to
bring gifts to their gods, andthe people ate and bowed down to
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their gods. So Israel joinedthemselves to Baal of Peor, and
the Lord was angry with Israel.The Lord said to Moses, “Take
all the leaders of the people,kill them, and put their bodies
in the bright daylight beforethe Lord. Then the strong anger
of the Lord may turn away fromIsrael.” So Moses said to the
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judges of Israel, “Each of youkill his men who have joined
themselves to Baal of Peor.”Then one of the people of Israel
came and brought a Midianitewoman to his family. Moses and
all the people of Israel sawthis while they were crying at
the door of the meeting tent.When Phinehas the son of
Eleazar, the son of Aaron thereligious leader, saw it, he
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rose up from among the people.He took a spear in his hand and
went after the man of Israelinto the tent. Then he cut
through the bodies of both theman of Israel and the woman. So
the very bad disease that spreadon the people of Israel was
stopped. Those who died becauseof this bad disease were 24,000.
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Then the Lord said to Moses,“Phinehas the son of Eleazar,
the son of Aaron the religiousleader, has turned My anger away
from the people of Israel. Hewas jealous with My jealousy
among them, so I did not destroythe people of Israel in My
jealousy. So say to them that Imake My agreement of peace with
Phinehas. It will be anagreement for him and his
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children after him that theywill always be religious
leaders, because he was jealousfor his God, and did what he was
to do to pay for the sin of thepeople of Israel.” The name of
the man of Israel who was killedwith the Midianite woman was
Zimri the son of Salu. He was aleader of a father’s house among
the Simeonites. The name of theMidianite woman who was killed
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was Cozbi the daughter of Zur.Zur was the head of the people
of a father’s house in Midian.The Lord said to Moses, “Be
angry at the Midianites andfight against them. For they
have brought trouble to you withtheir false ways. They have
fooled you and turned you to thewrong way. They have brought you
trouble at Peor with Cozbi, thedaughter of the leader of
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Midian, their sister. She waskilled on the day the very bad
disease came because of Peor.”
Numbers, chapter 26. After theplague the Lord said to Moses
and to Eleazar son of Aaron thepriest, “Take a census of the
whole community of Israelites,from twenty years old and
upward, by their clans, everyonewho can serve in the army of
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Israel.” So Moses and Eleazarthe priest spoke with them in
the plains of Moab, by theJordan River across from
Jericho. They said, “Number thepeople from twenty years old and
upward, just as the Lordcommanded Moses and the
Israelites who went out from theland of Egypt.” Reuben was the
firstborn of Israel. TheReubenites: from Hanoch, the
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family of the Hanochites; fromPallu, the family of the
Palluites; from Hezron, thefamily of the Hezronites; from
Carmi, the family of theCarmites. These were the
families of the Reubenites; andthose numbered of them were
43,730. Pallu’s descendant wasEliab. Eliab’s descendants were
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Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. Itwas Dathan and Abiram who as
leaders of the communityrebelled against Moses and Aaron
with the followers of Korah whenthey rebelled against the Lord.
The earth opened its mouth andswallowed them and Korah at the
time that company died, when thefire consumed 250 men. So they
became a warning. But thedescendants of Korah did not
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die. The Simeonites by theirfamilies: from Nemuel, the
family of the Nemuelites; fromJamin, the family of the
Jaminites; from Jakin, thefamily of the Jakinites; from
Zerah, the family of theZerahites; and from Shaul, the
family of the Shaulites. Thesewere the families of the
Simeonites, 22,200. The Gaditesby their families: from Zephon,
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the family of the Zephonites;from Haggi, the family of the
Haggites; from Shuni, the familyof the Shunites; from Ozni, the
family of the Oznites; from Eri,the family of the Erites; from
Arod, the family of theArodites, and from Areli, the
family of the Arelites. Thesewere the families of the Gadites
according to those numbered ofthem, 40,500. The descendants of
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Judah were Er and Onan, but Erand Onan died in the land of
Canaan. and the Judahites bytheir families were: from
Shelah, the family of theShelahites; from Perez, the
family of the Perezites; andfrom Zerah, the family of the
Zerahites. and the Pereziteswere: from Hezron, the family of
the Hezronites; from Hamul, thefamily of the Hamulites. These
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were the families of Judahaccording to those numbered of
them, 76,500. The Issacharitesby their families: from Tola,
the family of the Tolaites; fromPuah, the family of the Puites;
from Jashub, the family of theJashubites; and from Shimron,
the family of the Shimronites.These were the families of
Issachar, according to thosenumbered of them, 64,300. The
Zebulunites by their families: from Sered, the family of the (06:01):
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Sardites; from Elon, the familyof the Elonites; from Jahleel,
the family of the Jahleelites.These were the families of the
Zebulunites, according to thosenumbered of them, 60,500. The
descendants of Joseph by theirfamilies: Manasseh and Ephraim.
