Title: Learning of Obedience/Numbers 9:15-23
Content The relationship between God and man is a necessary and inevitable relationship. Israel Bag
Even more so with the city. God is the Creator and Redeemer of Israel.
When Israel was a slave in Egypt, did God also live in Egypt?
C. When Israel left Egypt, God also came.
When they crossed the sun, God crossed ahead. Only the Israelites in the wilderness
He did not live, but God also lived in the wilderness. The wilderness without God
It is a barren land that has lost the source of survival. Only God is the source of survival.
Rael could only survive if he approves of this. Leaving this relationship
I couldn't survive 40 years in the wilderness. No, I couldn't survive a single day.
The wilderness where God does not exist, it is unimaginable for Israel.
So, God promised thorough protection to His people, and
El was given the responsibility to obey God thoroughly. Protection prior to obedience
and privileges ahead of duty. Such privileges and rewards of God
Ho demanded obedience from Israel.
The clouds and fire that fell on the tabernacle were a symbol of God's presence,
It was a sign of protection. It moves and stays along the movement of the clouds.
One was a sign of thorough obedience. Now on to these two topics.
Let's meditate on it and share the grace.
I. God's Thorough Protection (15-16)
/On the day the tabernacle was built, a cloud filled the tabernacle. And in the evening, the city
Something like fire appeared on the curtain and continued until morning. Isn't it fire?
It is like a fire. It is a special light that shines without burning an object.
Clouds are more conspicuous than fire at night, and fire is more conspicuous than clouds at night.
It is conspicuous. The clouds seen during the day are mysterious, and the fire seen at night is majestic.
Yes. This was fitting to show the presence of God.
When he came to Mount Horeb, in thick clouds and flames, lightning and thunder and trumpet oxen
You met Israel with Lee's support. Now, on the day the tabernacle was built again,
The same thing happened. Israel could not forget the experience under Mount Horeb.
However, it is impossible to move that memory of Mount Horeb wherever Israel goes.
There was no need for more convincing evidence that God is in Israel.
God knew that the spiritual level of Israel was
Because I needed something that was visible to me. That's why he had the tabernacle built.
I wanted to assure you that I am always with these people.
The realistic need to protect from the heat and the cold and fear of the night was also called for.
is.
This did not happen temporarily on the day the tabernacle was built.16
In the temple, it says, 'As always.' During the day, a cloud always covered the tabernacle,
There was. Not to protect the tabernacle. God was among the people.
I'm here to show that you exist. Clouds are made to move according to the movement of air.
However, the clouds appearing here are special features that can stay in a fixed place for a long time.
It is a cloud. Its shape was similar to the cloud seen in natural phenomena, but the
The nature was a little different. Not a day or two, but a month, a year, and a fixed
I was able to stay in a fixed place. However, I only stayed in a fixed place.
It didn't do anything. It was also moving. The floating clouds are likened to ephemera.
However, the cloud that fell on the tabernacle symbolizes God's glorious presence.
C. Whenever the people of Israel saw this cloud resting in the tabernacle, God
I was able to have faith that this was among us. But every day half
Seeing the blessing, the Israelites raised questions from their hearts.
Come on. Is God really among us? Create only clouds and pillars of fire
Has not God departed from us? These doubts come when you are thirsty and hungry
Even more so. In order to test the existence of God, they complained to Moses and
If you resent you and say that you are thirsty or that you want to eat meat,
What a privilege and blessing it is to be consistent all the time.
People feel this substantiated. They want change and want something new.
Aren't changes and new things always risky? Today is the same as yesterday
Let's be grateful for the same. They complained that they only eat manna every day, but quail
How many people died after eating ragi! Don't doubt the saying "as always"
Let's not. God is unchanging. He is sincere and faithful. Rotating picture.
There is none. Let's not doubt the promise that we will be together until the end of the world.
The Lord has protected his people to the end. Now and in the future and yesterday.
It is the same today and forever.
Clouds and clouds as a sure proof that God is present among His people
He made a fire stay on the tabernacle. God told the Israelites to believe this.
He demanded obedience. Only that way will you be able to enjoy survival in the desolate wilderness.
It is possible. Obedience is the only way to live. From Eden, you can live other than obedience.
He did not give me another way. Now I follow the clouds and learn obedience day by day.
Let's take a look at humid Israel.
II. Israel's Thorough Obedience (17-23)
If fire and clouds were a symbol of God's presence, they followed the movement of these clouds.
Being determined and acting shows a life of thorough obedience.
This road has never been easy. After a lot of trial and error and repeated learning,
Little by little I got used to it.
(1). When to rise and when to stay (17)
/The people of Israel shared their destiny with the cloud. When the cloud moves, hurry
I left and the clouds stayed, I pitched my tent without hesitation. Is this uncomfortable? yes
It's a little inconvenient, but it's inevitable for survival.
