Worship God in Spirit and Truth. Part [13] 05/14/2026 (Morning thought)

1st Chronicles 21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel and provoked David to number Israel. 2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.

Now, the same issue also occurs at times when God brings judgment upon certain persons. He may not always give us an explanation, but persons can rest assured that there must be something in the heart that caused Him to do as He did. Case in point was the numbering of the people by David. In that instance, the scripture says that satan stood up against Israel and provoked David to count the people.

But not long after, the displeasure of the Lord was made manifest, and He made David three offers of judgment, to recompence the deed. David chose the better of the three bad options and no sooner had he done so than an angel was sent to destroy many persons in Jerusalem. Then, as David saw the carnage taking place, He questioned God’s judgement, in inflicting hurt on persons who had no part in issuing the order to number the people.

And some persons reading that incident may balk at what they perceive as a travesty of justice, where the apparently innocent were shaken down, while those who did the dirty work seemed to have gotten away scotch free. Numbers 1:18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. 19 As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

1st Chronicles 21:7 And God was displeased with “this thing;” therefore he smote Israel.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

Worship God in Spirit and Truth. Part [12] 05/14/2026 (Evening thought)

Numbers 11:16 And the Lord said unto Moses, gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.

Here again is the very same issue occurring, why the Bible says God is a Spirit. Seventy men of Israel have been chosen to help Moses with his administration, and they are given a specific instruction to appear at the tabernacle. All, except two of them show up and yet The Holy Spirit is given to the two also. Judging by mere outward appearance would lead us to conclude that they should not be partakers of the Holy Ghost, because it seems as if they disobeyed a plain order.

Numbers 11:17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. 24 And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the Lord, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.

But hold on a minute, as we dig a little deeper, because, God is a Spirit…. [Patriarchs & Prophets pp 381] Two of the seventy, humbly counting themselves unworthy of so responsible a position, had not joined their brethren at the tabernacle; but the Spirit of God came upon them where they were, and they, too, exercised the prophetic gift.

Numbers 11:26 But there remained two of the men in the camp the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!