Monday: No compromise

From Numbers 25-27:

1. No compromise - It is cool to see how Eleazar was not willing to allow the sin of Israel to go on, and instead was angry against sin just as God was. He took a spear and ran the guy through who was sinning against God while the rest of the Israelites were weeping due to the sin of the nation in prostrating themselves before Baal. Sometimes extraordinary situations require extraordinary actions, and in this case God was very displeased with Israel. Were it not for Eleazar's action, perhaps God might have destroyed most of Israel.

2. It is amazing that of all the people that were of adult age, when the census was performed in Numbers 26, that none of the people counted were still alive except for Joshua and Caleb. God really is powerful!

3. It is wonderful to see that God was concerned about the welfare of Zelophehad's daughters. So although the society was definitely patriarchal in nature, there was still concern for females.

4. Even as Moses was about to die, he was still concerned about the future of the Israelite nation. He asked God to help him pick a successor to help lead the Israelites into the promised land.

5. I am trying to remember if Moses was the last one to have direct communications with God. I notice that from this point God says that he will talk through the Eleazar, not directly to Joshua. So from this point forward, I think that it could be said that in most situations that God chose to speak through the priest instead of directly to the leader(s) of the nation.