Reading Numbers 14 today I'm not going to blog the entire passage, but tell you what struck me and why. You can find the text online at www.biblegateway.com. I'm reading the New Living Version of the Bible. They have about 14 versions you can view. I like the New Living and the Amplified Bible.
So, the scouts went to Canaan and were afraid of the people who lived there. They spead vicious rumors in the camp and the people wanted to go back to Egypt or even die in the wilderness rather than be enslaved or killed by the Canaanites. The long and the short of the story is that GOD was mad. I mean furious. He wanted to kill each and everyone of them.
What stuck me was that Moses pleaded for forgiveness yet judgement of sin. God said ok.
What was His judgement? Was it too harsh or too easy? What case did Moses make for God to forgive? What lessons did you learn from the story.
I learned not to test God but to trust Him. Even when the enemy is bigger than life, much bigger than we could ever handle ourselves. Read the passage and tell me what you think.