Numbers 8-21

Sorry about not blogging every day this week. It has been kinda crazy around here. Plus, while there is always something we can learn from any Scripture, it was hard to really come up with things to point out about Leviticus other than being thankful we're not under the law.

Numbers has some interesting stories in it though. From the ground opening up and swallowing people whole to a plague running through the Israelite camp to a large group of venomous snakes there is a lot of action. Two things really stuck out to me though.

The first is that the Israelites are a bunch of whiners. When things got hard, they cried about it and said it would have been better to either stay in Egypt or die with everyone else. At the same time, I have a hard time calling them too much of a whiner since I feel like we tend to do the same things. Not that we constantly say that it would be better if we had died but when things get tough or don't go our way, we tend to complain or whine.

The other thing that really stuck out to me was the fact that time after time, God was fed up with this group of people that just constantly whined about everything and He was ready to destroy them all. But each and every time that happened, Moses and Aaron stepped in and begged God to forgive the people. I find this hugely significant. This is definitely, in my opinion, a foreshadowing of things to come. I picture Jesus doing the exact same thing for us. When we screw up and God is not happy with us, Jesus steps in and takes the blame for us. That's why He died on the cross. If we have a relationship with Him, He takes our blame! That's exciting stuff, and I think you all should at least be starting to see that everything in the entire Bible points to one event--> The coming of Christ, His ministry, death, burial and Resurrection...in other words-->THE CROSS!