Numbers and Deuteronomy Flashcards
(43 cards)
Hebrew title for Numbers?
“In the Desert”
What is Numbers NOT intended to be?
NOT a history of Israel
What is Numbers intended to be?
An essay about the consequences of disobedience
What length of time does Leviticus cover?
One month
What length of time does Numbers cover?
Almost 39 years
What are the rebellions?
1) Complaining about hardships
2) Complaining about the food
3) Miriam and Aaron challenge Moses
4) The Promise Land Rejected
5) The Levites rebel
6) The people rebel when Levites are killed
7) Complaining because of no water
8) Complaining for having to go around Edom
9) Rebellion by sexual immorality with Moabites
What was the Ultimate Rebellion?
The Promised Land Rejected
What is the theological principle seen in the marching orders?
God does things in an orderly manner
Who was considered holy to the Lord and why?
- Any man born in the tribe of Levi
- Because of his responsibilities for the tabernacle and all the holy articles
Could someone who wasn’t a Levite become a Nazarite?
Yes if he takes special vows of holiness (they were considered separation to God for the time set by their vow)
Who did the 70 anointed at Sinai later be known as?
The Sanhedrin
Who did Joshua want silenced? What did he want to happen to them?
- Elad and Medad
- He’d rather them not prophesy at all or else come to the tabernacle and prophesy together with the rest.
- He didn’t want them punished, just restrained
Who do we often wish to restrain?
Those with whom we do not agree
What must we not be quick to do?
Condemn and silence those who differ from us, as if they do not follow Christ because they don’t follow him the way we do
Who were the only ones who urged with confidence that since God was with them they could succeed?
Joshua and Caleb
What did Joshua and Caleb do?
Urge with confidence that since God was with them they could succeed
Who gives us powerful lesson in intercessory prayer?
Moses
What does Moses give us a powerful lesson in?
Intercessory prayer
Do we really cooperate with God in determining how things turn out?
YES!
What did the judgement involve?
-The sentence of wandering in the desert for 40 years until everyone in the older generation died and a new generation had grown up
The ultimate rejection of the Israelites who were delivered from their bondage in Egypt is a warning to who about what?
- To the Church Age today
- That just as the ancient Children of Israel could not enter their prepared rest because of unbelief, so we believers can miss our rest (heaven) and be rejected if we become faithless and hardened as they were
What is the theological principle in Moses’ failure?
Those in spiritual leadership have a greater responsibility to honor the holiness of God before the people of God
What was a new type of Christ and how?
Just as the Israelites were healed of the poison of the snake’s venom by looking at the snake on the pole, so sinners today can be saved from the poison of sin by looking to Jesus on the cross
What was “Balaam error”?
God doesn’t care how much it takes to buy you, God only cares that you can be bought; like Balaam could be.
