Most of our readers are approaching or in Numbers somewhere. I want to offer you some questions to encourage reflection on the significance of this book. As you think about these questions and read the text, please feel free to share your thoughts/insights with your fellow readers. As always, please feel free to ask questions, too. Although some of these chapters can be difficult and dry, keep reading. This is God's Word—our life!
- Numbers 5:11-30 describes a ceremony used when a jealous husband suspected his wife of being unfaithful. Why is that story included in God's Word? What's the purpose of the story?
- What was so important about celebrating Passover that anyone who did not celebrate it was cut off from the people of God (Num 9)?
- God took "grumbling" very seriously. What is grumbling and what is the modern-day equivalent? Does God take it any less seriously (Num 11 & 12)?
- Why were Moses and Aaron punished so severely for striking the rock rather than speaking to it (Num 20)?
- Why does the Lord tell Moses to send a small group of Israelite to take revenge on the Midianites (Num 31)?
1 comment:
Pastor Jared,
What are your thoughts on how grace has saved us and that we are no longer living under the regimented laws of the Old Testament?
Sometimes I think that God still wants us following these rules, and we've brushed it aside saying, "But Christ made a way for us". I know Christ said he wasn't here to abolish the law, but we're SO FAR from removed from what the Israelites had to do.
Just something I wrestle with.
Sara Seipp
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