Tag: Balaam's donkey

Numbers 22:1-40 – Donkeys Can Talk?

Read Numbers 22:1-40

What an exciting time in the history of God’s people. They didn’t know how close they were to entering the Promised Land. Taking root in Canaan was such a victory for them, yet simply a stepping-stone, one of the blessings they had experienced. Their time in the wilderness proves God never leaves his people when they cry out to him.

After being turned away from Edom, their only other choice to get to the Promised Land involves Moab. It’s not surprising we would meet up with Moab’s king. As the story goes, Balak, the Moabite king, was using Balaam to get control of the hoard of people coming his way with a curse. God knew that Balak would want to destroy them, not help them, so it makes sense God protects them in this way. Continue reading “Numbers 22:1-40 – Donkeys Can Talk?”

2 Peter 2:10-16 – Avoid Destruction

Read 2 Peter 2:10-16

How much more can be said about false teachers? Avoiding them seems to be the wise thing to do. We can avert our own destruction when we keep our eyes on Jesus instead.

Peter has absolutely no regard for false teachers as he likens them to “unthinking animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed.” We should adopt similar thinking lest we, too, be destroyed. Yet, these “beasts” are among us.

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