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from Machir, the family of the Machirites
(now Machir became the father ofGilead); from Gilead, the family
of the Gileadites. These werethe Gileadites: from Iezer, the
family of the Iezerites; fromHelek, the family of the
Helekites; from Asriel, thefamily of the Asrielites; from
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Shechem, the family of theShechemites; from Shemida, the
family of the Shemidaites; fromHepher, the family of the
Hepherites. Now Zelophehad sonof Hepher had no sons, but only
daughters; and the names of thedaughters of Zelophehad were
Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah,and Tirzah. These were the
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families of Manasseh; thosenumbered of them were 52,700.
These are the Ephraimites bytheir families: from Shuthelah,
the family of the Shuthelahites;from Beker, the family of the
Bekerites; from Tahan, thefamily of the Tahanites. Now
these were the Shuthelahites: from Eran, the family of the (07:21):
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Eranites. These were thefamilies of the Ephraimites,
according to those numbered ofthem, 32,500. These were the
descendants of Joseph by theirfamilies. The Benjaminites by
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from Bela, the family of the Belaites; from
Ashbel, the family of theAshbelites; from Ahiram, the
family of the Ahiramites; fromShupham, the family of the
Shuphamites; from Hupham, thefamily of the Huphamites. The
descendants of Bela were Ard andNaaman. From Ard, the family of
the Ardites; from Naaman, thefamily of the Naamanites. These
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are the Benjaminites, accordingto their families, and according
to those numbered of them,45,600. These are the Danites by
from Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These
were the families of Dan,according to their families. All
the families of the Shuhahitesaccording to those numbered of
them were 64,400. The Asheritesby their families: from Imnah,
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the family of the Imnahites;from Ishvi, the family of the
Ishvites; from Beriah, thefamily of the Beriahites. From
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from Heber, the family of the Heberites; from
Malkiel, the family of theMalkielites. Now the name of the
daughter of Asher was Serah.These are the families of the
Asherites, according to thosenumbered of them, 53,400. The
Naphtalites by their families: from Jahzeel, the family of the (08:49):
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Jahzeelites; from Guni, thefamily of the Gunites; from
Jezer, the family of theJezerites; from Shillem, the
family of the Shillemites. Thesewere the families of Naphtali
according to their families; andthose numbered of them were
45,400. These were thosenumbered of the Israelites,
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601,730. Then the Lord spoke toMoses: “To these the land must
be divided as an inheritanceaccording to the number of the
names. To a larger group youwill give a larger inheritance,
and to a smaller group you willgive a smaller inheritance. To
each one its inheritance must begiven according to the number of
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people in it. The land must bedivided by lot; and they will
inherit in accordance with thenames of their ancestral tribes.
Their inheritance must beapportioned by lot among the
larger and smaller groups. andthese are the Levites who were
numbered according to theirfamilies: from Gershon, the
family of the Gershonites; ofKohath, the family of the
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Kohathites; from Merari, thefamily of the Merarites. These
are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the (09:59):
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family of the Hebronites, thefamily of the Mahlites, the
family of the Mushites, thefamily of the Korahites. Kohath
became the father of Amram. Nowthe name of Amram’s wife was
Jochebed, daughter of Levi, whowas born to Levi in Egypt. and
to Amram she bore Aaron, Moses,and Miriam their sister. and to
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Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu,Eleazar and Ithamar. But Nadab
and Abihu died when they offeredstrange fire before the Lord.
Those of them who were numberedwere 23,000, all males from a
month old and upward, for theywere not numbered among the
Israelites; no inheritance wasgiven to them among the
Israelites. These are those whowere numbered by Moses and
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Eleazar the priest, who numberedthe Israelites in the plains of
Moab along the Jordan Riveropposite Jericho. But there was
not a man among these who hadbeen among those numbered by
Moses and Aaron the priest whenthey numbered the Israelites in
the wilderness of Sinai. For theLord had said of them, “They
will surely die in thewilderness.” and there was not
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left a single man of them,except Caleb son of Jephunneh
and Joshua son of Nun.
