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17 - NUMBERS 21-25 - THE NEW JOURNEYING</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
21:3 (21:1-3) VICTORY OVER THE CANAANITES. “And the LORD heeded
the voice of Israel and gave over the Canaanites, and they devoted
them and their cities to destruction. So the name of the place was
called Hormah [destruction]” (ESV). </b><span style="">How
faithful You are to Your promises Father, to fulfill them. Yes, we
can trust You and Your Almighty power implicitly! </span><u><span style="">Reign
in us, Sovereign Lord</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Hallowed be
your :name!</span></i></b></p>
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<b><span style="text-decoration: none;">2. 21:8 (21:4-9) FIERY
SERPENT JUDGMENT. And the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery
serpent and set in on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he
sees it, shall live.” </span></b><u><span style="">Look</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
and </span></span><u><span style="">Live</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!
You made this a type of Jesus Father, so that all who look to Your
only begotten Son and call on Him, should be saved. We submit to Your
wise plan in this! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Your
:kingdom come!</span></i></b></p>
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<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">3.
21:17-18a (21:10-20) THIRD SONG OF ISRAEL. Then Israel sang this
song: “Spring up, O well! - Sing to it! - </font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">18a</font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
the well that the princes made, that the nobles of the people dug,
with the scepter and with their staffs.” </font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">You
Father, are the Giver of all good gifts. We submit to You! You give
water when needed, and all other necessary food! </span></font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</b></i></font></font></h1>
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<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>4.
21:24 (21:21-35) DEFEAT OF SIHON AND OG. “And Israel defeated
him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from
the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as to the Ammonites, for the border
of the Ammonites was strong.” </b></font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">There
is nothing too difficult for You, Father! You can harden the heart of
our enemy that he might fall, and fit into Your purposes. O forgive
us that we can ever doubt You! Help us to remember Pharaoh. </span></font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</b></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>5.
22:18 (22-24) BALAK AND BALAAM. But Balaam answered and said to
the servants of Balak, “Though Balak were to give me his house full
of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the LORD my
God to do less or more.” </b></font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Not
even Balaam could go against Your prophetic word, Father; Yet his
counsel concerning Midianitish women and Israel was evil! How evil we
can be in heart! </span></font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</b></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>6.
25:3 (25:1-9) PHINEHAS: REVERSES COUNSEL OF BALAAM. “So Israel
yoked himself to Baal of Peor. And the anger of the LORD was kindled
against Israel.” </b></font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Thank
God for Phinehas! May we too Father, have a zeal for Your Name, Your
honor, Your people, Your Jealousy and Your holiness! </span></font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>And
bring us not into temptation!</b></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>7.
25:12-13 (25:10-18) REWARD OF PHINEHAS: COVENANT OF PEACE!
Therefore say, “ Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace, </b></font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><b>13</b></font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>
and it shall be to him and to his descendants after him the covenant
of a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and
made atonement for the people of Israel.” </b></font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Formerly
You gave Levi a covenant of salt, Father. Now You add to it, for as
the Potter to the clay - it is Your right to do with us whatever is
in Your mind! </span></font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>But
deliver us from the evil </b></i></font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>one!</b></font></font></p>
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<u><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>NOTE</b></font></font></u><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
23:19 (22-24) THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD TO HIS WORD! “God is not a
man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his
mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will
he not fulfill it? </b></span></font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
is absolutely true of You, Father. May we evermore live in this
truth! And even though this word was spoken by an enemy of the LORD -
yet it has absolute truth! </span></span></font></font>
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<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
lessons in this passage are valuable in the sight of the LORD! Can we
give ourselves to search them out? The 3 chapters dealing with Balak
and Balaam are especially interesting and rewarding. They were
brought to my attention in 1944 by a Jewish convert and missionary to
her own people. Imagine that in this passage some of the greatest
Messianic prophecies in the Bible came through a false prophet!
Sometimes it appears to me that the testimonies of the enemies of the
Lord have deeper and more valuable insights than those coming from
our friends! In the case of Balaam for Israel and their coming
Messiah, they are </span></span></font></font><u><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">so
insightful</span></font></font></u><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
that it drove Balak to extreme anger. Just count up in these 3
chapters the number of extraordinary prophecies God forced Balaam to
give! We read in the NT book of Jude just what God thought of Balaam,
even though He used him! And think of how He used Judas to further
His purposes through Jesus for man's redemption! And in Isaiah He
says that </span></span></font></font><u><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">He
created the waster (Satan) to destroy</span></font></font></u><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
See how He used Satan in the book of Job to perfect His righteous
man! And each one of us as true foreordained saints are strengthened
and perfected by fiery trials that God permits Satan to bring upon us
- just as He did upon Job!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">So
- let us not think it strange concerning the fiery trials God permits
Satan to unleash upon us! But according to Job 1 & 2, Satan can
do </span></span></font></font><u><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">no
more</span></font></font></u><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
than God permits!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
5 chapters of this portion for the March 17</span></span></font></font><sup><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">th</span></span></font></font></sup><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
reading will yield rich dividends to each of us, who like George
Muller - will kneel and read aloud this passage back to God in our
own words - transforming insights into prayer!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">In
1987-89, I completed these 366 readings of “Through the Bible in a
Year” in manuscript form. I am just now editing these readings, and
updating them with God's Bible Numeric English NT, and the English
Standard Version (ESV) for the Old Testament. (I am able to turn my
attention to this, having completed the editing of God's Bible
Numeric Outlined Interlinear Greek NT prepared by Ivan Panin prior to
1941). This discipline has proven for me a </span></span></font></font><u><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">rich
blessing</span></font></font></u><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
as by the help of the Spirit I made these 366 divisions, and chose
these verses for the 9 divisions of each of the 366 readings. </span></span></font></font>
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<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">And
now - our Psalm for the Day! </span></span></font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>77:13-14
(77:1-20) IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE I SEEK THE LORD. “Your way, O God
is holy. What god is great like our God? </b></span></font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>14</b></span></font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>
You are the God who works wonders; you have made known your might
among the peoples.” </b></span></font></font><u><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Jesus</span></font></font></u><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
is your true and living </span></span></font></font><u><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">way</span></font></font></u><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
Father, and You have made Him in His humanity to be so! You have put
Your Name - Jehovah - upon Him - </span></span></font></font><u><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Adonai
Jehovah</span></font></font></u><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
the Savior! All the fullness of the Godhead bodily dwelt in </span></span></font></font><u><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Him</span></font></font></u><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!
</span></span></font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>Hallowed
be your :name! </b></span></i></font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
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