Esther 1:1-22 — Providential Removal of the Persian Queen
IMPRESSIVE DISPLAYS OF SECULAR OPULENCE AND DOMINION EXPOSED AS IMPOTENT AND FUTILE AS GOD’S PROVIDENCE WORKS OUT HIS OWN KINGDOM AGENDA
Numbers 6:22-27 — Aaronic Benediction
THE BLESSED PRESENCE OF GOD’S PROTECTION, FAVOR AND PEACE MEET ALL OF THE NEEDS OF THE BELIEVING COMMUNITY
Numbers 33:50-56 — Final Marching Orders for Conquering and Possessing Canaan
OCCUPYING HOLY LAND REQUIRES EXTREME EXTERMINATION OF THREATS TO COVENANT WORSHIP
Numbers 32:1-42 — Compromise Regarding the Land Promise — Good or Bad?
COMPROMISE WITH GOD’S REVEALED AGENDA LEADS TO A QUAGMIRE OF COMPLEXITY
Numbers 31:1-54 — The Lord’s Full Vengeance on Midian
THE SEVERITY OF GOD’S VENGEANCE EXPOSES THE FALLACY OF ATTACKING THOSE WHO ARE UNDER HIS PROVIDENTIAL PROTECTION AND PROMISED BLESSING
Numbers 27:15-23 — Commissioning of Joshua to Succeed Moses
LEADERSHIP TRANSITIONS MUST BE BASED IN DIVINE SELECTION, MUST FUNCTION ACCORDING TO THE POWER AND AUTHORITY OF THE SPIRIT, AND MUST ISSUE IN PASTORAL GUIDANCE AND CARE
Numbers 25:1-18 — Spiritual Harlotry, Divine Judgment and Priestly Intervention
THE DESTRUCTION FROM SPIRITUAL HARLOTRY CAN ONLY BE MITIGATED BY THE ATONING ZEAL OF A FAITHFUL HIGH PRIEST
Numbers 23:1 – 24:25 — The Messianic King and His Kingdom Will Prevail
ENEMY OPPOSITION CANNOT UNDERMINE GOD’S PROMISED BLESSING ON HIS CHOSEN, CONQUERING, COVENANT PEOPLE
Numbers 22:22-41 Perception and Protection Via a Dumb Donkey
THE OPPORTUNISTIC PROPHET OF IMPURE MOTIVES RECEIVES EMBARRASSING PERCEPTION AND PROTECTION FROM HIS DUMB DONKEY
Numbers 22:1-21 — Balaam — Tension Between What We Want and What God Wants
IMPURE MOTIVES LEAD TO COMPROMISING SITUATIONS
Numbers 21:21-35 — Military Victories — Preparation to Conquest the Land
GOD GRANTS VICTORIES OVER POWERFUL FOES WHEN WE FOLLOW HIS GAME PLAN AND DON’T SHRINK BACK IN FEAR FROM THE CHALLENGE
Numbers 21:1-20 — Celebrating Salvation
DESPITE ONGOING GRUMBLING AND COMPLAINING, THE LORD’S PEOPLE EXPERIENCE HIS GRACIOUS SALVATION