The book of Numbers chapter 10.
The book of Numbers chapter 10. You join me there. Numbers chapter 10 beginning
with verse 11. Numbers chapter 10 beginning
with verse 11. We're going to watch Israel move.
This is the first time that they have been on a journey since
they've arrived at Mount Sinai after leaving Egypt. And it is
during their tenure in Egypt that, as slaves, time did not
mean much. But now, as we found in the book
of Exodus chapter 12, that the Lord spoke to them, spoke to
Moses and spoke to them, that a new time was going to be set
up, a new calendar would begin. And this would be the first month
of the year. And then we find on the 10th
day of that month, they were to separate a lamb for a Passover. And on the 14th day of that month,
they were to take that lamb and slay it. And the Passover was
instituted and it was that evening that they left Egypt with a high
hand. Not one was left behind. We know
the times that they traveled between Egypt and out there to
Sinai. They witnessed the death of all
the Egyptian army in the Red Sea. They arrived there and a
number of things took place. We find that they had the building
of the, well, first of all, Moses met on the mountain with God.
God gave them the Ten Commandments. God gave him the the pattern
for the tabernacle, and they came down and built it. So they've
been spending a little over a year at this particular site. Here
in the book of Numbers chapter 10 verse 11, and it came to pass
on the 20th day of the second month in the second year that
the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony. And the children of Israel took
their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud rested
in the wilderness of Paran. And they first took their journey
according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. Would you drop down to verse
17 with me? And the tabernacle was taken
down. And the sons of Gershon and the
sons of Mareri set forth, bearing the tabernacle. Verse 21 of that
chapter. And the Kohathite set forward,
bearing the sanctuary. And the other did set up the
tabernacle against the Cain. And then verse 35 of that chapter. Numbers chapter 10, verse 35.
And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said,
Rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered, and let
them that hate thee flee before thee. And when it rested, he
said, Return, O Lord, unto the many thousands of Israel. But we're going to be backing
up here to the first two or three verses that we read there in
Numbers chapter 10 verses 11, 12, and 13 for the most of our
message this morning. We do notice in the fourth chapter
of the book of Numbers that the assignments were given for these
three groups of the tribe of Levi in the jobs that they were
to perform in setting up and taking down the tabernacle. One
group was to take down all of the coverings. Another group
was to take some of those coverings and place them over the Furniture
that was in the tabernacle another group was to take all the boards
and everything else and it was quite a process No doubt for
them to travel to take it all down and then to set it up again
But there was assignments that were given and that was how they
were to do that work the children of Israel in verse 12 tell us
that the the children of Israel took their journeys out of the
wilderness of Sinai and They had been at Sinai for just over
a year. And as we mentioned, there was
many memorable things that took place while they were there.
Some of those were famous and some were quite infamous. As
we find it was while they were there that Moses was up on the
mountain, that there was a calf that was built and all the children
of Israel was dancing around it. Many things took place. And now it is time to move. Would
you turn with me over to the book of Deuteronomy for just
a moment? The book of Deuteronomy, next book over. And in chapter
one, we have some good information here about the Lord speaking
through Moses to the children of Israel. Deuteronomy chapter one, verse
six, the Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb saying, you have
dwelt long enough in this mount. turn you and take your journey,
and go to the mount of the Amorites, and to all the places nigh thereunto,
in the plain, in the hills, in the vale, and in the south, and
by the sea, and in the land of the Canaanites, and into Lebanon,
and to the great river, the river Euphrates. You've dwelt long
enough here." So it tells us there Back in our opening verse
in the book of Numbers chapter 10, would you join me there again? It tells us that the children
of Israel left the wilderness. The children of Israel took their
journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai and the cloud rested
in the wilderness of Paran. Now that's an interesting verse
of scripture to me. That the children of Israel left
