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Numbers 31
War
in the wilderness and failure resulting from idolatry
War is found in the
wilderness (though it is not characteristic of it)
whenever we fall into the snares the enemy there lays for
us. There are always conflicts in the heavenly places in
order to the enjoyment of the things promised there. But
in the wilderness it is patience which is in exercise.
But if there be failure,
if we fall into idolatry, if we commit fornication with
the world by yielding to its baits, if in any way
whatever we contract friendship with the world in the
desert, we make wars for ourselves, without having even
the advantage of acquiring, in this kind of warfare, any
spiritual ground. God is obliged to make our relations
with the world undergo a total change. If we had not
formed intimacies with them, we should not have had that
trouble; but, since as our friends they deceive us, we
must become enemies. Having no relations whatever with
them is our proper and peaceful position.
The way of
God-given victory
How often we must act the
part of enemies with the world, because we have sought to
have to do with them as friends, and they were a snare to
our souls! However, God gives a complete victory as soon
as we treat them as foes: only, all that seduced must be
utterly destroyed. There must be nothing spared, no
concession.
God honours all
who serve Him according to His sovereign will
The Lord orders also
concerning the joy resulting from the wars of His people
with their enemies. He chooses whom He will for the war,
and honours them; but He will also honour, in their
place, those who have been left behind according to His
sovereign will, and who have faithfully discharged the
perhaps less arduous task allotted to them; but who have,
however, done it according to His will. God Himself is
also recognised there in the Levites and the priests.
Chapter 31:
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