At the beginning of Numbers, we saw the holy people of God setting out with the glory of the LORD in their midst! And here at the end of Numbers, we hear God providing laws for what to do when Israel kills each other!
Then again, perhaps this is not all that surprising. After all, in between the beginning of Numbers and now, we have seen how Israel has sinned and falls short of the glory of God. Israel has demonstrated that he is very much like Adam – who refused to listen to the voice of the LORD, and ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. And so the children of Israel will be like the children of Adam – like Cain who killed his brother, Abel.
And likewise, at the beginning of Numbers there were 12 tribes arrayed around the Holy of Holies – and we saw the glory of a worship-centered life. At the end of Numbers there are 9 ½ tribes entering the Promised Land – with 2 ½ tribes remaining outside the land.
Why is this important? A broken and humbled Israel will take possession of the land. The church does not advance because of our wisdom, our wealth, and our power! The church takes possession of the land in spite of her weakness and foolishness.
Christ has become for us wisdom from God, sanctification, righteousness, and redemption!
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