Numbers, chapter 27. Thedaughters of Zelophehad
approached; Zelophehad was theson of Hepher, son of Gilead,
son of Machir, son of Manassehfrom the clans of Manasseh, the
son of Joseph. These were thenames of his daughters: Mahlah,
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Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, andTirzah. They stood before Moses,
Eleazar the priest, the leaders,and the entire community at the
entrance to the tent of meetingand said, “Our father died in
the wilderness, but he was notamong Korah’s followers, who
gathered together against theLord. Instead, he died because
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of his own sin, and he had nosons. Why should the name of our
father be taken away from hisclan? Since he had no son, give
us property among our father’sbrothers.” Moses brought their
case before the Lord, and theLord answered him, “What
Zelophehad’s daughters say iscorrect. You are to give them
hereditary property among theirfather’s brothers and transfer
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their father’s inheritance tothem. Tell the Israelites: When
a man dies without having a son,transfer his inheritance to his
daughter. If he has no daughter,give his inheritance to his
brothers. If he has no brothers,give his inheritance to his
father’s brothers. If his fatherhas no brothers, give his
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inheritance to the nearestrelative of his clan, and he
will take possession of it. Thisis to be a statutory ordinance
for the Israelites as the Lordcommanded Moses.” Then the Lord
said to Moses, “Go up thismountain of the Abarim range and
see the land that I have giventhe Israelites. After you have
seen it, you will also begathered to your people, as
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Aaron your brother was. When thecommunity quarreled in the
Wilderness of Zin, both of yourebelled against My command to
show My holiness in their sightat the waters.” Those were the
waters of Meribah of Kadesh inthe Wilderness of Zin. So Moses
appealed to the Lord, “May theLord, the God of the spirits of
all flesh, appoint a man overthe community who will go out
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before them and come back inbefore them, and who will bring
them out and bring them in, sothat the Lord’s community won’t
be like sheep without ashepherd.” The Lord replied to
Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun,a man who has the Spirit in him,
and lay your hands on him. Havehim stand before Eleazar the
priest and the whole community,and commission him in their
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sight. Confer some of yourauthority on him so that the
entire Israelite community willobey him. He will stand before
Eleazar who will consult theLord for him with the decision
of the Urim. He and all theIsraelites with him, even the
entire community, will go outand come back in at his
command.” Moses did as the Lordcommanded him. He took Joshua,
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had him stand before Eleazar thepriest and the entire community,
laid his hands on him, andcommissioned him, as the Lord
had spoken through Moses.
Numbers, chapter 28. The Lordsaid to Moses, “Give this
command to the Israelites (14:17):
Be sure to bring me my offerings at
the right times. They are myfood. They are offerings by
fire, a soothing aroma. Theseare the offerings by fire that
you must bring to the Lord.Every day you must bring as a
daily burnt offering twoone-year-old lambs that have no
defects. Offer one in themorning and the other at dusk.
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With each of them also bring agrain offering of eight cups of
flour mixed with one quart ofvirgin olive oil. This is the
daily burnt offering which wasestablished on Mount Sinai. This
offering is a soothing aroma, anoffering by fire to the Lord.
Also bring a wine offering ofone quart of wine for each lamb.
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Pour it out to the Lord in aholy place. Offer the other lamb
at dusk along with the samegrain offering and wine offering
as you brought in the morning.This is an offering by fire, a
soothing aroma to the Lord. “Onthe day of worship, offer two
one-year-old lambs that have nodefects, a grain offering of 16
cups of flour mixed with oliveoil, and the wine offering that
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goes with it. This burntoffering is for every day of
worship, in addition to thedaily burnt offerings and the
wine offerings that go withthem. “On the first of every
month bring the Lord a burntoffering of two young bulls, one
ram, and seven one-year-oldlambs that have no defects. With
each bull there will be a grainoffering of 24 cups of flour
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mixed with olive oil, with eachram a grain offering of 16 cups
of flour mixed with olive oil,and with each one-year-old lamb
a grain offering of 8 cups offlour mixed with olive oil. This
is a burnt offering, a soothingaroma, an offering by fire to
the Lord. The wine offering thatgoes with each bull will be 2
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quarts of wine, with each ram 1½quarts of wine, and with each
lamb 1 quart of wine. This willbe the monthly burnt offering
for every month of the year. Inaddition to the daily burnt
offering with its wine offering,one male goat must be offered to
the Lord as an offering for sin.“The fourteenth day of the first
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month is the Lord’s Passover.The fifteenth of this same month
is a pilgrimage festival. Forseven days you must eat only
unleavened bread. On the firstday there will be a holy
assembly. Don’t do any regularwork. Instead, bring the Lord an
offering by fire, a burntoffering of two young bulls, one
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ram, and seven one-year-oldlambs, all of them without
defects. Along with them bringgrain offerings of flour mixed
with olive oil. Bring 24 cupsfor each bull, 16 cups for each
ram, and 8 cups for each of theseven lambs. Also bring one male
goat as an offering for sin tomake peace with the Lord. Offer
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these in addition to the morningburnt offering. Bring all these
offerings on each of the sevendays. They are food. They are
offerings by fire, a soothingaroma to the Lord. They will be
offered in addition to the dailyburnt offering and the wine
offering that goes with it. Onthe seventh day you must have a
holy assembly. You must not doany regular work. “During the
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Festival of Weeks, you must havea holy assembly. On that day you
must not do any regular work.Bring the Lord your new grain
offering, the first produceharvested from your fields.
