The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-08-17

/ And Moses cried unto the Lord saying, Heal her
now, o God, I beseech Thee.
| And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had
| but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed
seven days? Let her be shut out from the camp
seven days. and after that let her be received in
again.
And Miriam was shut out from the camp
days: and the people ourneyed not till Miriam was
brought in again.
Learn from this Scripture that every one
must submit to Noses the General Overseer in
the Lord; and that the Overseer himself dare
not favor his own kith and kin = Miriam and
Aaron - above Others He must have no favor
ties no pets must be no respector of persons;
for he is Gods representative.
Even Jesus, when He began His public minis
try for God and Israel, would no longer know
His mother, as mother, but addressed her as
"Woman" (see John 24). Even she must
submit to Him in the Lord Verse Five).
8. At Kadesh-Barnea = Numbers Is 80 to
14:4:
And Caleb stled the people before Moses and
said Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we
are well able to overcome it.
But the that went up with him said, We be
not able to go up against the people, for they
stronger than we.
And they brought up an evil report of the land
which they had searched unto the children of
Israel, saying, The land through which have
gone to search it, is land that eateth up the in
in it of great stature
And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak,
which come of the giants: and in
own sight as grasshoppers, and were in their
sight
And all the congregation lifted up their voice,
and cried; and the people wept that night.
And all the children of Israel murmured against
Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congrega-
ton said unto them, Would God that we had died
in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in
this wilderness
And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto
this land to fall by the sword, that wives and
our children should be prey? were it not better
for us to return into Egypt?
And they said one to another Let make
captain, and let us return into Egypt.
Parenthetical
Note the effect of this murmuring upon Josh
VA, Caleb Moses, Aaron, and, above all, upon
God - Numbers IA :5-45. Read these verses
carefully. Note that God again asked Moses to
step aside so that He could destroy such criti-
cizng and murmuring people, Note also how
Moses plead for Israel again = Verses Eleven
to Nineteen.
Here we see how Israel was condemned to
wander in the wilderness for forty years be-
cause of their oft repeated murmuring When
all murmurers were dead their children would
inherit the Promised Land.
g. Numbers, the Sixteenth Chapter, con-
Dathan, Abirum, Eliab and two hundred fifty
of the princes of Israel Read the entire chap
ter carefully
Here a formidable rebellion against
Moses. Note how that in time every one of
those enemies of God and the leader were
smitten with judgment and died, and it was a
terrible visitation indeed Eliab, who was
Aaron s son, persisted with the rest of the
rebels
Note also the statement in Verse Nineteen
that Korah had all the congregation of Israel
on his side against Moses and Aaron, but the
overseer triumphed gloriously
10. The rebellion over the death of Korah
and his company Numbers 16 ALSO:
But on the morrow all the congregation of the
children OF Israel murmured against Moses and
against Aaron, saying Ye have killed the people of
the Lord.
And it came to pass, when the congregation was
gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that
they looked toward the tabernacle the congrega-
tion and, behold the cloud covered it, AID the
glory of the Lord appeared.
And Moses and Aaron came before the taber-
nace of the congregation.
And the Lord spake unto Moses saying,
Get you up from among this congregation, that
may consume them as in moment. And they fell
upon their faces.
and put fire therein from off the altar, and put
on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation
ana make an atonement for them: for there is
wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is begun
And Aaron took Moses commanded and ran
into the midst of the congregation; and behold the
plague was begun among the people: and he put
on incense, and made an atonement for the people
And he stood between the dead and the living:
and the plague was stayed
Now they that died in the plague were fourteen
thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died
ABOUT the matter of KOrah
And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door
OF the tabernacle of the congregations and the
plague stayed.