Blessed are You, YHVH our Elohim, You have set us apart by Your commandments and have commanded us to actively study Your Torah. Please Yahweh, our Elohim, sweeten the words of Your Torah in our mouths and in the mouths of all Your people Israel. May You open our eyes to see marvellous truths from Your Torah. Thank You for calling us who were once gentiles excluded from the citizenship of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise having no expectation and without Elohim- but now through the blood of Messiah we have gained access into the covenants and have obtained citizenship into the commonwealth of Israel. Blessed are You, YHVH, Who teaches Torah to His people Israel. Amein
YHVH has a good track record for providing and guiding “desert wanderers.” The Torah provides an excellent road map for those who have accepted their destiny and fate in this life as desert wonderers in search of their promised land.
According to Abiram publications the definition of Kadesh Barnea is ‘’ Sacred Desert Of Wandering or Set apart and Purifying Staggering’s’’
The reality of our existence becomes clearer when we recognize our calling on this earth is to be sons of set apart desert wanderers.
https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-sinai-kadesh-barnea.htm
Psa 84:5
Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, Your (pilgrim)
Highways are in their heart.
It is only such a people who can joyfully
embrace the hardships and losses that we must face in this life.
Heb 10:34 ….. and you
accepted with joy the seizure of your possessions, knowing that you have a
better and a lasting possession for yourselves in the heavens.
Heb 11:13
In belief all these died, not having received the promises, but seeing
them from a distance, welcomed and embraced them, and confessed that they were
aliens and strangers on the earth.
Heb 11:14
For those who speak this way make it clear that they seek a fatherland.
Very few pilgrims successfully complete this
desert journey - Mat 22:14 “For many
are called, but few are chosen.
Num 11:1 And it came to be, when the people were as
complainers ….
א וַיְהִי הָעָם
כְּמִתְאֹנְנִים
אנן Strongs 596
– '’mourn’’ Hithpael verb - complainers
The root for
“complain” in Hebrew/Aramaic is “anan” can be traced to an ancient Aramaic root
“to be sorry.” The verb form used above is in the hitpael form (reflexive verb)
and implies “to feel sorry for oneself.”
Definition of ‘’self pity ‘’- ‘’excessive, self-absorbed unhappiness over one's own troubles.’’
Yahshua promises us ‘’trouble’’ on earth – John 16:33 – Matt 6:25-30
The root of this kind of behaviour is often the result of ungratefulness
and self- centredness and a lack of faith.
כְּמִתְאֹנְנִים is
used only once in Tenach in this form – and since then then the murmuring has
never stopped – this word is found again in the apostolic scriptures- Jud 1:16 These are grumblers, complainers, who walk according to their own
lusts, and their mouth speaks proudly, admiring faces of others for the
sake of gain.
Php 4:11 Not that I speak concerning
need, for I have learned to be content in whatever state I am.
Php 4:12 I know what it is to be
humbled, and I know what it is to have in excess. In any and every situation
I have learned both to be filled, and to be hungry, both to have in excess, and
to be in need.
Num 11:1 And it came to be, when the people
were as complainers, it was evil in the ears of יהוה. And יהוה heard it, and His displeasure
burned. And the fire of יהוה burned among them, and consumed those in the outskirts of the camp(note
outskirts of the camp – Heb ‘’katsa’’ those who distanced themselves from the
rest of the tribes).
‘’Troublemakers’’ are often those who are unwilling
to submit to YHVH’s appointed authority who guide us according to Torah. The
‘’trouble makers seek alternative guidance and teachings or ‘’spiritual food’’ that
does not come from heaven but comes from man and not from YHVH –
2Ti 4:3 For there shall be a time when they
shall not bear sound teaching, but according to their own desires, they shall
heap up for themselves teachers tickling the ear,[b] Footnote: b Isa_30:10,
Jer_5:31, Rom_16:18.
Let us midrash on this kind of
unacceptable behavior:
רַע בְּאָזְנֵי יְהוָה; וַיִּשְׁמַע יְהוָה, וַיִּחַר אַפּוֹ, וַתִּבְעַר-בָּם
אֵשׁ יְהוָה, וַתֹּאכַל בִּקְצֵה הַמַּחֲנֶה.
