The Light of Forgiveness

        The spiritual weight of Adams failure contrasts the lightheartedness of genuine forgiveness.

 

        They gathered together against Moses and Aaron and said to them, ” You take too much upon yourselves.” ( Numbers 16:3a NKJV ) Arguably the most serious threat to Moses delegated authority, Korah, a member of the priestly Levite tribe, leads a group of 250 against Moses and his brother Aaron. As well, the fact that such an incident took place confirms the existence of a spiritually provoked rebellion that existed on the earth then, and continues to exist and operate in our world today.

        In the truest sense the fall of man threw mankind into the arms and into the realm of spiritual forces that are at best supernatural, and are in the least barely detectable. Hence, the seriousness of one who does not see the need for Christ being their redeemer only hastens the jeopardy a soul places themself in not only eternally, but presently and circumstantially as well. For whatever choices we make in this life we must be aware that we are at the same time sowing seeds unto one kingdom or another. And even if the fruit from our choices seems right they should still be carefully weighed much like how God weighs the spirit of a man ( Proverbs 16:2 ) that one would not confuse the soulish heaviness of Adamic rejection, with the lightness of Christs absolute all consuming love.

        Its safe to say that living in the desert brought with it obstacles not only of the physical kind, but of the emotionally stressful kind as well. Life in Egypt surely had its practical advantages where as waundering through the desert pushed individuals to the limits of their natural thought process. Yet the entire exercise with regard to the children of Israel being brought from the bondage of Egypt to becoming a free people did not happen because of the natural life;  nor could it. The whole point of calling such a people out was for them to be given the opportunity to go from seeing life from the limited horizontal order of things ( walking in an internalized Adamic life ), to instead embracing the vertical view of Gods unrivaled faithfilled supremacy.

        As time passed the thinking of those who doubted Moses ( the one whom God chose ) began to take form in the actions of Korah, as well as in the 250 who followed him.  Reasoning  that had less to do with the humility and awe that should come with one properly connected to this magnificent human event,  than with the frustration that accompanies individuals who mistakenly venture to see their self life in a “type of light ” that leaves them blindly vulnerable to the obvious magnitude of the situation. That Korah would dare oppose Moses after Moses led what some considered 2 million people out of Pharaohs Egypt is more than just human folly it is spiritual deception of the most tragic kind.

        One of Satans most consistent attacks on christians ( as well as seeking nonbelievers  ) is to obscure and even discredit positional truth. Such thinking can potentially undermine a person into thinking that their sin ( past, present, and future ) can change what God through Christ lovingly thinks of them. And though sins commited can reap for us circumstances we do not want in our lives it can nonetheless never strip from the arms of Christ those who have accepted Him as their Lord and Savior. And just as Korahs thought process weighed so heavily on his soul that he became an enemy of Israel let us not be so deceived by the mind of our flesh that we would reject the practical favor God gives us through Christ; even despite ourselves !

 

O.N.RIDER is seminary educated and living in Baltimore MD

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