#324 Summation of Numbers

As it implies, the people are numbered. The people are prepared for war, the taking of the promised land, and they are the next generation. Sadly, they have the same sins known in their parents. They are ungrateful, as portrayed in their loathing of the manna, and dramatic, as they stand crying in their doorways for meat. Even in this I could not help but find the spoiled evangelical church, refusing the Word of God, chasing after those instead who tickle their ears. I see those demanding a fresh word from God everyday, rather than gathering up the word that is before them, collecting dust upon their coffee table. They were easily led astray, just like Christians today, who are more influenced by their surrounding culture than the words of God. This people conformed to the image of their lusts and followed a culture that God had decided to carry out His judgment against. They were warned and new what happened to their parents in times before, but some not only sinned but did it in brazen fashion, maybe hoping that God would respect the titles that only mean something to men, or that approval came somehow through men. They are a lot like us, God never changes, yet we chase after political correctness rather than truth, as if we can somehow influence the truth, manipulate reality. Keep telling each other the emperor isn't really naked, drink the Koolaid, tell me about the god you prefer to believe in. If anything I find in Numbers my own sin and the affirmation that my opinion still doesn't matter. It still foretells the story of a Substitute, a necessary satisfaction of Holiness, and still I am an awe of such notions. We see the end of Aaron's journey and the rise of Joshua. There is a growing faith among some of the people, they divide the land before stepping foot in it, all on faith.