The Sin of Midian

Journey of the Sons of God to the Promised Land Today’s Focus: Spirit of Midian – The Sin of Midian Scripture: Numbers 22:4; 31:1,2,16 Greetings Sons of God: Numbers 22:4: And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. The Moabites are a very evil nation toward Israel and we will talk about the spirit of Moab but we see Israel advancing through the Wilderness and they settle in the plains of Moab and Balak is concerned about Israel and so Balak, king of the Moabites consults the elders of Midian about what to do about Israel in stopping them. We know the advancement of physical Israel is a picture of maturing of the sons of God and advancement of the Kingdom. So the nation of Moab and Midian are seeking to stop this advancement. The Lord despises anything and anyone who seeks to be a stumbling block to the advancement of His Will. Because of this evil union and devised plans against Israel, the Midianites will feel the judgment of the Lord against them. Numbers 31:1,2: And the Lord spake unto Moses saying, Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. Now God tells them to go out and kill the Midianites because of the evil they caused Israel to commit against God through the counsel of Balaam. But the captain of the armies brought back not only the spoils of war (cattle, flocks and goods) but they also brought back the woman and children of Midian and Moses was upset with them for a particular reason and now we will see the sin of Midian in this scripture: Numbers 31:16: Behold these caused the children of Israel , through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord Now we will revisit this story when we talk about Moab but the Midianites participated in causing the children of Israel to defile themselves b sleeping with the women of Moab and Midian and eat forbidden foods sacrificed to idols. A plague went throughout the children of Israel and ultimately 24,000 Israelites we killed because of their sin with the women of Moab and Midian. Because of Midian’s co-conspiratory ways with Moab to try to destroy Israel they would be overcome by Israel In the next message we will look at how the sons of God overcome the spirit of Midian. Peace, Love and Grace, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.