Saturday, August 27, 2022

Numbers 9:1

Numbers 9:1 says, And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,  Verse two adds, Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.  The first month of the second year after the people of Israel were freed by God from Egypt, God told Moses to have the people observe the Passover.  Though the Levites replaced the first born, the people were still to remember what God did for them, and we must never forget what God did for us when He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die in our place.  Verse three continues, In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.  Moses was then given the day to observe the Passover and all the rites to be observed during the celebration.  Verse four states, And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.  Moses then spoke to the people of Israel and  told them what God said about observing the Passover.  We today as followers of Christ should make sure that what we tell others about God is what His word tells us under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.  Verse five adds, And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.  The people of Israel did as Moses commanded them, even in the wilderness.  Even if we find ourselves in the wilderness of uncertainty in life today, we must always celebrate what Jesus Christ did for us as His followers.  Verse six says, And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:  Certain men who had been defiled by a dead body came before Moses and Aaron on the day of the Passover.  Verse seven adds, And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?  These men asked Moses if they were prohibited from giving an offering to God during the appointed season.  Too often today, people look for reasons not to give to God, or for how little they can get by with giving.  Verse eight states,  And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.  Moses told them that he would ask God what they should do, and we likewise must ask God what to do if we have questions or doubts today.  Verse nine adds, And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  Verse ten continues, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.  God told Moses that if a person were defiled by a dead body or on a long journey, they should observe the Passover between God and them.  We may not be able to get to a worship service today, but that does not releave us of the responsibility of worshipping God wherever we are at.  Verse eleven states, The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herb.  Verse twelve adds, They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover.  Moses was then told what the Passover meal was to consist of and the time of day that it was to be eaten.  This was not a feast of fine foods, but a feast of remembrance of the bad times leading up to their deliverance from Egypt.  We should also take time to remember what our life was like before we accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord and come to God with a broken heart when we celebrate His passing over us and giving us everlasting life.  They were also to leave nothing over until morning.  Verse thirteen continues. But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.  Those who were able to attend the Passover and didn't were to be cut off from the people of Israel.  If we do not accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord,  since He is the only One Who can free us from the death penalty of sin, we will be cut off from God's people.  Verse fourteen concludes, And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land. keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.  Strangers who wanted to observe the Passover were welcomed to do so.  Everyone is welcome to come to God's Passover if they come by faith.

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