Day 6
I was of a mind to share the area where I found our true Identity restored as in redeemed but I was unable to. Then the LORD said 'look again at what I said about Caleb,' so here goes beginning where Israel complains about their supposed misfortune, now it might be noted that there was no call for "repentance" here, only that of 'another spirit':
Numbers 14:6-9 of 1-9, 30 All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; The people wept that night. All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, "Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness! Wherefore has the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?" And they said one to another, "Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt." Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
Then spoke the LORD, 'Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: And they spoke to all the company of the children of Israel, saying, "The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. If the LORD delight in us, then He will bring us into this land, and give it us; A land which flowing with milk and honey. Only rebel not against the LORD, neither fear the people of the land; For they are bread for us: their defense is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not'".......(beginning with the charge against Israel and Moses at verse 20 through to verse 30:)
Numbers 14:24 of 20-30 The LORD said, 'I have pardoned according to your word: But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD. Because all those men which have seen My glory, and My miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted Me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to My voice; Surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked Me see it: But My servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed Me fully, him will I bring into the land where-into he went; and his seed shall possess it. (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn and get into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.' And the LORD spoke again to Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 'How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against Me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against Me. Say to them, As truly as I live, says the LORD, as you have spoken in My ears, so will I do to you: Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; And all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against Me, doubtless you shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.'
Now for the New Covenant witness:
John 7:16-18 (Jesus is speaking) Jesus answered them, and said, 'My doctrine is not Mine, but His that sent Me. (showing His Identity) If any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of GOD, or whether I speak of Myself. He that speaks of himself seeks his own glory: but he that seeks His glory (from Him) that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.'
Ephesians 1:5, 10, 9, 11 of 3-12 Blessed be GOD and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: According as They have chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world [this in Genesis 1:26-28, confirmed in Psa 100:3 and Lev. 17:11; Heb 13:10) Know you that the LORD He is God: it is He that has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people (our identity revealed here), and the sheep (wonders) of His pasture], that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love: Having predestinationed (this in Gen. 1:26-28) us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ in Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He having made us accepted in the Beloved. In whom we have redemption (the restoration of our origin and identity) through His blood (Lev. 17:11), the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace; Wherein He having abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; Having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He having purposed in Himself: That in the dispensation of the fullness of times He might gather together in one all things (nations, humanity) in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; Even in Him: In Whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of Him Who works all things after the counsel of His own will: That we should be to the praise of His glory, who first trusted Christ.
Galatians 2:20, of 16-21 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Mosaic Law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the Law: for by the works of the Law shall no flesh be justified. But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners (slid-den back in under the Mosaic Law), is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid! For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. For I through the Law am dead to the Law, that I might live in God. For I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; Yet not I, but Christ live in me (this the Genesis 1:26-28 gospel of Life in the blood of Leviticus 17:11): and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the (supernatural) faith of the Son of GOD, Who loves me, and gave Himself for me. I do not frustrate the grace of GOD: for if righteousness come by the Law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Philippians 2:13 of 12-18 Wherefore, my beloved, as we have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is GOD who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure. Do all things without murmurings and disputing: That you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of GOD, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse world, cosmos, among whom we are to shine as lights in the world; Holding the word of (Christ which is) Life; That I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain. Yes, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. For the same cause also do we joy, and rejoice with you.
Colossians 1:9-17 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of Their (Elohiym) will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; That you might walk worthy of the Lord to all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of GOD; Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, with patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; Giving thanks to Father, which having made us meet (fit) to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son: In Whom we have redemption by His blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible GOD (in Lev. 17:11's Life in the blood of the altar, the Laminin protein), the firstborn of every creature (Genesis 1:26-28, in 2:7): For by Him we're all created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things are created by Him, and for Him: And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.
Now for a warning for those who fall short as seen in Israel, this in Hebrews 3 which states the following:
Hebrews 3:1-6, 7-19 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; Who was faithful to Him that appointed (predestinated) Him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who builds the house has more honor than the house. For every house is built by some man; But He that built this House is GOD. And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony (witness) of those things which were to be spoken after; For Christ as a son over His own house; Whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
A Rest for the People of God
Hebrews 3:7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost stated, 'To day if you will hear His voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation (Numbers 14), in the day of temptation in the wilderness (Exodus): When your fathers tempted Me, proved Me, and saw My works forty years. Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do always err in their heart; And they have not known My ways. So I swore in My (burning deep and abiding Love for them) wrath, They shall not enter into My rest.)' Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living Word of GOD. For we exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; Lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end; While it is said, To day if you will hear His voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. For some, when they heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. For with whom was He grieved forty years? Was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness? And to whom swore He that they should not enter into His rest, but to them that believed not? So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
Now for Hebrews 4:7 of 1-14:
Hebrews 4:7 of 1-14, 15-16 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. For to us was the gospel preached, as well as to them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with trust leading to faith in them that heard it. For we which have believed do enter into rest, as He said, 'As I have sworn in My wrath, if they shall enter into My rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. For He spoke in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And GOD did rest the seventh day from all Their works.' And in this place again, 'If they shall enter My rest. Seeing therefore it remains that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: Again, He limited it to a certain day, saying by David, 'To day, after so long a time; As it is said, To day if you will hear His voice, harden not your hearts.' For if Jesus had given them rest, then would He not afterward have spoken of another day. There remains therefore a rest for the people of GOD. For he that is entered into His rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as GOD did from His (in Genesis 2:1-3). Let us labor therefore to enter into this rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. For the word of GOD is (of a different spirit as seen in Numbers 14 spoken of Caleb) quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow (this in Genesis 2:21-24 and Leviticus 17:11, Psalm 100), and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight: For all things are naked and opened before Him with whom we have to do.
Jesus the Great High Priest
Hebrews 4:14-16 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of GOD, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an High Priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; But was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin (for He knew His origin and identity). Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
James 1:12-18 Blessed is the man that endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the LORD has promised to them that love Him. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for GOD cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempts He any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed (by the teachings of a man's religion to do so). Then when lust hath conceived, it bring forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death (by the doctrines of man not of Christ). Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with Whom is no variableness, neither shadow (in Genesis 1:26-28) of turning. Of His own will begat He us with the word of Truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of His creatures (Genesis 2:7, 21-24 by Leviticus 17:11).
Now for the outcome of promise in Revelation 21:3, 6-8 And I John heard a great voice out of heaven saying, 'Behold, the tabernacle of GOD is within men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and GOD Himself shall be within them, and be their GOD.....And He said to me, 'It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcomes shall inherit all things; I will be his GOD, and he shall be My son. But the fearful, and not unbelieving, for the abominable, and murderers, and whore-mongers (human trafficker), and sorcerers (druggists, poisoners), and idolaters (worshipers of false deities, gods, those who participate in the worship of heathen gods, sacrificial feasts, shades of the departed), and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone (meant for the advisory of man and GOD, the devil, the dragon ie..Satan's fallen comrades, demons and the like): which is the second death.
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