one wilderness and went to another wilderness. Now the Apostle Paul
shares with us some information about Mount Sinai. The Lord never
intended for the children of Israel to stay at Sinai. Sinai is what the Apostle Paul
brings out. It gendereth to bondage. He never
left the children of Israel at the place of Sinai until the
tabernacle was completed and that first Passover was done. But now it's time to move because
Sinai gendered bondage. And we do not have a place of
bondage in the Lord Jesus Christ. All of the tabernacle symbolized,
pictured, and foreshadowed the blessings that we would have
in the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. But Sinai was not going
to be part of the picture. Over in the book of Galatians,
the Apostle Paul wrote, and he said, Sinai was a place that
brings to our minds a bondage, the law. And the law can only
bind, it never liberated. The law can only restrain, it
can never bring peace. It is something that God gave
to the children of Israel to symbolize his holiness. That
there is a holy God in heaven, that he is opposed to sin, and
that sin is going to need to be punished. The soul that sinneth,
it must die. The rest, our rest is not at
Sinai. Our rest is not in the works
of the law. We find no rest in those things. Turn with me to the New Testament
for three or four readings First of all, to the book of Romans,
as we think about the children of Israel leaving Sinai, the
wilderness of Sinai. Now that's an important thing
because they're just going to go to another place in the wilderness,
but it is going to be away from this place of Sinai. In the book
of Romans chapter 3, if you would, Romans chapter 3, We find that
the Holy Spirit led the Apostle Paul to share with us, to share
with them, but to share with us the great blessing of having
rest in Christ and not having confidence in the flesh or confidence
in what we do in the law. In the book of Romans chapter
3, there in verse 7, for if the truth of God hath, excuse me,
verse 27, not verse 7, verse 27, Where is boasting then? Now in
the gospel, in Christ, there is no boasting in what we've
done or what we've accomplished. Our boast is in Christ and the
Apostle Paul brings this up. Where is boasting then? It is
excluded by what law? Of works? No, by the law of faith. That faith that God gives to
us when he gives us the new birth, that faith that we have that
we trust him with, his gift of faith to us is not bound up in
the law and it's not bound up in us keeping the law. It is
bound up in what God has done for his people, what he has done
for his children. all that the work that he has
accomplished on their behalf. So it's not bound up in the works
of the law. It's not bound up at Sinai. I'm
thankful that God was pleased to move the children of Israel
away from Sinai to symbolize to us. It's not a camping ground.
It's not a place that he wants us to be. It's not a place that
is going to do any good for us. In fact, by keeping the law,
all it does is create more Pharisees. Move with me just a little bit
further here in the book of Romans to chapter 9 if you would. Romans
chapter 9 and verse 32. In Romans chapter 9 verse 32
the Apostle Paul is continuing with the subject of why God would
take the children of Israel away from the wilderness of Sinai
and move them three days journey to the wilderness of Paran. Wherefore,
verse 32, Wherefore, because they sought it not by faith,
but as it were by the works of the law, for they stumbled at
the stumbling stone, as it is written, behold, I lay in Zion
a stumbling stone, a rock of offense, whosoever believeth
on him shall not be ashamed or be amazed about it. So we have this rock, this stumbling
stone, the works of the law, and by our own birth into this
world, we stumble at that all the time, trying to do more good
than we do evil. That's our goal. We're sure that
God will be very pleased with us if we have more good than
we have evil, and that is why we measure it by the law, we
measure it by the Ten Commandments, we measure it by commandments,
and we find out we've accomplished nothing, and God has accomplished
everything. Moving to another book that the
Apostle Paul was led to write by the Holy Spirit, the Book
of Galatians. Would you check there with me?
The Book of Galatians Chapter 2. We find the book of Galatians
covers this subject a great deal because there was a problem that
had crept up in the churches of Galatia. Galatia is an area. It's like a state. And in there,
there were a lot of congregations. that had been brought together
by the preaching of the gospel. After the preacher had left and
they were left to themselves for a certain amount of time,
there were those that crept in and they brought in this teaching
that if you're not circumcised, you can't be saved. They brought
in, you must keep the law or you must keep some obedience.
