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.
