HONORING THE LORD'S SABBATH (ISRAEL VS BALAK AND BALAAM)

JOIN US IN A TIME OF PRAISE PRAYERS,WORSHIP AND THE WEEKLY SABBATH SCRIPTURE READING.

THIS WEEK SABBATH DAY READING IS ABOUT BLESSINGS AND CURSES. BALAAM WAS SEND BY BALAK TO CURSE ISRAEL BECAUSE HE FEARED ISRAEL.(NUMBERS 22-25;MICAH 5-6; 2 PETER 2 1-22)

When Balak, the king of Moab, sent a sorcerer named Balaam to curse Israel, he found that he could not do so."

Although Balaam was commissioned to pronounce a curse over Israel, he found he could only issue a blessing, saying, “How shall I curse whom God has not cursed?”  (Numbers 23:8)

The Moabite King Balak, whose name means waste or to lay waste, wanted to lay waste the nation of Israel.  To his dismay, he found that he was unable to do so because of God’s blessing upon her.

Why did King Balak feel so threatened by Israel that he felt the need to have her cursed?  It is because Balak, along with his elders, had heard of the Israelites stunning victories over the mighty enemies of Sihon and Og.

Therefore, deciding that it would be too risky to fight Israel directly, they hired a “spiritual mercenary,” Balaam, who was a heathen sorcerer, to put a “hex” on their enemies.  Although we may consider this an ancient superstition, many practice such magic even today.

Many might come against the nation of Israel, but no one can curse those whom Adonai Himself has blessed!