Trusting in Christ For Us All
Trusting in Christ For Us All
Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying,
3 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims.
12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them.
13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.
14 And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.
15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
17 That the LORD spake unto me, saying,
18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:
22 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
23 And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)
24 Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
27 Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
29 (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.
30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.
32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.
33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.
36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
37 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
After all what is a share in the glory when you have only heard of one half of the story. The rest is the Lords there to tell. Safe to say that in this he too also is God of the reapers. The Father God in this someone who protects there provideth even. For each and every one fo the stories told and the lives that had been there so bold. So often in this life this day we too forget to pray. Though these people certainly had reached the point there surely that our God would have provided then for us all. Though it is a humanity viewpoint humanistically speaking for us to be so concerned. The people here in this sense were not exactly near to the Kingdom of God so to speak. Yet each life and each journey had but one life to take. That is to speak he dealt with each one by his own mighty hand. Thusly in this, he would have not let any of this people coming against. Whether they be in the right or the wrong is but one way to tell. Though as the lives would go by and time would go on, God it is clear had of or would led and spake to each one. Perhaps it was not overly abundant at first. Just a hint of it or a mutter of such. Though in his protecting his people as such it is clear he would not have allowed any of these to be coming between his people and these and also their settlement there. So grand it is of this that our God had of plans. Yet regardless of the designations, each life and each journey was a personal one before these came to stand before him in Zion again. Perhaps it was not about the journey so far but rather about how each had knew him as in the end. Still though, he cared enough for them all to have certainly provided so far. As some would have said he is the best provider there was for his people. Knowing certainly the end from the beginning thereof that time would have been from the beginning there all over again. After all he being the best God that ever there was to his people regardless of whatever they knew him as in particular. Though to some it had seemed who received not of his providing thus far, either for whatever had been, or what they had done it seemed had received hm not in particular. Perhaps it was not yet seen due to others so far. Yet that is where he would come in correcting the picture and righting the wrongs all over again. As the provider Jehovah he was so Jireh indeed. A provider in full substance and sum whether of things or just in the lives of all men. That just as Boaz had once been the kinsman redeemer there for his people, yet still our God functioned in much the same fashion according to the law that was shown. Perhaps they knew him not there thus far. Still it mattered not in that for his law was the same. These people were all the same to him just as were the children which had been led through much signs and the wonders there by his own mighty hand. Sihon though was a much different matter much as our time there had been, for it mattered not there even to him. Though with its much springs and its wells perhaps the place was of yet not unknown even to him, perhaps being the water that once had been cursed of Marah all over again. I do not know about you but forty years seems a mighty long time. It was almost as the timing of ministry in this for our God of us all. Thus in this his providing is found from what of this to the judgement all over again.