First of all, we see in the ‘’passuk’’ (verse) what
‘’YHVH heard was evil in His ears”
Then we begin to see a progression of YHVH’s anger.
First, He becomes “hot” “charah” in Hebrew can mean “hot or furious.” “Ohf” in
Hebrew means “nose or nostril” it also implies someone who is breathing hard
and is angry. Get the picture? Someone who is turning hot with anger starts
breathing hard and is about to “explode” He (YHVH) then burns with fire those
who have separated themselves from the camp.
“Vatochal” comes from the root “ohchal” which means
to eat. Get the picture? The fire of YHVH “eats
up” with fire the complaining people.
These “eaten-up-people” were on the outskirts
(katsah) of the camp. In other words, they were possibly distancing themselves
from obeying and submitting to Moshe and his instructions. They were displaying
an “independent- rebellious spirit.”
This should cause
us to fear and not to judge. The coming fiery judgment of YHVH may first fall
on those who have chosen to distance themselves physically and spiritually from
His camp. 1Pet 4:17
1Pe
4:17 Because it is time for judgment to begin from the House of Elohim.
And if firstly from us, what is the end of those who do not obey the Good News
of Elohim?
The presence of YHVH can only dwell in a
people set apart by His commandments.
These set apart people will have an intense desire to follow and walk in a
manner pleasing to YHVH and the desire and love to guard all the commandments
of YHVH.
Num 11:2 And the people cried out to
Mosheh, and Mosheh prayed to יהוה, and the fire died down.
The Hebrew word root “shaka” is used and means
“to drown”. Moshe’s intercessory prayer “drowned” the fire of YHVH. When you
look at Moshe it is like looking at the Messiah –
Deu 18:18 I shall raise up for them a
Prophet[c] like you out of the midst of their brothers. And I shall put My
Words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.
Footnote: cSee also Act_3:22-26, and Act_7:37.
Num 11:3 Then he called the name of
the place Taḇʽĕrah,(Heb – ‘’burning’’)
because the fire of יהוה had burned among them.
Num 11:4 And the mixed multitude who
were in their midst lusted greatly, so the children of Yisra’ĕl also wept again
and said, “Who is giving us meat to eat?
There was plenty of meat to be eaten. Reuven and Gad had large flocks of
animals (Num 32:1).
Rashi states that this was merely a pretext to complain about the manna.
The “mixed multitude” in Hebrew “aspesuf” or “gathered gathering” was seen
as a kind of trouble making group within a group who gathered for the wrong
reasons. Note the Hebrew word “erev rav” or mixed multitude is not used in this
verse. This implies that it was not the sojourners (converts) who were to be
singled out for the cause of this disturbance.
This is extremely dangerous because it implies
that some were gathering with those inside of Yisrael in such a way as to
distinguish themselves from the rest of Yisrael – (the church) Those with
independent spirits found each other. An independent spirited person believes
that they know better than YHVH’s appointed leaders about what is required for
YHVH’s people to reach the goal of their faith – the Promised Land.
You want to see the Messiah? Look at Moshe rabbeinu!
Num 11:5 “We remember the fish which
we ate without cost in Mitsrayim, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks,
and the onions, and the garlic,
Num 11:6 but now our throat is dried
up. There is naught to look at but this manna!”
Hebrew literally reads “our beings (souls like it is translated in most
versions) are dried up. “Dried up” comes from an ancient Hebrew root form
meaning “ashamed, confused and disappointed.
We see herein the danger of not being content in the circumstances we have
been placed in. Some of the Yisraelites felt that unbelieving Egyptians had it
better than them and they were going to change that by protesting until they
got what they wanted.
Num 11:7 Now the manna was like
coriander seed, and its appearance like the appearance of bdellium. (gum or
resin)
Num 11:8 The people went about and
gathered it, ground it on millstones or beat it in the mortar, and cooked it in
a pot, and made cakes of it. And its taste was as the taste of cakes baked with
oil.
Num 11:9 And when the dew fell on
the camp at night, the manna fell on it.
Num 11:10 And Mosheh heard the people weeping
throughout their clans, each man at the door of his tent. And the displeasure
of יהוה burned exceedingly. And in the eyes of
Mosheh it was evil,
Num 11:11 so Mosheh said to יהוה, “Why have You
done evil to Your servant? And why have I not found favour in Your eyes, to put
the burden of all these people on me?
