Such was the choice of Jesus not to be merely a servant here on the earth for a time He has chosen of His own gracious will to be servant for ever. God is discussing Israel's conquest of the promised land, and He states in verses 17-21: "If you shall say in your heart, 'These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?' He is the servant of His own choice for ever. He loved sin so well that God had to interdict it. Joshua defended the Gibeonites against a powerful combined force of five kings of the Amorites, which included the sons of Anak the giant. The glory of God, or at any rate the effect of seeing His goodness, was brought too near to them. For comparison's sake, the LD50 of honeybee venom is 2.8 mg/kg. Suzerainty treaties normally concluded with an explanation of the benefits that would come to the vassals if they obeyed the kings commands and the difficulties they would experience if they disobeyed. Speaking of hornets, have you ever been stung by a bee or a yellow jacket? This is pursued to the end of the chapter, and in a very interesting way. With the demise of Pharaoh in the Red Sea the Egyptian garrisons in the land were left without reinforcements. Now the poor man, look also at verse nine, or rather at verse fifteen, "Thou shalt keep the feast of the unleavened bread". A few thousands of them would be quite sufficient to throw the best disciplined army into confusion and rout. It is the application of the full power of the work of the Lord Jesus. It is the foundation of the substratum of the new body in Christ. The word of command is Hear you him,Matthew 17:5. That is, we are children as having God's own nature. 2. Who does not know that this was to secure the people always being acceptable before God! Hence we find, for instance, the righteousness of God in Romans. "Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, show me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thine." How greatly blessed then is the Christian, and what the manner and measure of the worship and the walk which become those to whom grace has given such a knowledge of God! If his master have given him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. This last reference is speaking about what God has done for them: "You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho. You shall not be scared of them; for Yahweh your God is among you, a great and awesome God.". The third feast was equivalent to our Thanksgiving feast and it takes place in the harvest time of the year. This is followed by verse 27, "I will send my terror [fear] before you." The Christian position is altogether different: we are elect as children "according to the foreknowledge of God the Father through sanctification of the Spirit," meaning by this the separating power of the Holy Ghost from the very first moment of our conversion. Note, Those that would be kept from bad courses must keep from bad company; it is dangerous living in a bad neighbourhood; others' sins will be our snares, if we look not well to ourselves. It is remarkable that on this occasion the tabernacle and all within it were anointed with oil. 26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil. A small number of Asian giant . He who has wrought expiation for our sins is our life, and at the same time He is the object whom God has revealed to our faith. Don't provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience, for my name is in him. (270) Thus is the easiness of their victory shewn; because, without the use of the sword, hornets alone would suffice to rout and exterminate their enemies. Sometimes translated as a plague, hornets () are a key element in Redemption and, according to the Bible, helped the Hebrews conquer Israel after the Exodus from Egypt and like all the plagues, are prophesied to return in the end-of-days. These are the benefits, the fringe benefits of serving Me. There indeed is the truth. "Similar opening [Exodus 20:22-26] and closing remarks are also found in the codes of Hammurabi and Lipit-Istar." This is in connection with God's sanctuary and presence. From verse 20 to the end of the chapter, God begins to speak about Israel's conquest of the land promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But sincerity will not serve in lieu of His word; and our own thoughts and desires can never be trusted as a standard of principle or of practice. They were sanctified from the nations by this fleshly separation to obey the law under its solemn and extreme penalty. This looks more at evil; "sanctified" to the good which attracted the heart now. The word is used in these passages as referring to some means by which the Canaanites were to be driven out from before the Israelites. False report and testimony are forbidden, were a multitude to lead the way; as on the other hand there must be no partiality to the poor man's cause, nor a refusal to help an enemy, nor falsehood, nor bribery, nor oppression. WSDA. Thus there are plainly two distinct senses of sanctification: one absolute, in which a man is severed once for all from the world to God; the other relative, as being practical and hence differing in measure in the after career of each Christian. