AMI JERUSALEM CENTER

 Commentary: 

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The Lord  tells Moses to send men to search out the land of Canaan.  Moses sends one man from each of the twelve tribes as spies.  He instructs them to bring back a report on what they see and find there, both good and bad.  The men see grapes in huge clusters, pomegranates, figs and more.  They spend forty days searching the land and then return to Moses and the camp, carrying huge clusters of grapes hanging on a pole carried by two men.  Surely Canaan was a land of milk and honey. (vs. 27)
However….
Ten of the men came with a warning to Moses that the inhabitants of the land, the Amalekites, were giants and powerful warriors.  Only Caleb and Joshua brought a positive report saying “we can conquer just as God has said”. (vs. 30)
The people listen to the bad reports of the ten which are spread among the camp.  They begin to murmur and complain and wish they were back in Egypt.  Caleb and Joshua tell them to trust God.  The people speak against Moses and God responds by keeping them in the wilderness and threatening a pestilence upon them.  Moses asks God to stop the pestilence and as a result, God responds by keeping them in the wilderness for forty years until a whole generation dies in the desert. Only Caleb and Joshua from that generation live and enter Canaan.
The Lord then instructs Moses to the laws of offerings to observe in Canaan, meat as well as bread; violations of Shabbat; and fringes (tzitzit) on the corners of garments as a reminder to fulfill the commands of God and be holy.

How we must learn this today…to obey Divine instructions and to trust God.  He is serious and does not play around, and when it comes to His word He does what He says He will do! (vs. 32-34)
Choose Faith over fear… as the voices of the media shout AGAINST the nation of Israel today, they are choosing Faith and rising up against the enemy… “running to the roar!”
What about you?

Read: Hebrews 3:7-19 

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