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*THE SNAKE ON A POLE*
*1.
ON THE EDGE OF THE PROMISE!*
*A FEW WEEKS AGO WE READ IN NUMBERS CHAPTER 14 ABOUT THE ISRAELITES CAMPING JUST ACROSS THE RIVER FROM THE PROMISED LAND.*
GOD HAD DELIVERED THEM FROM EGYPTIAN BONDAGE.
HE SENT THE 10 PLAGUES.
PARTED THE RED SEA.
AND LED THEM THROUGH THE DESERT
RIGHT UP TO THE VERY EDGE OF THE PROMISED LAND.
THERE THEY WERE,
RIGHT THERE ON THE EDGE OF ENTERING INTO GOD’S BLESSING
AND THEY CHOSE TO DISOBEY GOD.
*MY FRIEND; THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO EVERY DECISION WE MAKE.*
IF THESE ISRAELITES WOULD HAVE OBEYED GOD
THEY WOULD HAVE ENJOYED GOD’S BLESSING OF A BOUNTIFUL AND FRUITFUL LAND.
THEY COULD HAVE TAKEN THE LAND JUST LIKE GOD HAD PLANNED FOR THEM TO DO.
BUT THEY REBELLED AGAINST GOD.
IN FACT THEY REBELLED SO BADLY THAT GOD WAS READY TO DESTROY ALL OF THEM AND RAISE UP A NEW NATION FROM MOSES’ SEED.
THE ONLY REASON THEY SURVIVED WAS BECAUSE MOSES STOOD IN THE GAP FOR THEM.
HE CRIED OUT TO GOD IN INTERCESSORY PRAYER AND CONVINCED GOD TO LET THEM LIVE.
BUT EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE ALLOWED TO LIVE,
THEY WERE FORBIDDEN TO ENTER THE PROMISED LAND.
THEY WERE DOOMED TO LIVE OUT THE REST OF THEIR DAYS IN THE DESERT THAT THEY HAD JUST CROSSED.
AND THEN THEY DISOBEYED AGAIN.
AFTER GOD SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DIE IN THE DESERT, THEY REBELLED AGAIN AND TRIED TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE LAND.
*/I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW REBELLIOUS THESE PEOPLE WERE!!!/*
THEY WERE SO REBELLIOUS THAT THEY EVEN REJECTED GOD’S SENTENCE.
THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE PROMISED LAND WITHOUT GOD’S HELP.
THIS FOOLISHNESS COST MANY OF THEM THEIR LIVES RIGHT THEN AND THERE.
*/PEOPLE HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH, /*
*/WE STILL REJECT GOD'S PLANS /*
*/WE PLUNGE AHEAD DOING WHAT SEEMS RIGHT TO US /*
*/NOT REALIZING HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO DESTRUCTION./*
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*I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR EVERY ACTION THAT WE TAKE.*
*2.
ON THE EDGE OF EDOM*
*OK, NOW LET’S MOVE AHEAD IN TIME.
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THE ISRAELITES ARE ON THE MOVE.
THEY’RE GOING BACK TO THE DESERT.
AS THEY TRAVEL ALONG THAT DUSTY ROAD THEY COME TO THE NATION OF EDOM.
*NOW THE EDOMITES WERE THEIR RELATIVES.*
*THE EDOMITES* WERE THE DESCENDANTS OF ESAU.
THEY WERE CALLED EDOMITES BECAUSE
*/EDOM WAS ESAU'S NICK NAME./*
*/ HE WAS COVERED WITH RED HAIR AND EDOM MEANS RED. /*
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*THE ISRAELITES* WERE THE DESCENDANTS OF JACOB.
*/(JACOB'S NAME WAS CHANGED TO ISRAEL AFTER HE HAD WRESTLED WITH GOD ALL NIGHT AT BETHEL.)/*
/ /
IF YOU REMEMBER THE STORY OF JACOB AND ESAU,
*JACOB CHEATED HIS BROTHER ESAU*, OUT OF THEIR FATHER ISAAC'S BLESSING.
