Numbers 26:12

Numbers 26:12 says, The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:  Next to be counted were the tribe of Simeon.  Verse rwelve adds,  Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.  There were four tribes from Simeon.  Verse fourteen continues, These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.  There were a total of twenty-two thousand, two hundred men of the tribe of Simeon who were twenty years old or older and able to go to war.  This was a decreaase of thirty-seven thousand one hundred from the original count.  They had decreased more than any other tribe, partly because one whole family, that of Obed, had died in the wilderness.   I wonder if the number of Christians were counted today as opposed to a generation ago, would our number be more or less, especially of the men.  Verse fifteen states, The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites:  Next to be counted were the tribe of Gad, by the particular families of his sons.  Verse sixteen adds, Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:  Verse seventeen continues, Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites. Verse eighteen concludes, These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.   There was now a total of forty thousand five hundred of the tribe of Gad, a decrease of five thousand, one hundred and fifty.   Verse nineteen says, The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.  The next counted were the tribe of Judah, through his sons, which did not include Er and Onan, who had died in the wilderness.  Being physically born into God's chosen people did not ensure entrance into the Promised Land, just as being physically born into a Christian family today does not ensure entrance into heaven.  It was and is dependent on obedience to God, starting with putting ones faith in Jesus Christ, the promised Messiah then and the Messiah Who has come now.  Verse twenty adds, And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanit, Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.  Verse twenty-one continues, And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.  Ths sons of Pharez were also counted.  Verse twenty-two concludes, These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. There was now seventy-six thousand, five hundred men of Judah over the age of twenty who were able to go war, an increase of nineteen hundred.  Verse twenty-three states,  Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:   Next to be counted was the tribe of Issachar, by the families of his sons.  Verse twenty-four adds, Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.  Verse twenty-five continues, These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.  There was total of sixty-four thousand, three hundred men over twenty who were capable of going to war in the tribe of Issachar, an increase of nine thousand, nine hundred.