The prolonging of their lives to old age: "The number of thy days I will fulfil, and they shall not be cut off in the midst by untimely deaths." But inasmuch as Christ differed from Moses, as grace differs from law; as that which suits God the Father known in heaven, though manifesting Himself upon earth, differs from a process of mere dealing with the first man according to righteous claim; so it is with the Christian man: while faithful to Christ, as he knows Him, he will never do anything which the law could possibly condemn. The fact, therefore, that it was later and at the end of Davids reign that these wicked and heathen nations were exterminated so as to deliver up to the people the quiet possession of the land, must be attributed to their own fault, since unbelief and ingratitude rendered them inactive, and disposed to indulge their ease. To the unregenerate soul it is the land of darkness and mystery, yet it is essential to the perpetuation of the body. It is Christ put on us. "The Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite " The omission of the other Canaanite peoples did not exclude them from the terror that God would bring upon them. Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought Jehovah's offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it. We do well to take heed of provoking our protector and benefactor, because if our defence depart from us, and the streams of his goodness be cut off, we are undone. ). In addition to atonement, these are the two urgent wants of fallen humanity. I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee. Thus is God pleased to twist his interests and friendships with his people's. He wanted to prove and manifest the heart of His servant. Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain till morning. The following seems to throw some light on this question (Exodus 23:20,27,28): "Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Potentially Deadly 'Murder Hornet' Bees Found in U.S. for the First Time Asian giant hornets, the world's largest species of hornet, have recently been spotted in Washington state. 2. The second one is the feast of Passover which takes place fifty days after the feast of unleavened bread when you are bringing in the first of your winter grains. Some have supposed that the word is used in a metaphorical sense as the symbol of some panic which would seize the . Also known as "sparrow hornets," the wasps have an excruciatingly painful sting that can linger for hours and kill dozens of people on an annual basis. This is true, no doubt; but unless it goes farther than this, it is a declarative sanction of God's punishing in case of failure to meet His demands. Thus 2 Corinthians 5:1-21 corresponds with the ark rather than the brazen altar. It's equivalent to our Thanksgiving. I grant you this that, looked at as a whole, distressing failure was setting in just as it was here; yet as here the very failure isolated the truehearted, but isolated them not in want of love but in the strongest possible manifestation of divine charity and sense of God's glory. The word hornet is found in several places in the Old Testament. A new nature finds its great characteristic in dependence in weakness, or sense of weakness certainly; but the Holy Ghost gives the consciousness of power, though no doubt exercised in dependence. But it remains always true that there is this difference. The word of command is Hear you him,Matthew 17:5. Then, the metaphysical meaning of nations. "* Such was no doubt the doctrine of those whom the apostle censures as wishing to be law-teachers, understanding neither what things they say nor whereof they stoutly affirm. In none of these types can one find the full truth of Christ and of His work. You have but to bear in mind what, and all the Egyptians: the wondrous acts that you saw with your own eyes, the signs and the portents, the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm by which. People who have been stung are . When God pleases, hornets can drive out Canaanites, as well as lions could, Joshua 24:12. The Canaanites are delivered by, :1-3, with margin.) And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them. In Judah alone there were 112 cities with many villages. The first instance is in the book of Exodus, chapter 23. God is sort of summarizing for Israel how He led them into the land of promise. There lay the insuperable difficulty once; but now grace perfectly meets it, and meets it in a way which evinces alike the goodness and the wisdom of God. But they say that if you eat a shish kabob, and you're also eating cheese at the same meal, you don't know but what that cheese was made from the mother's milk. What we find here then is not law pure and simple, but law with mercy and goodness and long-suffering in the government of God His condescending love and patience mingled along with law. I don't think it's a matter of heaven or hell. God discomforted them with deadly hornets! (highlanders, mountaineers, dwellers of the summits). Then, God stopped the sun and moon from going down and showered meteorite stones on the fleeing Amorites so that. 21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. Such a well armed and co-ordinated force was designed to strike fear into the hearts of the Israelites yet God said Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire (Joshua 11:6). The last chapter records, first, Jehovah's call to Moses to set up the dwelling of the appointed tent on the first day of the first month (i.e., in the second year, ver. In Exodus 28:1-43; Exodus 29:1-46 is given the prescribed ceremonial in consecrating the priesthood. But if I look at the passage where it is said, "He made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him," it is evident that we are brought into the very presence of God. Why didnt the hornets attack the Israelites? tsir'ah, "stinging", ( Exodus 23:28 ; Deuteronomy 7:20 ; Joshua 24:12 ). There was no such effect when it was merely the ten commandments or the ordinances connected with the people and the land; but after the communications of heavenly shadows and the