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NUMBERS 10
LESSON #11
GODS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
v MEMORY VERSE: 1THE 4:16
v IN NUMBERS 1-9 WE HAVE DISCUSSED THE PREPARATIONSFOR THE MARCH THROUGH THE WILDERNESS FROM MT. SINAI TO THE PROMISE LAND.
v IN NUMBERS 10 WE SEE THE LAST PREPARATION BEFORETHE MARCH…THE SILVER TRUMPETS.
v READ NUM 10:1-10 THE SILVER TRUMPETS THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Ø GOD TOLD MOSES TO MAKE 2 SILVER TRUMPETS.
§ THE BIBLICAL NUMBER 2SIGNIFIES = WITNESSES. DEU 17:6 TELLS US THAT BY TWO WITNESSES LET SOMETHING BEESTABLISHED. THIS CONCEPT BECAME PART OF THE JEWISH LEGAL SYSTEM AS WELL AS GODSSYSTEM.
· THERE WERE TWO DISCIPLES ON THEMT. OF TRANSFIGURATION WITH JESUS. (MAT 17)
· THERE WILL BE TWO WITNESSES FORGOD IN THE TRIBULATION PERIOD. (REV 11:3)
§ WHY WERE THE TRUMPETS MADEOUT OF SILVER?
· SILVER IN THE BIBLE MEANS =REDEMPTION. JUDAS RECEIVED 30 PIECES OF SILVER FOR HIS BETRAYAL OF JESUS. IT WAS THEPAYMENT FOR OUR REDEMPTION.
¨ THESE TRUMPETS WERE USED TO ANNOUNCE GODSCALL TO A REDEEMED PEOPLE.
Ø GOD REDEEMED THE ISRAELITES FROM EGYPT BY THEBLOOD OF THE PASSOVER LAMB. NOW GOD WANTED TO GUIDE THE PEOPLE HE REDEEMED TO A NEW LAND.
Ø THE PURPOSEFUL USE OF THE TRUMPETS:
§ BY THE VARIATION OF THETRUMPET SOUNDS, THERE WAS A VARIATION OF USES FOR THESE 2 TRUMPETS:
· MOSES WAS TO USE THE SILVERTRUMPETS TO ASSEMBLE THE PEOPLE.
¨ THE BLOWING OF 1 TRUMPET ASSEMBLED THE 12PRINCES FROM THE 12 TRIBES.
¨ THE BLOWING OF 2 TRUMPETS ASSEMBLED THE WHOLECONGREGATION FOR MARCHING.
· MOSES USED THE SILVER TRUMPETS TOWARN OF AN APPROACHING ENEMY OR TO CALL THE PEOPLE TO WAR.
· MOSES USED THE SILVER TRUMPETS TOANNOUNCE TIME AND TO ANNOUNCE SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
Ø HOW DO THESE TWO TRUMPETS RELATE TO THECHRISTIAN LIFE?
§ READ 1COR 15:52-54 AND1THES 4:15-17
· THE TRUMPET ASSEMBLED THECONGREGATION = A TRUMPET WILL CALL THE NEW TESTAMENT BELIEVERS IN THE RAPTURE.
¨ ALL BELIEVERS FROM THE CHURCH AGE, WHETHERLIVING OR DEAD, WILL BE SUDDENLY CAUGHT UP TO BE WITH THE LORD FOREVER AT THE LAST TRUMP.
Ø 1COR 15:52 SAYS THE RAPTURE WILL OCCUR AT THELAST TRUMP. THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT VARIOUS KINDS OF TRUMPETS. THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE LAST TRUMP?
§ THE FIRST TRUMP OF GOD EXO 19:3-6, 16, 19
· THIS WAS THE VOICE OF GOD THATTHE PEOPLE HEARD AT MT. SINAI. IT WAS NOT A MAN-MADE TRUMPET.
§ THE TRUMPET OF JUBILEE LEV 25:8-10
· THEY BLEW THIS MAN-MADE TRUMPETTO INITIATE LIBERTY TO A PEOPLE IN BONDAGE.