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin -; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.". Beg your pardon? We know from our Lord Jesus its moral summary and essence the love of God, and the love of man. But then the fruits of the Spirit can never be attained by the law; nor are they even contemplated by a legal measure. It is no less a misfortune for the Christian, because what those in Christ are called to is neither law, nor the mingled system of law interspersed with the gracious care of those under it (who must have been consumed had law reigned alone), but pure grace in Christ without the law. Next came the table,* and upon it a defined supply of bread. Even the force of the silver redemption-money he thinks disproved by the fact that the sockets of the door were made of brass. And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: [Be careful, keep it carefully.] Experts are now warning that the species will begin to swarm in spring, as the hornets life cycle begins in April. For what was presented there? 2. No doubt He cannot but be a divine person, the Son, as He is also the exalted Lord; but He is nevertheless by His own grace the servant for ever. The former in its scriptural usage is not merely, I apprehend, that we are born of God, but goes beyond new birth. In Scripture the hornet is referred to only by the means which Jehovah employed for the extirpation of the Canaanites. When He says they were washed, He is referring to the water of the word used by the Spirit of God to deal with man. What for instance would be the meaning of our being practically sanctified to obedience as well as to have the blood of Jesus sprinkled upon us? An additional 13 hornets were captured live the day before. The Hebrew word for hornet basically means "stinging." And the vessels of the sanctuary described after the priesthood are those which preserve the same common character of presenting the service due to God approached in His sanctuary. The record ofthe battle shows that God fought for Israel as He promised. Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice. 10/23/2020 10:08 AM PT. Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and the righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. He who sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh only, shall be utterly destroyed. They that are of Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with its affections and lusts. It is exceedingly fierce and voracious, especially in hot climates and its sting is frequently dangerous. It's a pain that focuses your attention. The church comes under that now. "So these are the blessings, these are the things I'm gonna do for you, predicated upon your serving Me. Ok, so no coincidences that hornets show up in the news as we currently journey to our "promised land". We ought to know heaven better than the earth. hor'-net (tsir`ah; compare tsor`ah, "Zorah" (Judges 13:2, etc. Hornet [N] [S] Heb. This completed their ruin; such power had the devil in them that they would resist, but such power had God over them that they could not. Micah 7:15, All of the miracles will reappear, all of the plagues, the entire story, in all its pain and all its glory, Rabbi Berger said. But, again, Aaron with the golden plate (engraved "Holiness to Jehovah") always on his forehead, bears the iniquity of Israel's holy things that they may be accepted; an important consideration, especially when we know the seriousness and the facility of iniquity therein. They're said to be able to kill an unsuspecting bee every 14 seconds. In Exodus 28:1-43; Exodus 29:1-46 is given the prescribed ceremonial in consecrating the priesthood. We have a Thanksgiving feast; they have three feasts. At this point in the biblical narrative, the children of Israel are encamped before Mount Sinai after being liberated only three months earlier from 400 years of cruel bondage in Egypt (Exodus 19:1). In these shadows* we may see two very different characters or classes, we may say, into which they are divisible. a large kind is called in Arabic debbur, which recalls the Hebrew debhorah, "bee." Some live in holes in the ground and if disturbed would swarm in the midst of an army assembling for battle. The Christian has it also, and in a far better way. Nests are often found in urban settings and the hornets are aggressive by nature. Christ is essentially apart from sin and sinners; we by grace are set apart. ~ Joshua 24:11-12. And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. It was the seat of Divine Majesty in Israel; and as all know (and most significant it is), the mercy-seat was pre-eminently that throne of God the mercy-seat which afterwards we see with blood sprinkled on it and before it the mercy-seat which concealed the law destructive to the pretensions of man, but maintained it in the place of highest honour, though hidden from human view. Deuteronomy 7:20 Verse Concepts Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet against them, until those who are left and hide themselves from you perish. Hence they have the imperfection of a shadow. Then Aaron is duly clothed; as in the priestly character Christ appears before God for us. The reason is manifest. We should probably understand the hornets (Exodus 23:28) figuratively. But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries. First, they were all washed in the water, Aaron and his sons. We also refer to Egypt as the flesh consciousness, sense consciousness, or material consciousness. Moses loved Israel with a love stronger than death; yet he who thus loved them showed unsparingly his horror of the leprosy that had broken out among them. The goats' hair would seem to speak of Christ in His prophetic separateness; the rams' skins dyed red point to His absolute consecration to God; as the power which kept out all evil would appear to be meant by the badgers' or tachach skins, which covered the tent above. When the time was come, He took a basin of water and a towel, and washed His disciples' feet. I