You must measure up. You must have your own sanctification
and you improve on it every day. Progressive sanctification was
produced by those people, and it's been produced by people
all through the centuries, that if we are really serious, we're
going to measure our success by how we're accomplishing not
going somewhere or going somewhere, by not doing something or by
doing something. And here in the book of Galatians
chapter 2, And verse 16, the Apostle Paul is dealing with
this just like God did with the children of Israel there at Sinai. We're not going to leave you
here. We've got a place for you to go. knowing that a man is
not justified by the works of the law. We can't stay at Sinai. God will not permit us. If we
are his children, if we've been saved by his grace, he will not
leave us at Sinai. He will take us. Now it may be
another place in the wilderness, but it is not going to be that
place in the wilderness The wilderness of Paran had nothing said about
it by the Apostle Paul in the New Testament about it engendereth
strife or engendereth bondage. It goes on to tell us here, knowing
that a man is not justified by the works of the law, we're not
made righteous by the works of the law. but by the faith of
Jesus Christ. Even we have believed in Jesus
Christ that we might be justified by the faith of Christ and not
by the works of the law. For by the works of the law shall
no flesh be justified." There's not going to be any good deeds
weighing against bad deeds. It's going to be the righteousness
of Christ, the blood of Christ, or nothing. That's how God measures
it. when we attempt to live. a good
life and trade that for righteousness, we are really thumbing our nose
at the righteousness of Christ. We're saying it is not enough
or it's not good enough. Another passage of scripture
here in the book of Galatians chapter 3 brings this subject
up again of why it is necessary that God moved the children of
Israel away from Mount Sinai. That's where the law was given.
That's where if you even touch the mount while God was on it,
You could be killed. If you even had an oxen touch
it, it was to be thrust through with a spear. That's how serious
it was. There was never any life in the
law. There is only death and justice
in the law. In the book of Galatians chapter
3 and verse 2, we read these words. This only would I learn
of you, received ye the spirit by the works of the law or by
the hearing of faith. How did you get the Spirit of
God? Was it by the works of the law
or was it because of a new creation in Christ Jesus? And in that
same chapter, down in verse 10 of that chapter, for as many
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse.
So Mount Sinai was really a picture of the curse. It's the curse
of the law. The soul that sinneth it must die. Justice must be
served. It could not be a place of raising
your family in the faith. It could not be a place. There's
no hope in that place. It goes on to tell us here in
the book of Galatians chapter 3 and verse 10, as many as are
of the works of the law are under the curse, for it is written,
cursed is everyone that continueth not in all the things which are
written in the book of the law to do them. Now, you go back
to the book of Leviticus. and say, I've kept it all. To the book of Deuteronomy, I've
kept it all. To the book of Numbers, I've
kept it all. I'm one to say I'm thankful that I'm not under that
any longer. It was oppressive, if you please,
that God would demonstrate his very holiness by all of those
type shadows and pictures and then the holiness of God is revealed
in Jesus Christ and his righteousness to our soul. He is the righteous
one that takes care of all the penalty that was justly due us
there at Mount Sinai. So they move. God led them to
move. It wasn't their decision. God's
cloud moved them. They took down the tabernacle.
They put their tents aside. They took care of their business,
and they moved according to the word of the Lord. In the book
of Hebrews, would you turn there with me to the book of Hebrews
chapter 4 for just a moment? Hebrews chapter 4. In Hebrews
chapter 4, there in verse 9, it talks about our rest. Where
do we get our rest? Now, hopefully you slept well
last night. And if you didn't, I hope you
sleep good tonight. But that's not the rest he's talking about
here. The rest that he's talking about is being at peace with
God. Having God at peace with us. Being settled. Having it settled. Not trying
to work our way. But having trust and faith in
Christ that the work has already been done. That's our rest. The work is completed. It's finished. There was no work finished at
Mount Sinai. There is work completed in Christ. Turn with me here to Hebrews
chapter 4 verse 9. There remaineth therefore a rest
to the people of God. Now he does clarify who this
rest is for. It is the people of God. For
he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his
own works, as God did from his." Now, you know, when we think
about the ability of God, God could have done everything that
is mentioned in day one, day two, day three, day four, day
five, and day six all in one minute. One second, he could
have accomplished everything. But he is sharing with us a picture
of how he does his business and then he gives us the seventh
day and it says God rested from his work. Now he's not tired.
He is going to use that as a type and a shadow of a picture of
our rest. Now, when God's people are born
again, they rest in Christ. The work is over. Just as God's
work was finished, so is the work of a believer. It's no longer
a work. As it goes on to tell us here,
for the word of God is quick and powerful. Oh, excuse me,
let me back up here. Verse 9, verse 10, for he that
is entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own
works. Now that's rest, to cease. Now only a group can do that,
that is completely resting in Christ as the completed work.