Num 11:12 “Was it I who conceived
all these people? Was it I who brought them forth, that You should say to me,
‘Carry them in your bosom, as the foster father carries a nursing child,’ to
the land which You swore to their fathers?
Num 11:13 “Where am I to get meat to
give to all these people? For they weep before me, saying, ‘Give us meat to
eat.’
Num 11:14 “I am unable to bear all
these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me.
Num 11:15 “And if You are doing this
to me, please slay me altogether, if I have found favour in Your eyes, and let
me not see my evil!” ברעתי
If you
are going to ‘’kvetch’’ (complain) do it privately with no one listening.
Num 11:16 Then יהוה said to
Mosheh, “Gather to Me seventy men of the elders of Yisra’ĕl, whom you know to
be the elders of the people and officers over them. And bring them to the Tent
of Meeting, and let them stand there with you.
Num 11:17 “And I shall come down and
speak with you there, and shall take of the Spirit that is on you, and put on
them. And they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you do not
bear it yourself alone.
Num 11:18 “And say to the people, ‘Set yourselves apart
for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat, because you have wept in the hearing of יהוה, saying, “Who is giving us meat to eat?
For it was well with us in Mitsrayim.” And יהוה shall give you meat, and you shall eat.
Num 11:19 ‘You are going to eat, not
one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days,
Num 11:20 but for a month of days,
until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes an abomination to you, because
you have rejected יהוה who is among you, and have wept before Him, saying, “Why did we
come up out of Mitsrayim?” ’ ”
Num 11:21 And Mosheh said, “The people
in whose midst I am are six hundred thousand men on foot, and You, You have
said, ‘I give them meat to eat for a month of days.’
Num 11:22 “Could flocks and herds be
slaughtered for them, to be sufficient for them? Or could all the fish of the
sea be gathered together for them, to be sufficient for them?”
Num 11:23 And יהוה said to
Mosheh, “Is the arm of יהוה too short? Now see whether My word meets you or אם not!” (אם is a
conditional clause ie we are not always certain how YHVH may respond to our
circumstances.)
Num 11:24 And Mosheh went out and
spoke to the people the words of יהוה, and he gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people
and placed them around the Tent.
How many will survive this “desert” journey in the last days?
1Co 10:5 However, with most of them Elohim was not well pleased, for
they were laid low in the wilderness.
1Co 10:6 And these became examples for us, so that we should not lust
after evil, as those indeed lusted.
1Co 10:11 And all
these came upon them as examples, and they were written as a warning to us, on
whom the ends of the ages have come,
1Co 10:12 so that he
who thinks he stands, let him take heed lest he fall.
1Ti 6:6 But reverence
with contentment is great gain.
1Ti 6:7 For we
brought naught into the world, and it is impossible to take any out.
1Ti 6:8 When we have food and covering, we
shall be satisfied with these.
The truth of the matter is that most of us are not
content with just food and shelter – (Gk sustenance and protective covering) –
1Ti 6:8 When we have food and covering, we shall be satisfied with
these.
Is the ‘’New world order’’ preparing us for such a
time? Their famous slogan is ‘’own nothing and be happy’’.
YHVH is not against us being
prosperous. However, very few prosperous people truly know how to honour and
serve YHVH with their prosperity. Take away their prosperity and see what they
do.
Pro 30:12 There is a generation, clean in its own eyes,
But not washed from its own filth.
Pro 30:13 There is a
generation; Oh, how haughty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted
up.
Pro 30:14 There is a
generation whose teeth are swords, And whose jaw-teeth are knives, To devour
the poor from off the earth, And the needy from among men.
Pro 30:15 The leech
has two daughters: “Give! Give!” Three are not satisfied, Four that never say,
“Enough”:
Pro 30:16 She’ol, and
the barren womb, Soil not satisfied with water, And fire which never says,
“Enough.”
Eze 34:22 therefore I shall save My flock, and let them
no longer be a prey. And I shall judge between sheep and sheep.
1Co 11:19 For there have to be factions even among you, so that the approved ones might be revealed among you.
