Numbers 36
1 Then the heads of the clans of Gilead—descendants of Makir, son of Manasseh, son of Joseph—came to Moses and the family leaders of Israel with a petition. 2 They said, “Sir, the Lord instructed you to divide the land by sacred lot among the people of Israel. You were told by the Lord to give the grant of land owned by our brother Zelophehad to his daughters. 3 But if they marry men from another tribe, their grants of land will go with them to the tribe into which they marry. In this way, the total area of our tribal land will be reduced. 4 Then when the Year of Jubilee comes, their portion of land will be added to that of the new tribe, causing it to be lost forever to our ancestral tribe.”
5 So Moses gave the Israelites this command from the Lord: “The claim of the men of the tribe of Joseph is legitimate. 6 This is what the Lord commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: Let them marry anyone they like, as long as it is within their own ancestral tribe. 7 None of the territorial land may pass from tribe to tribe, for all the land given to each tribe must remain within the tribe to which it was first allotted. 8 The daughters throughout the tribes of Israel who are in line to inherit property must marry within their tribe, so that all the Israelites will keep their ancestral property. 9 No grant of land may pass from one tribe to another; each tribe of Israel must keep its allotted portion of land.”
10 The daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord commanded Moses. 11 Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah all married cousins on their father’s side. 12 They married into the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. Thus, their inheritance of land remained within their ancestral tribe.
13 These are the commands and regulations that the Lord gave to the people of Israel through Moses while they were camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River across from Jericho.
You have to love the Scriptures that are so antiquated and out of date. Out of Touch really. Done. Finito. Nothing like this compares to the New Covenant.
Except... Jesus. Yes the Risen Lord of All.
Luke 12:13-15
Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
And my own great-grandfather was reportedly the largest land owner in Mississippi - his will left clear instructions in-laws were never to hold the land, only descendents. Rather like our Scripture passage today. It's safe to say, his Estate was not exactly divided to his liking. However, a Pastor friend of mine said this is His-story. He makes a path, a way, and a hope with a future.
Jesus was being asked about Primogeniture. We see in the Prodigal Son Parable, the younger son was to inherit a portion, but the older son was to inherit double sized portions. Solomon tells us the day of blessing and the day of misfortune come from His hand. Jesus also invites us to pray non-stop when unjust behavior occurs. And the Youth Pastor was and is correct. We are to thank HIM for the way our lives play out. King Saul would have been much more content to work with David instead of against him, but instead kicked the goads all his life. The Bible points out, just like the movie Knight and Day - WITH HIM, without Him. And we can decide if we are roots of bitterness, or we exist to be the best us He has planned with a Paul type bounce of "seeing how it will go for me.."
Philippians 2:23-24
I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me, and I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also.
One would think Paul would just know all that is to be. Instead Paul, himself, is to walk by faith.
Now, we see Israel was to be preserved. And as soon as Israel was comfortable, gratitude diminished. Israel is a testimony to our own human condition. And we see ingratitude lead to theft. Ahab was King and grabbed a vineyard in his abundance. Odd, but true.
One thing Israel did wrong. Israel had religious pride. Not bending to Syrians. Jonah did not welcome the "God given and directed" opportunity to witness to fertile ground to the Assyrians. And His Story marched on to spread beyond the borders. Remember with me, Jesus was firm with the Syrian woman wanting something from HIM. Yet, so touchingly, Jesus wanted the woman from a country worshiping other gods to acknowledge HIS majesty, and in her humility, Jesus worked a miracle for her daughter.
People are amusing. Just as the risen Jesus returned to the people He died for (forgiving them for running away), they want to know, "What's in it for us?" This really speaks to how readily available Jesus was to them. Not a ferocious leader, but approachable, loving, having breakfast on the beach.
Acts 1:6-8
So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
This is interesting too - in an era so many men feel that they aren't Power Rangers, Super Heroes, then maybe their manhood is in question. Jesus said a real man is approachable, even in trauma and dire circumstance.
His reply is rather... typical of our Father GOD, Lord of All Creation. He is saying this is HIS Story. And will unfold in HIS time and manner. But not to feel as if orphans in the storm, the Holy Spirit provides what Jeremiah cried out in a very difficult time, saying:
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper
you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. ...
And did you know, in these days so many of us aren't even reading the news anymore - there is hope in the border of Mexico. People still pray believing HE will answer, DOES LOVE, and will Triumph!!!
Jeremiah is why Jesus is sometimes said to have been called Joshua - really (Joshua refused to give up on the Exodus as a work of God! Creating diligence out of disaster. Obedience from dire need and Hope in the desert. ) - because Jesus comes in where the situation is such a mess, wades in, gets His hands dirty, wet, and immediately cares.
Jeremiah believed like Joshua. This Verse for a Hope and a Future are the most beloved verse in the Bible next to God saving the world.
God tells us to do when events don't go our way. And its actually an incredible and astonishing piece of advice.
John 15:7
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Then we look to the Lord's Prayer and see we pray for His Will to be done and like Paul - see how this will go with me - with Gratitude!!