And then it says, let us labor therefore to enter into that
rest, lest that any man fall after the same example of unbelief. Now the Lord shares with us when
he was teaching and preaching, Paul shares with us, James shares
with us, Peter shares with us, that everybody that says Lord,
Lord doesn't necessarily mean they know him as Lord, Lord.
So there are those that are going to secretly, publicly, however
it is, they're going to continue to depend upon what they're doing.
They're going to depend upon where they go and what they don't
do. They're going to depend on whether they have this prayer
or that prayer, what they have accomplished in their life. But
those that know Christ are going to rest in Christ. They know
what kind of person they are. They know that they've fell in
Adam, and that they're depraved to the core, and that there's
nothing good in them to accomplish anyway. It's been revealed to
them that they can only boast in Christ. They cannot boast
of their works. They cannot boast that they've
been called to this duty or that duty, because it is of God. So,
we find here that sanctification, self-sanctification by doing
something never did anything but produce more Pharisees. I thank God. Well, 2 Corinthians,
would you turn there with me? 2 Corinthians chapter 10, sums
up the whole thing. 2 Corinthians chapter 10 and
verse 12. Second Corinthians chapter 10
and verse 12 shares with us about comparing with other people,
how well we're doing. A man asked me one time, he says,
if we're not having progressive sanctification, how do we measure
success? Well, the only way I know to
measure success is the Bible's way of measuring success, and
that is what attitude do you have about yourself and what
attitude do you have about God? That's measuring success. What's
our attitude about ourselves? Oh, wretched man that I am. There's
nothing good in me yet, even after I've been saved. In my
flesh, there's no good thing. Dwelleth no good thing. But in
my spirit, the spirit that God gave me, the Holy Spirit that
he gave me, dwelleth all good things, holy things. I'm thankful
for that. Well, here, verse 12. of chapter
10 of the book of 2 Corinthians, for we dare not make ourselves
of the number or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves.
We can't compare ourselves. It goes on to say, but they measuring
themselves by themselves and comparing themselves among themselves
are not wise. What do we have? The Pharisee
that went down to the temple to pray? He's comparing himself
with that man right over there. He said, I thank God that I'm
not like other men and especially not like that publican. Compare,
not wise, not wise. That is not a wise choice to
do. The apostle Paul brings it up
and the word of God shares with it and constantly we are not
to compare ourselves with others. We are wretched, poor, blind,
saved. All right. Now, go back with
me to the book of Numbers for just a moment, if you would.
The book of Numbers, there in chapter 10, there's another statement
that is made that is so valuable to us. Numbers chapter 10, number
one, we're moving away from Sinai. Never get hooked up in the law.
Don't do it. There's no special day to meet
on. We meet on the first day of the
week in celebration of the resurrection of Christ. But there's no day
that we are supposed to meet on. There's no day of the week
that we're supposed to meet on. There's those things. We worship
Christ every day of the week. We meet together and celebrate
together on the first day of the week. But I'm telling you,
if we were found it impossible to do that, we could meet on
Monday and do the same thing. or Tuesday and do the same thing. It would not matter because we
don't have that commandment. It's not what we wear when we
go to church. I know God's people know enough
to cover themselves up. But it's not our clothes. It's
not our hairstyle. It's Christ that is the issue
here. All right. Going back to the
book of Numbers chapter 10, there in verse 12, it says, that the
children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness
of Sinai and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. We went from one wilderness to
another wilderness. Now this wilderness over here
at Sinai is a place we want to avoid. People bring that stuff
to us, we want to avoid it. People bring the law and say
we have to keep it in order to be holier or more holy or any
of that. We want to avoid that. We want
to get away from Mount Sinai. We want that Mount Zion. That's where we want. We want
Mount Zion. But notice this. The children of Israel in their
travels went from one wilderness to another wilderness. The cloud
rested in the wilderness of Paran. Though Israel moved forward towards
Canaan at the command of God. That's one thing we need to remember
here. That the children of Israel are moving at the command of
God. Now we look at it today that
God is overruling everything that is taking place everywhere
in the world. Even over the sparrows. Even
over the number of hair on your head. The Lord wants us to understand
that that is how involved he is in taking care of this world
and taking care of everybody in this world the way he sees
fit. Things just don't surprise God. He is acting. He's not reacting. Now sometimes
it chases us. But God is still ruling over
all things. And he did here over the children
of Israel. A couple Sundays ago, we mentioned
that if the children of Israel had have traveled from point
A, Sinai, to Canaan, they could have walked it in 11 days and
not got real tired. Now, I don't know how long it
took them to get to Kadesh Barnea. We may find that out. But then
they're going to spend 38 years in the wilderness. But the distance
is not that long. You know what? The distance of
our life compared to eternity is just about that long. And
my part left is about that long. Or it may be like that. I don't
know. But the children of Israel are moved by the command of Almighty
God to go from one place in the wilderness to another place in
the wilderness, and they will not get to the promised land
until God moves them there. And here it says, though the
children of Israel moved forward towards Canaan at the command
of God, their travels were from one wilderness to another wilderness,
Sinai to the wilderness of Paran. Now there's some wonderful things
to note about this, that God did not leave them when they
left Sinai and came to Paran. Every step that a believer takes
in this Christian life that he has given us, God is with us. He does not leave us nor forsake
us. Lo, I am with you always. And there's going to be some
tough times for some of those folks as they travel along, especially
those who know God, know Christ, and know the gospel. They're
going to see a whole bunch of their family do some real foolish
things. It's not going to take very long
for that to happen. We're going to have cousin rise
up against cousin and say, you've taken too much authority on yourselves.
