I see them from the cliff tops;
I watch them from the hills.
I see a people who live by themselves,
set apart from other nations. (Numbers 23:9 NLT)
This prophetic word clearly mentions that Israel would be separate from other nations.
Israel’s great temptation was in wanting to be like the other nations, and this is what led to their downfall and captivity. Instead of rejoicing in their uniqueness as the people of the true and living God, they imitated their neighbors in their worship and conduct, and God had to discipline them.
Instead of letting God rule as their King, they asked for a king “like all the nations” (1 Sam. 8:5), and this brought the nation into all kinds of trouble.
Let me die the death of the righteous,
And let my end be like his!” (Numbers 23:10)
Balaam was one of the many who long to die the death of the righteous yet have no desire to live the life of the righteous.
His love of money so controlled his life that he would do anything to get wealth. Balaam died with the wicked when Israel defeated the Midianites (31:8), and his end was eternal judgment.
“God is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He said, and will He not do?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? (Numbers 23:19)
Scripture clearly says, “God is not a man, that He should lie. If we are to be imitators of Him, as stated in Ephesians 5:1, then we ought to keep our word, too!
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 31
- Chapter 32
- Chapter 33
- Chapter 34