Sermon: Numbers: An Overview
Scripture: Numbers 1:1-10:36
In this week’s lessons, we learn about the formation and preparation of the Israelites for their journey to the promised land, and learn what this means for us today.
Theme: Separated unto God
Yesterday, we concluded by saying that the census in chapter 1 numbered the fighting men, and did not include the Levities because they didn’t fight. But when the Levites get counted, everyone is included who is one month old and upward.
Another thing to remember is that the number in the third chapter is compared to the total of the firstborn males in Israel. When the people were brought out of Egypt, God had killed the firstborn of all the Egyptians when the angel of death passed through the land. The firstborn of all the Israelites were spared who had put the blood upon the doorposts of their houses. God said that those firstborn children nevertheless belonged to Him. They were saved by the blood. If it wasn’t for the blood they would have died as well. They were sinners just like everybody else, and salvation was by the blood that pointed forward to Jesus Christ.