“Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon.”-Numbers 21:26 In my last post I talked about how Israel went to battle and conquered Sihon king of the Amorites. There are actually […]

“Israel sent messengers to Sichon, king of the Emori, with this message: “Let me pass through your land. We won’t turn aside into fields or vineyards, and we won’t drink any water from the wells. We will go along the King’s Highway until we have left your territory.”  But Sichon would not allow Israel to […]

“The people of Israel traveled on and camped at Ovot.  From Ovot they traveled and camped at ‘Iyei-Ha‘avarim, in the desert fronting Moab on the east.  From there they traveled and camped in Vadi Zered.  From there they traveled and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the desert; this river comes out of the […]

Wanna know what the biggest takeaway from the “serpent on the pole” story is? It’s really pretty simple actually. It’s all about the gradual progression from a God-ordained object to full blown idol worship. There is no question that the bronze serpent Moses mounted on the pole was a pure and good thing since God […]

We are continuing our discussion about the bronze serpent that Moses made and mounted on the pole so that those who had been poisoned could be healed by simply looking up to it. Today, let’s finally deal with the thorny question of why God would use a symbol representing the devil (or adversary) to bring […]