And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the Tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts. But the Levites shall pitch round about the Tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the Tabernacle of testimony. (Num. 1:51-53)
At the beginning of their wandering in the desert of Arabia because of their disobedience after the spies reported on the land of Canaan, God ordered a census of the nation of Israel. The numbering, hence the name of this book, counted all the persons who would die in the wilderness except the Levites, as they served God and the tabernacle. They were to take it down to travel and set it up when the Israelites made camp. They were the keepers of the tabernacle and the responsibility of it was theirs.
God had set apart and sanctified the Levites as His servants and the family responsible for the tabernacle of meeting. God commanded during the first census that they were not to be counted among the people. The Levites, as the servants of God, were to set up and take down the tabernacle every time the children of Israel moved or arrived, and they were responsible for guarding it and its use while they were encamped. The rest of the tribes of Israel were to pay for their upkeep and meet their needs as ministers unto the Lord. While the rest of Israel set up their own camp and were to stay in their own area, the Levites served God and were to encamp around the tabernacle for that was their place of service unto the Lord.
God calls His people, who are strangers and pilgrims in this world, to His service. We are to be counted, not with the world, but as the people of God. Those of us who have put our trust in Jesus Christ and His finished and perfect work in the Cross of Calvary remain here to do the will and work of God but we are called to be set apart and separate from all we once knew and what we used to be as lost sinners opposed to God. While the Church is not Israel the principle is that God’s people are to gather together, not at a place we call church, but to be the church of God in fellowship with one another and with God who dwells within. We are to reach, teach, and preach that those who do not yet know God might be saved. God’s people are set aside and separate from the world to reach the lost, teach all nations, and preach the whole Word to the whole world as long as we are left here in service of our Creator, Redeemer, and King who numbers us among His saints.
God has sent those of us that know Him out into this world to reach the lost that they might be saved from sin. He desires that His people strive to be holy and obedient unto Him that we might minister to those around us who are hurting and in need as He provides. We serve others, equipped with the Word of reconciliation and righteousness, rightly divided and fitly spoken, that they may see Christ in us, the hope of Glory. Our GOD has commanded us to love one another with an unfeigned love, even as He first loved us, and to disciple one another in the Word of GOD so that we may all grow in grace and in the Knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Our Lord has commissioned those who are His with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to go where He sends us in the power of the Holy Spirit. As we go, we are to proclaim the Good News of forgiveness through repentance and reconciliation with the Father through faith in His Son, that those who believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah of GOD might have life in His Name.
GOD is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance and the knowledge of the Truth. Jesus loves you and wants to establish a covenant relationship with you that is real and personal. Surrender to Him on His terms and He will give you a brand new life of discipleship and fellowship with Him that is abundant and everlasting. GOD calls you to faith in Christ and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary to pay your sIn debt. He has provided the only way of reconciliation with GOD, forgiveness from GOD, and Salvation through Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, to give you a new life in Christ. Turn away from yourself and your sIn and turn to Him alone for eternal Life, now and always.
In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
God had set apart and sanctified the Levites as His servants and the family responsible for the tabernacle of meeting. God commanded during the first census that they were not to be counted among the people. The Levites, as the servants of God, were to set up and take down the tabernacle every time the children of Israel moved or arrived, and they were responsible for guarding it and its use while they were encamped. The rest of the tribes of Israel were to pay for their upkeep and meet their needs as ministers unto the Lord. While the rest of Israel set up their own camp and were to stay in their own area, the Levites served God and were to encamp around the tabernacle for that was their place of service unto the Lord.
God calls His people, who are strangers and pilgrims in this world, to His service. We are to be counted, not with the world, but as the people of God. Those of us who have put our trust in Jesus Christ and His finished and perfect work in the Cross of Calvary remain here to do the will and work of God but we are called to be set apart and separate from all we once knew and what we used to be as lost sinners opposed to God. While the Church is not Israel the principle is that God’s people are to gather together, not at a place we call church, but to be the church of God in fellowship with one another and with God who dwells within. We are to reach, teach, and preach that those who do not yet know God might be saved. God’s people are set aside and separate from the world to reach the lost, teach all nations, and preach the whole Word to the whole world as long as we are left here in service of our Creator, Redeemer, and King who numbers us among His saints.
God has sent those of us that know Him out into this world to reach the lost that they might be saved from sin. He desires that His people strive to be holy and obedient unto Him that we might minister to those around us who are hurting and in need as He provides. We serve others, equipped with the Word of reconciliation and righteousness, rightly divided and fitly spoken, that they may see Christ in us, the hope of Glory. Our GOD has commanded us to love one another with an unfeigned love, even as He first loved us, and to disciple one another in the Word of GOD so that we may all grow in grace and in the Knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Our Lord has commissioned those who are His with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to go where He sends us in the power of the Holy Spirit. As we go, we are to proclaim the Good News of forgiveness through repentance and reconciliation with the Father through faith in His Son, that those who believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah of GOD might have life in His Name.
GOD is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance and the knowledge of the Truth. Jesus loves you and wants to establish a covenant relationship with you that is real and personal. Surrender to Him on His terms and He will give you a brand new life of discipleship and fellowship with Him that is abundant and everlasting. GOD calls you to faith in Christ and His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary to pay your sIn debt. He has provided the only way of reconciliation with GOD, forgiveness from GOD, and Salvation through Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, to give you a new life in Christ. Turn away from yourself and your sIn and turn to Him alone for eternal Life, now and always.
In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
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