Numbers 14
- Everyone cried out that they should go back to Egypt and choose a new leader.
- Joshua and Caleb tore their clothes when Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before the people.
- Joshua and Caleb said that if the Lord is with them, the people in the land cannot hurt them.
- The people reacted by preparing to stone them, but God's glory shone on them so they stopped.
- God said to Moses that He'd destroy this people and choose a new people for Moses to lead.
- Moses pleads for his people and tell the Lord that it will look bad for God to the Egyptians because they will say God couldn't finish what he started.
- Moses quotes a verse about God's attributes about being slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
- Moses asks God to overlook the people's iniquity.
- God said that as punishment for the people's disobedience 10 times, none of them would see the promised land.
- God said Caleb will see it because he had a trusting, faithful spirit.
- God tells them to enter the valley by the way of the Red Sea
- Why would God have them avoid the Amalekites and the Canaanites?
- All people 20 years old and up who grumbled against God will NOT see the promised land.
- Only Caleb and Joshua will see it because they obeyed God.
- God said they'd be in the wilderness for 40 years (a year for every day they spied out the land)
- All of the men who spied out the land and gave a bad report died by plague then.
- The people mourned and decided they wanted to go into the promised land anyway.
- Moses warned them that plan would fail because the Lord would not be with them.
- Some of the people left camp to enter the hill country without the Ark or Moses. They were beaten back and defeated.
Isaiah 6
- In the year King Uzziah died, Isaiah had a vision.
- God was seated on his throne and his robe filled the temple.
- The seraphim stood above him having 6 wings, 2 to cover their face, 2 to cover their feet, 2 to fly. (They were referred to as male (him) ).
- They called back and forth to each other, "Holy holy holy is the Lord, The whole earth is filled with His glory"
- A voice shook the temple and smoke filled it.
- Isaiah responded in woe, because he had unclean lips.
- The seraphim touched Isaiah's lips with a hot coal and removed his sins.
- How can the coal atone for sin when it was not a sacrifice?
- The Lord asked who they should send and Isaiah said to send him.
- Why is God referring to "us"? Who is He talking about here?
- Why does God want Isaiah to tell the people to keep not hearing and seeing?
- The Lord said this will continue until the city lies in waste.
- One out of 10 people will remain in the ruins, but the city will even then be burned a second time.
- Those remaining will be a "holy seed" for later.
Romans 11
- Paul says that he is a descendant of Abraham and the tribe of Benjamin.
- Paul reminds them of God's reply to a struggling Elijah. In that time God said He kept 7,000 people from bowing to Baal.
- Paul says there is a remnant now, but it is because of grace not good works.
- The rest of the Israelites were hardened and couldn't hear or see what God was doing.
- Paul uses quotes from David and another OT book to show this.
- Paul said that because of these failures, salvation has come to the Gentiles as well.
- Paul's hope is to preach the Gospel to the Gentiles, to make the Jew jealous and turn back to God from their sins.
- Paul uses a tree analogy to show his point.
- The Gentiles have been grafted in, and therefore should no longer have bad views of Jews who are now Christians because they are both rooted in God.
- Their response should be fear, not pride.
- Paul says that they should rejoice when the "broken branches" (Jews) are grafted back in because everyone who has been saved has done so because of God's kindness.
- The Jews that have turned away have opened opportunities for the Gentiles to enter God's kindness.
- The Jews' hardening opened doors for the Gospel to the Gentiles. Now the Gentiles' belief has opened doors for the unfaithful Jews again.
- We can't give any good gift to God which hasn't already given us.
- For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever.
Hebrews 12
- The writer tells us to look to these biblical examples and find hope to ruin the race God has placed before us.
- Also to look to Christ who bore the cross and is now seated at God's right hand.
- The writer echos what he just said so that believers won't be fainthearted.
- The writer says they have not yet shed blood and quotes the fact that God disciplines those He loves.
- God disciplines us because we are His sons.
- God disciplines us for spiritual things where as our earthly fathers discipline for everyday things and we respect them for it.
- Discipline is painful at first but then yields good fruit.
- God disciplines us for our good that we may share His holiness.
- Discipline may seem painful but yields "peaceful fruit of righteousness"
- Strive for peace with everyone.
- Strive for holiness.
- Strive for grace and avoid "root of bitterness" which may cause trouble.
- No one should be sexually immoral or unholy like Esau.
- Esau later regretted selling his inheritance for a single meal.
- The Lord was/is to be feared as the ancient Israelites said. Even Moses trembled at the sight of Him.
- The writer is saying believers have no need to fear because they will feast in heaven with angels and Jesus Himself.
- Jesus speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
- Why does the writer refer to blood of Abel and not blood of Adam?
- Don't refuse the one who speaks to you on earth or from heaven.
- In the OT God's voice shook the earth but now He has made a promise.
- God promises to also shake heaven.
- The writer points out that "yet once more" means that the "shaking" will remove some things while the the things that cannot be shaken will remain.
- Our response should be gratitude and to give God reverence and awe.
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