am not sure we can equate this with electron spinning in the brain, but it is worth considering. They sting fiercely, but not unless molested. They had been wholly insensible to His ways of grace in leading them out of Egypt to Sinai. So could we say that the wasp buzzing and electron spinning have much in common? You're to help it even if the neighbor hates you; and you've got a big feud going with him, that animal hasn't got a feud going with you. Here again, the emphasis of the passage is on the greatness of God and how it is He who is guiding and protecting and fighting for Israel. A remarkable provision is that the ephod of the high priest, which was the most important part of his costume, had the names of the children of Israel twice over. When the veil was rent (namely, by Christ dying as a man), man could go into the presence of God, at least the believer. At the end of these communications a call is given Moses to come up to Jehovah. In addition to the threat Asian Hornets pose to humans, they feed on honey bees and can devastate hives, eating up to 50 bees a day. [Note: Cassuto, p. In the latter part of the chapter we have clearly the legal glory. This is not the time to enter into details; but hear what Moses says to Jehovah now: "See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Very often it is not so little a while, as many of us know to our cost. By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land ( Exodus 23:24-30 ). The rest of the book of Exodus consists of the people's response, and the actual accomplishment of the directions that were given inExodus 25:1-40; Exodus 25:1-40; Exodus 26:1-37; Exodus 27:1-21; Exodus 28:1-43; Exodus 29:1-46; Exodus 30:1-38, and calls for no lengthened remarks in such a sketch as this. Now from this little scripture the Jews have created the whole interpretation of not eating dairy products with meat products at any meal. It's equivalent to our Thanksgiving. The second one is the feast of Passover which takes place fifty days after the feast of unleavened bread when you are bringing in the first of your winter grains. 2018 BY FEARJAH.COM. What can we learn from a snake playing dead? It is the condition of a slave; nevertheless even there God has Christ before Him. There is no reference in the text to God using real hornets to drive out the Canaanites, but He did use other hornet-like forces (cf. Those who reason from Israel to us, without intending it, ignore the relationship of the Christian, and set aside the bearing of redemption on our walk: so serious is that error which to many seems a pious thought, and I am sure taken up by them with the desire of honouring God and His will. (4.) It was not merely a new nature or a new position, but it was a corresponding power of the Spirit of God. Yet He does not threaten to send great and powerful warriors, but only insects and hornets; as much as to say, that God would be so entirely propitious to His people that He would prepare and arm even the smallest animals to destroy their enemies. After this follow two things worthy of all heed, a nearness of communication between Jehovah and His servant never enjoyed before, and more than that, a blessing secured to the people never vouchsafed before. The way was now open into the presence of God. Into that wondrous knowledge we are brought by the Son come down here below; and above all by the Holy Ghost, now that Christ is gone up on high For in point of fact, when God was only known as the one God, however true this may be, He could not really be known as He is. Vespae, p. 510. But the difficulty is this, that man being a sinner is as far as possible from ability to meet God's law; for how indeed can there be any real stable bond between a bad man and a good law? The brazen laver judged sin by the word of God, just as the brazen altar judged it sacrificially. Now if gold represents God's righteousness which we approach within; and if brass or rather copper means, when thus symbolically viewed, His righteousness as applied to man outside in His immutable judgment, what is the force of silver in this connection? Having routed the armies of all the northern kings Joshua took city after city, king after king, until 31 kings had fallen before him (Joshua 12:1-24). But they had no such thoughts of themselves, more than real knowledge of God. And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. A single hornet can sting multiple times, and cause tissue necrosis, extreme pain, respiratory issues, liver damage, and blood clots, features commonly associated with snake venom. The last of these types is the holy perfume. Without life it is impossible for one to produce that which is according to God; and without a worthy object, nay without a divine object presented, there can be nothing to draw out divine affections. Verse Concepts. He adds, however, an exception, lest the Israelites should complain, if the land should not immediately lie open to them empty and cleared of its old inhabitants; and He reminds them that it would be advantageous to them that He should consume their enemies by degrees. 28.And I will send hornets. Then, after the priesthood has been fully brought before us, we have the various portions of their dress. A life of victory, a life after the Spirit, not after the flesh.These enemies that were in the land represent those aspects of our flesh, where it so often has defeated us and conquered us. The main reason a hornet's sting is so deadly compared to other stinging insects is due to the sheer size of a hornet. Tools. 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