So in the last days it shall be like Pharoah
in Mitsrayim/Egypt refusing to let YHVH’s people go – he had a legal right to
them. YHVH had to kill Pharoah before the Yisraelites could leave.
We also learn that the Yisraelites did not
first return to the ‘’Promised land’’ but they were led into the wilderness to
be tested.
Deu 8:2 “And you shall
remember that יהוה your Elohim led you all the way these forty years in the
wilderness, to humble you, prove you, to know what is in your heart, whether
you guard His commands or not.
Deu 8:3 “And He
humbled you, and let you suffer hunger, and fed you with manna which you did
not know nor did your fathers know, to make you know that man does not live by
bread alone, but by every Word that comes from the mouth of יהוה.[a] Footnote: aSee also Mat_4:4 and in Luk_4:4.
Deu 8:4 “Your
garments did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty
years.
Deu 8:5 “Thus you
shall know in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so יהוה your Elohim disciplines you,
Deu 8:6 therefore you shall guard the commands of יהוה your Elohim, to walk in His ways and to fear Him.
In the last of the last days, we too who are still alive will be led into the wilderness for 42 months. We will be stripped of everything and will be totally dependent on YHVH. (The Yisraelites had 42 stops in the wilderness)
Rev 12:6 And the woman fled
into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by Elohim, to be nourished
there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
Rev 12:14 And the
woman was given two wings of a great eagle, to fly into the wilderness to her
place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, Dan_7:25,
Dan_12:7 from the presence of the serpent.
Rev 12:15 And out of
his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river after the woman, to cause her
to be swept away by the river.
Rev 12:16 And the
earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the
river which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.
Rev 12:17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to fight with the remnant of her seed, those guarding the commands of Elohim and possessing the witness of יהושע Messiah.
We are currently living in times where we are being prepared for this coming tribulation.
Let us not grumble but prepare ourselves for the conclusion of this age – to be in the presence of our Master for ever and ever.
Amo 5:18 Woe to you who are
longing for the day of יהוה! What does the day of יהוה mean to you? It is darkness,
and not light,
Amo 5:19 as when a
man flees from a lion, and a bear shall meet him; or entered his house, rested
his hand on the wall, and a serpent shall bite him.
Amo 5:20 Is not the day of יהוה darkness, and not light? Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it?
The Coming of the Son of
Man
Luk 21:25 “And there
shall be signs in the sun, and moon, and stars, and on the earth anxiety of
nations, in bewilderment at the roaring of the sea, and agitation,
Luk 21:26 men
fainting from fear and the expectation of what is coming on the earth, for the
powers of the heavens shall be shaken. Hag_2:6, Hag_2:21.
Luk 21:27 “And then
they shall see the Son of Aḏam coming in a cloud Dan_7:13 with
power and much esteem.
Luk 21:28 “And when these matters begin to take place, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.”
Rev 3:7 “And to the
messenger of the assembly in Philadelphia write, ‘He who is set-apart, He who
is true, He who has the key of Dawiḏ, He who opens and no one shuts, and
shuts and no one opens, Isa_22:22 says this:
Rev 3:8 “I know your
works – see, I have set before you an open door, and no one is able to shut it
– that you have little power, yet have guarded My Word, and have not denied My
Name.
Rev 3:9 “See, I am
giving up those of the congregation of Satan, who say they are Yehuḏim and are
not, but lie. See, I am making them come and worship before your feet, and to
know that I have loved you.
Rev 3:10 “Because
you have guarded My Word of endurance, (Torah) I also shall guard you from the
hour of trial which shall come upon all the world, to try those who dwell on
the earth.
Rev 3:11 “See, I am
coming speedily! Hold what you have that no one take your crown.
Rev 3:12 “He who
overcomes, I shall make him a supporting post in the Dwelling Place of My
Elohim, and he shall by no means go out. And I shall write on him the Name of
My Elohim and the name of the city of My Elohim, the renewed Yerushalayim, which
comes down out of the heaven from My Elohim, and My renewed Name.
Rev 3:13 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.”
Psa 145:19 He does the desire of those who fear Him; And He hears their cry and saves them.
Blessed are you YHVH, our Elohim, King of the Universe, you have given us your Torah of truth, and have planted everlasting life within our midst. Blessed are you, YHVH giver of the Torah – Amein.