§ THE 2 SILVER TRUMPETS NUM 10:1-10
· AS WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS LESSON,THIS WAS THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, NOT THE LAST TRUMP OF GOD.
§ THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS NUM 29
· A SPECIAL OCCASION ANNOUNCED BYTHE SILVER TRUMPETS.
§ THE TRUMPETS OF RAMSHORN JOS 6:2-5
· TRUMPETS USED IN BATTLE.
§ HEAVENLY TRUMPETS REV 4:1 REV 8:2
· THESE ARE THE HEAVENLY VOICES OF7 ANGELS THAT ANNOUNCE JUDGMENTS DURING THE TRIBULATION PERIOD.
§ THE TRUMPET FOR ISRAEL ATCHRISTS SECOND COMING MAT 24:31 ISA27:13 ZEC 9:14
· THIS IS NOT THE LAST TRUMPOF GOD AT THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH. INSTEAD IT IS GODS CALL OF ISRAEL TOTHEIR MESSIAH, JESUS CHRIST, AT THE END OF THE TRIBULATION PERIOD.
§ THE LAST TRUMP OF GOD ATTHE RAPTURE PSA 47
· PSA 47 INCLUDES THE LAST TRUMP OFGOD IN VERSE 5 WHERE THE CHURCH IS CAUGHT UP TO HEAVEN WITH CHRIST WHO GOESUP WITH A SHOUT.
¨ IT IS THE VOICE OF GOD CALLING BELIEVERS TOBE PHYSICALLY WITH CHRIST IN A NEW BODY.
v READ NUM 10:11-12 FORWARD MARCH!!
Ø THEY STAYED AT MT. SINAI A YEAR BEFORETRAVELING THROUGH THE WILDERNESS. NOW WE SEE THEM MARCH. REMEMBER IN NUMBERS 2 I SHOWEDYOU THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE CAMP IN THE WILDERNESS. THEY CAMPED IN THE FORM OF A CROSS WITHTHE TABERNACLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAMP. THEY DID NOT MARCH IN THIS FORMATION. THEMARCHING FORMATION WAS VERY DIFFERENT.
§ THE FORMATION OF THE MARCH(NUM 10:11-36):
· [THE TRUMPET SOUND – #1]
¨ THE ARK OF THE COVENANT LED THE MARCH. IT WASCARRIED BY A FEW MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY OF KOHATH.
Ø REMEMBER THAT THE ARK IS A PREFIGURE OF JESUSCHRIST. HE IS THE ONE WHO LEADS HIS CHURCH THROUGH THE WILDERNESS AS WE MARCH THROUGH THISWORLD IN THE CHURCH AGE.
¨ SECTION 1
Ø NEXT CAME MOSES AND AARON (33)
· [THE TRUMPET SOUND #2]
¨ SECTION 2
Ø THEN CAME THE TRIBE OF JUDAH CARRYING THEBANNER OF A PICTURE OF A LION. NEXT TO THEM THE TRIBES OF ISSACHAR AND ZEBULUNMARCHED.(14)
· [THE TRUMPET SOUND #3]
¨ SECTION 3
Ø NEXT CAME THE TWO LEVITE FAMILIES OF GERSHONAND MERARI CARRYING THE DISASSEMBLED TABERNACLE (17), (THE BOARDS, THE BARS, AND THECOVERINGS)
· [THE TRUMPET SOUND #4]
¨ SECTION 4
Ø NEXT CAME THE TRIBE OF REUBEN CARRYING THEBANNER WITH A PICTURE OF A MAN. NEXT TO THEM THE TRIBES OF SIMEON AND GAD MARCHED.(18)
· [THE TRUMPET SOUND #5]
¨ SECTION 5
Ø NEXT CAME THE LEVITE FAMILY OF KOHATHCARRYING THE FURNITURE OF THE TABERNACLE BY POLES ON THEIR SHOULDERS. (21)
· [THE TRUMPET SOUND #6]
¨ SECTION 6
Ø NEXT CAME THE TRIBE OF EPHRAIM CARRYING THEBANNER OF A PICTURE OF AN OX. NEXT TO THEM THE TRIBES OF MANASSEH AND BENJAMINMARCHED.(22)
· [THE TRUMPET SOUND #7]
¨ SECTION 7
Ø NEXT CAME THE TRIBE OF DAN CARRYING THEBANNER OF A PICTURE OF AN EAGLE. NEXT TO THEM THE TRIBES OF ASHER AND NAPHTALI MARCHED.(25)
· FINALLY THERE WAS A MIXEDMULTITUDE OF VARIOUS ETHNIC PEOPLES THAT FOLLOWED THE ISRAELITES TO THE PROMISE LAND.
