Dec
8
2012
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We have reached the sixth cycle of Numbers, which seems to include chapters 30-34. Seeing as it has been a while since we looked at Numbers, here’s the overview again, with this next cycle in red.
Overview of Numbers
Genesis/Transcendence – Creation:
1 – Israel called and arranged as a New Creation
Exodus/Hierarchy – Division/Delegation/Passover:
2 – Leadership disputes, failures and judgments
Leviticus/Ethics Given – Ascension/Firstfruits/Altar:
3 – Levitical offerings and “firstfruits” victories
Numbers/Ethics Opened – Testing/Pentecost:
4 – Israel fails the jealous inspection
Deuteronomy/Ethics Received – Maturity/Trumpets:
5 – Israel’s national festal offerings
Joshua/Sanctions – Atonement/Vindication:
6 – Vengeance upon Midian, Dividing the Land
Judges/Succession – Booths/Glory
7 – Yet to see
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Oct
18
2012
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Strange Fire
We’ve reach the central “cycle” of the book of Numbers, the attempt by Balak to destroy Israel. To the unbeliever, it is a story about a talking donkey. For believers, it is a story about a wicked prophet and a carnal people. For those with a wide angle “Bible Matrix” lens, the entire landscape suddenly comes into focus as something familiar and terrifying.
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