Bring a burnt offering as asoothing aroma to the Lord—two
young bulls, one ram, and sevenone-year-old lambs. Along with
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them bring grain offerings offlour mixed with olive oil.
Bring 24 cups for each bull, 16cups for each ram, and 8 cups
for each of the seven lambs.Also bring one male goat to make
peace with the Lord. Offer theseanimals that have no defects
along with their wine offerings,in addition to the daily burnt
offerings and their grainofferings.”
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Okay, last week in Numbers 22through 24 Balak tried to get
Balaam to curse God's peoplebecause he was afraid that they
were a threat to him becausethey were so numerous. Balak
wanted to drive them from hisland. He was sure that if Balaam
would curse them, he would beable to defeat them. But God
told Balaam that these were hispeople, and he shouldn't curse
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them. God would not allow it.And he protected his chosen
people from those outsidethreats. But here in chapter 25
what happened? Israel brings acurse on themselves from God
because of their own behavior.They begin to commit sexual sin
with the women of Moabapparently in the service of
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their god of fertilityBaal-Peor. Now, I've often heard
and you probably have, too, thatprostitution is a victimless
crime, especially if bothparties are willing
participants. Of course, that'shogwash. But I'm not here to
discuss prostitution and thedamage it causes. What I do want
to say is that God's judgment onIsrael as a result of this sin,
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should tell you everything youneed to know about how the God
of the universe thinks about it.God told Moses to, quote,
"Arrest all the leaders of thepeople and hang them up before
the Lord in broad daylight sothat the fierce anger of the
Lord may be turned away fromIsrael," unquote. Those who had
a responsibility to lead thepeople in righteousness and who
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seem to have even participatedin this great sin were to be
executed. And later in thechapter, we learned that God
sent a plague on the rest of thepeople. Twenty-four thousand
people died from the plague andit was only because Phinehas
killed, with a javelin, one ofthe Israelites and the Midianite
woman he was publicly having sexwith - where? - at the entrance
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of the Tabernacle, that Godstopped the plague. Beloved,
sexual immorality is notsomething that should be taken
lightly. That's the lesson thatcomes through loud and clear.
But there is another lesson thatI mentioned in passing at the
beginning of my comments today.God did not allow Israel to be
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attacked from without. Butbecause of moral and spiritual
breakdowns within, they almostcame to a terrible end. If it
wasn't for the zeal and theindignation of Phinehas, the
plague that God unleashed onthem might just have ended them.
It was the action of onerighteous man that stopped the
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destruction of Israel. Beloved,hear me, we cannot stop praying
for our nation. Right now, I'mtalking mainly to people in the
United States. But for those ofyou around the world, don't go
away, keep listening. Lookwhat's happening around us. Look
at how far our morals havefallen. Look at the agenda of
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those who want to prey on ourchildren with their perverse
desire to confuse them as towhether they're boys or girls.
This is evil, and it's perverse,and is completely counter to the
clear teaching of Scripture. Ournation is falling apart,
Beloved, in so very many ways.Our election system is under
attack. We have people in highpolitical office that hate our
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way of life and the ideals thatour nation was founded on.
America is under attack fromenemies within. It has survived
attacks from without for overtwo hundred years, but it's in
danger of falling because oframpant immorality and hatred of
God within. We must not growweary in our spiritual warfare,
Beloved. We must be strong. Wemust speak out. Some of us need
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to seek political office. All ofus need to stand in the way of
evil. With God's help, we canmake a difference. As Paul said
in 2 Corinthians 10:3-5, "We arehuman, but we don't wage war as
humans do. We use God's mightyweapons, not worldly weapons to
knock down the strongholds ofhuman reasoning and to destroy
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false arguments. We destroyevery proud obstacle that keeps
people from knowing God. Wecapture their rebellious
thoughts and teach them to obeyChrist." Beloved, as Phinehas
stopped God's judgment onIsrael, I believe we can stop
God's judgment on America.Perhaps we are in the final
moments of time, and Jesus willsoon return, but we don't know
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that for sure. What we do knowis that we're called to be salt
and light. We're called toproclaim the name of the Lord.
Will you stand? Will you speakout? Will you pray? And that
goes for people around theworld. What's happening here in
America is not entirely unique.There are leaders from around
the world, the World EconomicForum, these people are making
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decisions and they're makingpolicies to destroy us, to
destroy you, no matter where youare. If you don't believe me, do
some research. But know this, itis evil. I believe that without
the people of God intervening inprayer, and in standing up
against them, the world we livein, in five years will be
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completely different than theworld we live in today. What are
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