And the earth opens up and swallows them. There are some really interesting
things that happened in the Book of Numbers. They went sinning
and God sent great snakes among them, fiery serpents and bit
many people and much people died. That's what happened in the wilderness.
But to the children of God, to those who rested in Christ, to
those who knew the gospel, He was with them every step of the
way. Turn with me, if you would, over
to the book of Hebrews chapter 11. Hebrews chapter 11. Notice
this about our brother Abraham. Hebrews chapter 11, verse 8. Hebrews chapter 11 is the chapter
of faith. You know, when I grew up, I was
told that those people weren't even in the bride. My goodness.
Those people are part of the bride. Those people are the church. By faith, they did these things. Well, in Hebrews chapter 11,
verse 8, we find out about our brother Abraham. Now, there's
much said in the book of Genesis about Abraham, and there's quite
a bit said here in the book of Hebrews about Abraham. There's
some said in the book of Romans and Galatians about our brother
Abraham. But here it says, by faith Abraham
when he was called to go out into a place which he should
after receive for inheritance obeyed and he went out not knowing
whether he went. Now we got some people leaving
Mount Sinai going out to the wilderness of Paran that had
never been there before. This is new to them. I don't
think very many of those people had traveled since they were
all slaves. They'd made a lot of brick, and they'd made some
monuments. But they're not traveling, folks,
until they get out into the wilderness. And it's just kind of like Abraham.
He's leaving a place, and he doesn't know much about where
he's going. But there's one leading him, and it says, by faith he
sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country. Isn't
it interesting that Abraham was in the land of promise, and then
the children of Israel, his descendants, were taken down to Egypt and
imprisoned. Now they're headed back to the
land of promise. By faith he sojourned in the
land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles
with Isaac and Jacob. What are these children of Israel
dwelling in? Tents or tabernacles. And the heirs with him of the
same promise. Now notice verse 10. For he looked
for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. He looked for a spiritual place. He looked for an end place. He looked for a place where it
is finished. Now, he had a lot of property,
but he never had to build a house on it. He was always in a tent.
The children of Israel are going to travel through the Sinaitic
Peninsula, and they're not going to build homes there. They're
in tents. They're going to be moved from the wilderness of
Sinai to the wilderness of Paran. And my friends, that's how God
does his business. We're still, wherever we move
in this world, we're still in the wilderness. We're still. not at the end goal. This world
doesn't have an end goal. The end goal is Christ. The end
goal is heaven. The end goal is where he takes
his people when all of this wilderness wandering is finished. That's
the end goal. The children of Israel had a
promise to go into the promised land. In some ways, it pictures
types and shadows that place where every believer is going,
and that's to the glory of heaven, to be in the presence of Christ.
But from where we are now to the time we get there, we're
wandering in the wilderness. I'll never forget what the pastor
who brought me the gospel said about education. He says, go
to school and find out who discovered America. and get into a church and learn
about Christ. That's where, that's the only
bit of glory we have in this wilderness is to be where Christ
is preached. We want to go over there to the
book of Matthew, the very conclusion of the book of Matthew. The Lord
is speaking his final words of encouragement to the church and
to us. He has this to say, the very last verse of the book of
Matthew. Matthew chapter 28 verse 20.