Matthew 28:20
and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
1 Then the heads of the clans of Gilead—descendants of Makir, son of Manasseh, son of Joseph—came to Moses and the family leaders of Israel with a petition. 2 They said, “Sir, the Lord instructed you to divide the land by sacred lot among the people of Israel. You were told by the Lord to give the grant of land owned by our brother Zelophehad to his daughters. 3 But if they marry men from another tribe, their grants of land will go with them to the tribe into which they marry. In this way, the total area of our tribal land will be reduced. 4 Then when the Year of Jubilee comes, their portion of land will be added to that of the new tribe, causing it to be lost forever to our ancestral tribe.”
5 So Moses gave the Israelites this command from the Lord: “The claim of the men of the tribe of Joseph is legitimate. 6 This is what the Lord commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: Let them marry anyone they like, as long as it is within their own ancestral tribe. 7 None of the territorial land may pass from tribe to tribe, for all the land given to each tribe must remain within the tribe to which it was first allotted. 8 The daughters throughout the tribes of Israel who are in line to inherit property must marry within their tribe, so that all the Israelites will keep their ancestral property. 9 No grant of land may pass from one tribe to another; each tribe of Israel must keep its allotted portion of land.”
10 The daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord commanded Moses. 11 Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah all married cousins on their father’s side. 12 They married into the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. Thus, their inheritance of land remained within their ancestral tribe.
13 These are the commands and regulations that the Lord gave to the people of Israel through Moses while they were camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River across from Jericho.
You have to love the Scriptures that are so antiquated and out of date. Out of Touch really. Done. Finito. Nothing like this compares to the New Covenant.
Except... Jesus. Yes the Risen Lord of All.
Luke 12:13-15
Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
And my own great-grandfather was reportedly the largest land owner in Mississippi - his will left clear instructions in-laws were never to hold the land, only descendents. Rather like our Scripture passage today. It's safe to say, his Estate was not exactly divided to his liking. However, a Pastor friend of mine said this is His-story. He makes a path, a way, and a hope with a future.
Jesus was being asked about Primogeniture. We see in the Prodigal Son Parable, the younger son was to inherit a portion, but the older son was to inherit double sized portions. Solomon tells us the day of blessing and the day of misfortune come from His hand. Jesus also invites us to pray non-stop when unjust behavior occurs. And the Youth Pastor was and is correct. We are to thank HIM for the way our lives play out. King Saul would have been much more content to work with David instead of against him, but instead kicked the goads all his life. The Bible points out, just like the movie Knight and Day - WITH HIM, without Him. And we can decide if we are roots of bitterness, or we exist to be the best us He has planned with a Paul type bounce of "seeing how it will go for me.."
Philippians 2:23-24
I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me, and I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also.
One would think Paul would just know all that is to be. Instead Paul, himself, is to walk by faith.
Now, we see Israel was to be preserved. And as soon as Israel was comfortable, gratitude diminished. Israel is a testimony to our own human condition. And we see ingratitude lead to theft. Ahab was King and grabbed a vineyard in his abundance. Odd, but true.
One thing Israel did wrong. Israel had religious pride. Not bending to Syrians. Jonah did not welcome the "God given and directed" opportunity to witness to fertile ground to the Assyrians. And His Story marched on to spread beyond the borders. Remember with me, Jesus was firm with the Syrian woman wanting something from HIM. Yet, so touchingly, Jesus wanted the woman from a country worshiping other gods to acknowledge HIS majesty, and in her humility, Jesus worked a miracle for her daughter.
People are amusing. Just as the risen Jesus returned to the people He died for (forgiving them for running away), they want to know, "What's in it for us?" This really speaks to how readily available Jesus was to them. Not a ferocious leader, but approachable, loving, having breakfast on the beach.
Acts 1:6-8
So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
This is interesting too - in an era so many men feel that they aren't Power Rangers, Super Heroes, then maybe their manhood is in question. Jesus said a real man is approachable, even in trauma and dire circumstance.
His reply is rather... typical of our Father GOD, Lord of All Creation. He is saying this is HIS Story. And will unfold in HIS time and manner. But not to feel as if orphans in the storm, the Holy Spirit provides what Jeremiah cried out in a very difficult time, saying:
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper
you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. ...
And did you know, in these days so many of us aren't even reading the news anymore - there is hope in the border of Mexico. People still pray believing HE will answer, DOES LOVE, and will Triumph!!!
Jeremiah is why Jesus is sometimes said to have been called Joshua - really (Joshua refused to give up on the Exodus as a work of God! Creating diligence out of disaster. Obedience from dire need and Hope in the desert. ) - because Jesus comes in where the situation is such a mess, wades in, gets His hands dirty, wet, and immediately cares.
Jeremiah believed like Joshua. This Verse for a Hope and a Future are the most beloved verse in the Bible next to God saving the world.
God tells us to do when events don't go our way. And its actually an incredible and astonishing piece of advice.
John 15:7
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Then we look to the Lord's Prayer and see we pray for His Will to be done and like Paul - see how this will go with me - with Gratitude!!
Matthew 28:20
and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
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