mercy of God which intermixed itself with the law, Moses' face shines, and the people of Israel could not bear it. There is no reference in the text to God using real hornets to drive out the Canaanites, but He did use other hornet-like forces (cf. When the time was come, He took a basin of water and a towel, and washed His disciples' feet. It was from evening to morning" and of course uninterruptedly for that time. The Asian giant hornet, known scientifically as Vespa mandarini The apostle uses this to show that, as the veiled Moses speaking to the people of Israel is the most apt possible figure of the actual state in which they were placed (that is, not law simply, but with gracious care for the people mingled with it), so the condition of the Christian is in marked contrast. Where the faultless picture of a servant but in Him? "In the tabernacle of the congregation without the veil, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before Jehovah." In verses 11-16 is introduced the ransom money of the people, rich and poor alike, as an offering to Jehovah, their atonement money for the service of the sanctuary (for this is the great point here), the link of all with the priests who actually entered on their behalf. The land of Canaan is promised them (Exodus 23:31; Exodus 23:31) in its utmost extent, which yet they were not possessed of till the days of David; and by their sins they soon lost possession. The two Amorite armies were routed because the Lord fought for Israel and He used His secret weapon, hornets, to break up the enemy formations and deliver victory to Israel! And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. Take a case in illustration. l. 11. c. 28. r Hierozoic. New American Standard Bible Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. Now if gold represents God's righteousness which we approach within; and if brass or rather copper means, when thus symbolically viewed, His righteousness as applied to man outside in His immutable judgment, what is the force of silver in this connection? 305. The last two verses are, I think, transitional. This is not the time to enter into details; but hear what Moses says to Jehovah now: "See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Now we know what these mean. 10/23/2020 10:08 AM PT. Clearly it was for drawing near to God. Don't provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience, for my name is in him. And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence." In divine things there is nothing like simplicity; by it we enjoy a wisdom far higher than our own and real power to strengthen and guide the heart. As the foolishness of God, says the apostle, is wiser than man, so (may we not say?) These hornets aren't known to harm people or pets, despite their nicknames. From this moment a new plea is urged: the faultiness of the people is used as a reason why God should go up the very reason which righteousness made a ground for refusing to go with them, lest His anger should burn against such a stiff-necked people. By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land ( Exodus 23:24-30 ). Is that the way in which Christ was most glorified? Is it not His grace shown in man, even in the man Christ Jesus? God "hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.". We may have absolute confidence in the word of God. He asked to see His glory. It is here promised that they should be guided and kept in their way through the wilderness to the land of promise: Behold, I send an angel before thee (Exodus 23:20; Exodus 23:20), my angel (Exodus 23:23; Exodus 23:23), a created angel, say some, a minister of God's providence, employed in conducting and protecting the camp of Israel; that it might appear that God took a particular care of them, he appointed one of his chief servants to make it his business to attend them, and see that they wanted for nothing. Aaron's sons were to have coats, priests' girdles, and bonnets for glory and for beauty. The legal ordinances and institutes were but shadows; still they were types distinctly constituted; and we should learn by them all. This I believe to be the true meaning of the passage, and especially of the term "sanctification of the Spirit" here; though it is frankly and fully allowed that this is not the only meaning of "sanctification" in scripture. Law is essentially incapable of helping, because being only a claim on God's part, and a definition of His demands, it can only condemn him whose condition makes due obedience impossible. Joshua 24:12 Verse Concepts The third feast was equivalent to our Thanksgiving feast and it takes place in the harvest time of the year. Teshuvah!!! This is the peculiarity. American Standard Version And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. The veil is rent; and we walk in the light as He is in the light. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. I say again, God could have used actual hornets to chase away the enemies of his people. No armour, no weapons, could avail against these. He underwent death to the law by the body of Christ that he should belong to another Him that was raised from the dead in order that we should bear fruit to God. God promised His people various provisions if they would be obedient. Practical sanctification for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus! You shall remember well what Yahweh your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt: the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, the wonders, the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, by which Yahweh your God brought you out. (Exodus 27:1-21) Not less than the ark, the golden throne of God in the most holy place, it shows us God's righteousness; but with this difference between them that gold is the righteousness of God for drawing near where God is; brass is the righteousness of God for dealing with man's evil where man is. Exodus 36:1-38 shows us the chosen workmen engaged in their allotted tasks, and even begging Moses to check the over-abounding supplies of Israel's liberality. 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