In Numbers 14 (here @ Bible Gateway), we read about the nation rejecting the land the Lord has promised them because they felt they were unable to take it militarily. In fact they were right.
In Deuteronomy 7 (here @ Bible Gateway), 40 years later, the Lord tells the children of those who rejected that land that the nations they are about to dispossess are greater than they are. But we read there that it doesn’t matter that the nations are stronger, because as Joshua and Caleb said in Numbers 14 (here @ Bible Gateway), the Lord is the one that will cause Israel to be victorious.
That is the context. I was reading through Numbers 16 (here @ Bible Gateway), two chapters later. Look at Numbers 16:14 (here @ Bible Gateway). Dathan and Abiram, complain that Moses and by extension, the Lord, had not followed through on the promise to lead them to a land flowing with milk and honey. What? They just rejected that land as unconquerable not two chapters ago?
Isn’t this the normal reaction we have? We make decisions that have difficult or dire consequences and then we blame God for the result of our choice.
Doesn’t seem logical, does it. What is true is that we go to great lengths to explain away our sin. Including blaming others and blaming God.
That is the context. I was reading through Numbers 16 (here @ Bible Gateway), two chapters later. Look at Numbers 16:14 (here @ Bible Gateway). Dathan and Abiram, complain that Moses and by extension, the Lord, had not followed through on the promise to lead them to a land flowing with milk and honey. What? They just rejected that land as unconquerable not two chapters ago?
Isn’t this the normal reaction we have? We make decisions that have difficult or dire consequences and then we blame God for the result of our choice.
Doesn’t seem logical, does it. What is true is that we go to great lengths to explain away our sin. Including blaming others and blaming God.
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