AND SO THERE WAS BAD BLOOD BETWEEN THE EDOMITES AND THE ISRAELITES
MOSES WANTED TO TAKE THE ROAD KNOWN AS THE KING'S HIGHWAY.
THIS KINGS HIGHWAY RAN FROM THE RED SEA, NORTH TO DAMASCUS PASSING THROUGH THE EDOMITE CITY OF SELA.
*/(SELA WAS LATER KNOWN AS PETRA)/*
MOSES WANTED TO TAKE THIS ROAD BECAUSE IT WAS THE EASIEST MOST DIRECT ROUTE TO WHERE GOD WAS SENDING THEM.
SO MOSES DID THIS:
*NUMBERS 20:14-17*
*14 Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: *
*“This is what **your brother Israel says: You know about all the hardships that have come upon us.
15 Our forefathers went down into Egypt, and we lived there many years.
The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers, 16 but when we cried out to the Lord, he heard our cry and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt.
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*“Now we are here at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory.
17 Please let us pass through your country.
We will not go through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well.
We will travel along the king’s highway and not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”
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*BASICLLY, MOSES SENDS A LETTER TO EDOM*
HE SAYS;
HEY, BROTHER, HOW ABOUT HELPING US OUT HERE?
WE ONLY WANT TO PASS THROUGH YOUR COUNTRY.
WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING ELSE.
WON'T YOU ALLOW US THIS ONE FAVOR?
BUT EDOM WILL HAVE NONE OF IT.
THEIR REPLY TO MOSES WAS;
*NUMBERS 20:18-21*
*18 But Edom answered: *
*“You may not pass through here; if you try, we will march out and attack you with the sword.”
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*19 The Israelites replied: *
*“We will go along the main road, and if we or our livestock drink any of your water, we will pay for it.
We only want to pass through on foot—nothing else.” *
*20 Again they answered: *
*“You may not pass through.”
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*Then Edom came out against them with a large and powerful army.
21 Since Edom refused to let them go through their territory, Israel turned away from them.
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*UNFORGIVENESS.*
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*YOU’VE HEARD THE ADAGE,*
WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND.
HERE WE SEE SOME OF THE FRUIT
THAT JACOB HAD SOWN OVER 400 YEARS EARLIER.
THE EDOMITES WERE STILL HOLDING A GRUDGE AGAINST THEIR BROTHERS BECAUSE JACOB HAD CHEATED ESAU OUT OF THEIR FATHERS BLESSING.
AND THEY WERE NOT ABOUT TO LET THEM USE THE EASY ROAD THAT PASSED THROUGH THEIR LAND.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT THE EDOMITES HELD A GRUDGE AGAINST ISRAEL FOR OVER 400 YEARS?
UNFORGIVENESS BETWEEN WORKERS IS BAD.
UNFORGIVENESS BETWEEN FAMILY MEMBERS IS SAD.
UNFORGIVENESS BETWEEN CHURCH FAMILY MEMBERS SHOULDN'T EVER HAPPEN.
BUT I KNOW IT SOMETIMES DOES.
OH MY FRIEND,
DO YOU REALIZE HOW DESTRUCTIVE A GRUDGE CAN BE
THE PERSON THAT IS HURT THE WORST IS THE PERSON HOLDING THE GRUDGE.
*UNFORGIVENESS IS* *A POISONOUS WEED* THAT GETS INSIDE YOU AND SOURS YOUR SPIRIT,
*IT CREATES* *A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE* THAT AFFECTS YOUR THOUGHTS & YOUR ACTIONS.
WHEN UNFORGIVENESS IS FULLY GROWN IT WILL KILL YOU.
DO YOU REALIZE THAT UNFORGIVENESS WILL KEEP YOU OUT OF HEAVEN JUST AS QUICKLY AS MURDER WILL?
*ILLUSTRATION: A HUNGRY ENEMY *
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