{"id":382,"date":"2014-11-01T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/2014\/11\/01\/seems-like-moses-authority-was-questioned-even\/"},"modified":"2014-11-01T12:15:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-01T12:15:00","slug":"seems-like-moses-authority-was-questioned-even","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/2014\/11\/01\/seems-like-moses-authority-was-questioned-even\/","title":{"rendered":"Seems Like Moses’ Authority Was Questioned Even Then"},"content":{"rendered":"

Numbers 16 \u2013 18<\/strong><\/a><\/h1>\n

Verse 16:3 shows that people questioned Moses\u2019 authority within those who witnessed the miracles:<\/p>\n

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You\u2019ve taken this leadership way too far. We are all holy; indeed each individual\u00a0is holy to our God<\/em>. The Eternal One is present among the entire congregation. How can you presume to be better than any of us, the Eternal\u2019s\u00a0chosen<\/em>\u00a0community?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Everyone seems to think Moses came down from the mountain with God\u2019s word and things were fine. Sure they rebelled a few times, but nothing major. Well this story shows it happened more than a few times and God dealt with the people aggressively.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Verse 16:35 shows God\u2019s \u201cwrath\u201d:<\/p>\n

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A fire shot out from the Eternal One and incinerated the 250 men who were offering the incense\u00a0on Korah\u2019s behalf<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

One of the doctrines in many churches is God is the same as He always has been. I tend to disagree since often times we see in the Torah, God fuming and ready to destroy all of Israel, yet Moses stands in to calm Him down. If God was the same then why are we not feeling the wrath like Sodom and Gomorrah? I tend to think God has mellowed \u2026 where early it was like a new father who cannot figure out this new child and sometimes loses it. Then later in life that same child now has their own and the father (now a grandfather) is mellow. Israel has grown up and the Christian church is the grandkids of that great nation. I would love clarity on this, since it\u2019s something I don\u2019t seem to have the answer to at this time.<\/p>\n

Verse 17:10 shows God\u2019s frustration:<\/p>\n

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Eternal One<\/strong>\u00a0(to Moses)<\/em>:<\/strong>\u00a010\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Return Aaron\u2019s staff to the tent\u00a0and place it<\/em>\u00a0in front of the covenant, to serve as a reminder\u00a0of whom I\u2019ve chosen to lead this people. Let it be a warning<\/em>\u00a0to any who would question or undermine\u00a0your leadership<\/em>. I\u00a0have made My choice clear and<\/em>\u00a0will kill anyone who persists in challenging it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

See I can\u2019t understand why God doesn\u2019t kill most of us today. Heck I can\u2019t think of how many times I have crossed the line and should have been stuck down. These people are just questioning God on who He has given authority. Have you been angry at God for what has happened? Should any of us die when we question that decision? See why I believe God has changed and \u201cmellowed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Numbers 16 \u2013 18 Verse 16:3 shows that people questioned Moses\u2019 authority within those who witnessed the miracles: You\u2019ve taken this leadership way too far. We are all holy; indeed each individual\u00a0is holy to our God. The Eternal One is present among the entire congregation. How can you presume to be better than any of … Continue reading “Seems Like Moses’ Authority Was Questioned Even Then”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}