Numbers 30-36 mission accomplished! promises & authority (ch30) if you give your word keep it Matt 5.33-37   don’t give your word too rashly Eph 5.22-6.4   all God’s promises (Ch31-36)   cursing (Ch 31) Romans 12.14-21   persevering (Ch 32) Hebrews 10-12 blessing (Ch 33-36) Revelation 21.22-27

Numbers 26-29 mission continuity God’s people (ch 26)   in God’s place (26.52-56; 27.1-11)   under God’s rule ​(27.12-23)   enjoying God’s blessing (28-29)

Numbers 25 mission compromise ‘my pleasure’   the worship of self (25.1-3)   we become what we worship, GK Beale, IVP, 2008, p295   the worship of God back then (25.4-17)   the worship of God now ​ in the church   beware the pleasure problem Revelation 2.14-16 (Matthew 5.27-30) fix the pleasure problem 1 […]

Numbers 22-24 a blessed mission the story so far…    an attempt to curse God’s people (Numbers 22) Balaam – Deuteronomy 23.3-6; Joshua 13.22; Joshua 24.9-10; Nehemiah 13.1-2; Micah 6.4-5; 2 Peter 2.15-16; Jude 1.11; Revelation 2.14 God reveals his blessing on his people (Numbers 23.1-24.9)   God reveals that his enemies are cursed (Numbers 24.10-25)