Who doesn't like the shade of a tree when it's sunny in the heat? it's cold and shivering
Is there anyone who avoids fire? The instinct of survival is naturally, when it's hot, it's shaded.
When it is cold, it seeks fire. Share destiny with the people of Israel.
It was a very natural adaptation to life in the wilderness.
It is natural to be free and happy in you. If any of the people of Israel
If someone said, "I will leave the clouds and live by myself", that would be
It is no different than committing suicide. Life cannot be lived without God.
It's not even worth living.
(2).The Silent Command(18)
/Moving with the movement of the cloud caused the movement of the cloud to be at the command of God.
If you compare verse 18 with verse 17, it proceeds when the clouds rise.
Instead of saying that they encamped in the place where they were staying, they said, "We proceeded according to the command of the Lord, and
They followed and encamped." There is no mention of specific words.
As if God had said 'Go away now', or 'Here
'Stay'. In the second half of verse 18, the previous verse
and said, "As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they camped."
The movement of the clouds was regarded as an unspoken command of God.
Today, we do not have clouds that regularly rise in particular.
From time to time, through the big and small things that happen around us, our stupidity
How many awakens one soul! And instead of this symbol
He has given us the more certain indwelling indwelling of the Holy Spirit and the words of the Bible.
You have to live in obedience. If the Word stays, you stay without any regrets and the place where the Word goes
It will go all the way to the end.
(3).When Long or Short (19-22)
/Sometimes the period of time the cloud stays on the upper screen is long and sometimes short.
For a short period of time, we lived together with the clouds. Day and night, there is no cloud.
When they are done, they are trembling. Exodus 13:21 says, ?쏷he Lord did what he did before them by day.
He led their way with a pillar of cloud in the sun, and a pillar of fire to them by night.
There is a saying that says, "You make it proceed day and night." It proceeded with 'day and night'.
There is no day and no night to depart. Clouds move
If there is diarrhea, the cloud stays in the evening and rises in the morning, even for one day.
They stayed only one night, but Israel was ready to leave.
I prepared me and prepared my stay at the same time. This is life in this world.
Staying long, pretending to be leaving, leaving soon, pretending to stay long
It is not to forget the rain. If the period of stay is too short, the tent is set up and then
It's cumbersome because I have to walk. I can't stay in the new tent for a long time and I'm leaving.
It's a pity. Also, if you stay too long, you'll get bored. The tant is also new.
It makes me want to change it to , and I want to go out a little further.
I, the wilderness, are not their permanent dwelling place. Journey is to have a home to return to.
It is pleasant to those who have no homeland, and it is lonely to those who have no home.
This place I live is a place I will have to leave someday. It is not troublesome and not boring.
How nice it would be to stay for a period of time! Is 40 years too short? then
How about 90 years? Is it too long? But this path depends on the will of God.
If I tell you to leave even now, you must leave! I'll leave when the clouds move
You must hurry to prepare! Are there no clouds rising for you now?
how? Don't worry if the clouds show no signs of moving tonight.
I don't know what's going to happen
On the one hand, like someone who has to leave soon, let go of greed and live! such obedience
life is our duty.
(4).The duty of obedience
Verse 23 shows what a man's natural duty is." That is, they
The LORD, who encamped at the command of the Lord, and proceeded as the LORD commanded,
They kept the office of the LORD according to the command of the LORD."
This is called "officeship." 'office' is what God has given us to keep.
It is a generic term for duty. Obedience is the greatest duty and right that human beings have.
C. The only right we have is the right to obey the Word of God.
If we obey unconditionally, God will take charge of our path and guide us.
01:33 says, ?쏦e goes before you, looking for a place to pitch your tent, and by night
He who showed you the way by fire and cloud by day.??He said, 'He goes before you and seeks a place to pitch his tent.'
It is a time-limited one.' Therefore, all you have to do is obey and go.
Where are you going to camp? How long will you stay? Don't worry, just leave it to me
There are many seemingly uncertain things in my life journey, don't panic
And just leave it and go. "Just go!" I will take responsibility for the rest.
In time the cloud was prepared, in the dark time the shining light.
will not forsake us (Nehemiah 09:12, Neh 09:19). God's mercy is everlasting.
C. Israel complained that God had driven us into the wilderness to forsake us.
But God never forsakes them. They were destroyed because of their disobedience.
Therefore, let's live in obedience. Let's obey the word of God. Guided by the Holy Spirit.
Let us live in obedience to God. This is our duty. Although our nature
This is a gesture of vehemently rejecting it, but obedience will become accustomed to learning
You can. Until that day---. Until the day you get used to it---.