He's speaking to his church, he's speaking his words just
prior to his ascension back to glory, waiting for every one
of his saints to arrive. He's had some there from the
very earliest of times. First one to meet him in glory
was brother Abel. And there was many between Abel
and when Christ came down to this earth. He met, when he ascended
back, he met a man he knew from eternity, but that man only knew
him for a few moments on the cross. Remember me when thou
enterest into thy kingdom. Today thou shall be with me in
paradise. He went back to be with him.
And from that point on, everyone that has been born again by the
power of the Holy Spirit Trust Christ for all their hope for
eternity. Every one of those that have
passed from this wilderness, not to another step in the wilderness,
but into his glory. He has met them with open arms.
Welcome, thou good and faithful servant. Sit down at my feet."
Well, here we find in the book of Matthew, chapter 28, verse
20, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have
commanded you. And lo, I am with you always. Now, we had a preacher one time
that was here, and he didn't like to fly because of this verse.
He says, the Lord is, lo, I will be with you always. Well, he
was just using it as a figure of speech. He says, lo, I'm with
you always, even until the end of the world. Where is the wilderness
that you're in today? Lo, I will be with you always. We heard read over there in the
book of Isaiah chapter 43, Brother Lord read this, but I'd like
to go back over there for just a moment and read a couple of
verses. In the book of Isaiah chapter 43, the Lord shares this
with regards to Israel, which is a picture of the church, a
picture of the believers of the Lord. In the book of Isaiah chapter
24, and excuse me, verse 43, Isaiah chapter 43. Verse 1 But now, thus saith the LORD
that created thee, O Jacob, ah, and he that formed thee, O Israel,
fear not. For I have redeemed thee, I have
called thee by thy name, thou art mine, when thou passest through
the waters. I will be with thee." Now he's
never saying that if we get shipwrecked and we can't swim, we're not
going to drown. And he's not saying if we are put at a stake
and they light a fire around us, it's not going to consume
us. That's not what he's saying. He's saying here that any trouble
that this world can pass on to us is not going to affect our
position in Him and we will be with Him. To be absent from the
body is to be present with the Lord. Now we may look at some
of the difficulties that we pass through as almost drowning and
we may look at some of the trials that we go through as walking
through the fire. But I'll tell you for sure if
you actually are in a position that you're going to drown and
you go down That's what happens. And burnt? Yes, that's what happens. But this, he said, I'll give
thee, and through the rivers they shall not overflow thee.
Spiritual things that come, trouble will not take us out of the hands
of the Lord Jesus. Thou walkest through the fire,
thou shalt not be burned, neither shall they kindle a flame upon
thee. You're not going to change your position before God with
any of this trouble. He's not bringing it because
he hates us. The trouble that we have generally
is because of the fall. But these things happen to us
according to God's good providence and he is using it for our instructions. How often he brings us to trust
him more. I remember when Jennifer was
in that near fatal accident, that wreck. All I could say is,
Lord, you're in charge. You are in charge. If you need
her, if you want her, you're in charge. And people called up from all
over the country when she finally came through and said, isn't
God good? And you know, I learned another
thing. God's never bad. God is always good. Whatever
He does, God is a good God. Never done anything bad. For
I am the Lord thy God, verse 3, the Holy One of Israel, thy
Savior. I gave Egypt a ransom. What he does to deliver his people. Well, we've moved from Sinai,
the cloud lifted. moved, went to the wilderness
of Paran, and settled down, and that's where they set up the
tabernacle, and that's where the orderly camp was once again
set up. And as one more passage of scripture
there in the book of Numbers, the last two verses of the 10th
chapter, would you read those again with me? In Numbers chapter
10, last two verses, this is what Moses said at the conclusion
of everything. It came to pass When the ark
set forward, that Moses said, rise up, Jehovah, Lord, and let
thine enemies be scattered, and let them that hate thee flee
before thee. And when it rested, he said,
return, O Lord, return, O Jehovah, unto the many thousands of Israel. What a promise we have in these
words that God gave to Moses, you're going to scatter every
enemy of the church, and you're going to keep the host of Israel,
the church, together. And the church said, Amen. Nathan,
if you'd come.