Blessed Night, Loves 😊

I Pray All Is Well With Everyone…And Your Hearts And Minds Are Full Of Love, Joy, And Compassion…For All Your Brothers And Sisters In Spirit. And If In The Past There Were Those Of Us Not Feeling That Higher Love For Ourselves… Or For Those Not In Our Own “Lil’ Circle Of Love”; Then Let Us Pray That 2024 Is More Loving And Productive For All Of Us…When It Comes To Being Love – To Ourselves And Others; And Radiating Those Higher Qualities On A More Consistent Basis…Until It Becomes Effortless! But If Ever The Circumstances Of Life Or Outer World Conditions Seems To Stifle Our Flow Of Love…Remember, The Spirit Of Love Dwells Within Us; And All We Have To Do – When And If Necessary – Is Call Forth The Love Of Our “Mighty I AM Presence” To Fill Us…And Give Us The Power And Strength…To Push On A Lil’ Further – In Love! Amen…

Give Thanks And Praises For Love And Life…

And Y’all Be Love…

“The king of Arad, the Canaanite, who dwelt in the South, heard that Israel was coming on the road to Atharim. Then he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoners. So, Israel made a vow to the Lord, and said, “If You will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.” And the Lord listened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites, and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. So, the name of that place was called Hormah.” (Numbers 21:1-3)

“King Arad: Or rather, the Canaanite King of Arad: for Arad is not the name of a man, but of a city or territory. And he seems to be called a Canaanite in a general sense, as the Amorites and others. The south: Of Canaan, towards the east, and near the dead sea. Of the spies: Not of those spies which Moses sent to spy the land, for that was done thirty-eight years before this, and they went so privately, that the Canaanites took no notice of them, nor knew which way they came or went; but of the spies which he himself sent out to observe the marches and motions of the Israelites. Took some of them prisoners: Which God permitted for Israel’s humiliation, and to teach them not to expect the conquest of that land from their own wisdom or valour.

I will utterly destroy them: I will reserve no person or thing for my own use but devote them all to total destruction. They utterly destroyed them: Neither Moses nor the whole body of the people did this, but a select number sent out to punish that king and people, who were so fierce and malicious that they came out of their own country to fight with the Israelites in the wilderness; and these, when they had done this work, returned to their brethren into the wilderness. But why did they not all now go into Canaan, and pursue this victory? Because God would not permit it, there being several works yet to be done, other people must be conquered, the Israelites must be farther humbled and tried and purged, Moses must die, and then they shall enter, and that in a more glorious manner, even over Jordan, which shall be miraculously dried up, to give them passage. Hormah: that is utter destruction.”

“Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way. And the people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread.” So, the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord that He take away the serpents from us.” So, Moses prayed for the people. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.” So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.” (Numbers 21:4-9)

“By way of the Red Sea: Which leadeth to the Red Sea, as they must needs do to compass the land of Edom. Because of the way: By reason of this journey, which was long and troublesome, and unexpected, because the successful entrance and victorious progress which some of them had made in the borders of Canaan, made them think they might have speedily gone in and taken possession of it, and so have saved the tedious travels and farther difficulties, into which Moses had again brought them.

Against God: Against Christ, their chief conductor, whom they tempted. Thus, contemptuously did they speak of Manna, whereas it appears it yielded excellent nourishment, because in the strength of it they were able to go so many and such tedious journeys. Fiery serpents: There were many such in this wilderness, which having been hitherto restrained by God, are now let loose and sent among them. They are called fiery from their effects, because their poison caused an intolerable heat and burning and thirst, which was aggravated with this circumstance of the place, that here was no water, Numbers 21:5.

A fiery serpent: That is, the figure of a serpent in brass, which is of a fiery colour. This would require some time: God would not speedily take off the judgment, because he saw they were not thoroughly humbled. Upon a pole: That the people might see it from all parts of the camp, and therefore the pole must be high, and the serpent large. When he looketh: This method of cure was prescribed, that it might appear to be God’s own work, and not the effect of nature or art; and that it might be an eminent type of our salvation by Christ.

The serpent signified Christ, who was in the likeness of sinful flesh, though without sin, as this brazen serpent had the outward shape, but not the inward poison, of the other serpents. The pole resembled the cross upon which Christ was lifted up for our salvation; and looking up to it designed our believing in Christ.”

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley, 1754-65

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