§ NOTICE THAT THERE WERE 7BLASTS OF THE TRUMPETS. NUMBER 7 IS GODS PERFECT NUMBER OF COMPLETION. THISREPRESENTS GODS PERFECT ORDER FOR ISRAEL.
· REVELATION8:2 INTRODUCES SEVEN TRUMPET JUDGEMENTS THAT WILL COME DURING THE TRIBULATION PERIOD OF 7YEARS. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD IS TO BRING JEWS BACK TO ISRAELAND THEN TO BRING THEM TO CHRIST THROUGH A FINAL SERIES OF 7 JUDGMENTS.
¨ WHAT DOES THE SOUND OF THE TRUMPET REPRESENT?
Ø IT REPRESENTS THE VOICE OF JESUS CHRISTCALLING PEOPLE TO ASSEMBLE AROUND HIM.
§ READ REV 1:8,10-11
v READ NUM 10:29-31 MOSES FATHER-IN-LAW
Ø FROM THE HEBREW WORDS IN THIS VERSE, IT ISUNCLEAR WHETHER HIS FATHER-IN-LAWS NAME WAS HOBAB OR RAGUEL. EXO 2:18 SAYS HIS NAMEWAS REUEL. DESPITE THE CONFUSION OF HIS NAME, MOSES INVITES HIS FATHER-IN-LAW TO COME WITHTHEM TO THE PROMISE LAND. THIS MAN WAS A GENTILE, A MIDIANITE. HE DECLINED THE INVITATIONBECAUSE HE WANTED TO GO BACK TO HIS OWN HOME.
§ THIS SITUATION IS THE SAMETODAY. WE INVITE PEOPLE TO BECOME CHRISTIANS AND GO WITH US TO ETERNAL LIFE WITH JESUSCHRIST.
Ø MOSES FINALLY PERSUADED HIM TO JOIN THEM. JDG1:16 TELLS US HE DID GO WITH THEM.
§ DISCUSSION:
· EXAMINE MOSES PLEA IN NUM10:31. DID MOSES MAKE A MISTAKE PLEADING WITH HIS FATHER-IN-LAW TO COME WITH THEM? WHY OR WHY NOT?
v READ NUM 10:33-36 MARCHING IN VICTORY
Ø NOTICE MOSES VICTORY CRY OF FAITH INVERSE 35 AS THEY BEGAN TO MARCH.
v APPLICATION:
Ø WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN PAST LESSONS HOW GODLEADS NEW TESTAMENT BELIEVERS.
§ -BY THE SMALL INNER VOICE
§ -BY THE LIGHT OF THE WORDOF GOD (THE LAMPSTAND)
§ -BY THE LEADING OF THE HOLYSPIRIT (THE CLOUD BY DAY & FIRE BY NIGHT)
§ -BY THE CLEAR VOICE OFJESUS CHRIST, OUR SHEPHERD (THE TRUMPETS)
Ø COMMUNICATION WAS IMPORTANT TO THE ISRAELITESIN THE WILDERNESS. IF THE PEOPLE DID NOT LISTEN FOR THE NOTES PLAYED BY THE SILVERTRUMPETS, IT WOULD CAUSE CONFUSION AND RESULT IN GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
§ WE ALSO MUST LISTEN FOR GODSDIRECTION TO AVOID CONFUSION AND MIS-DIRECTION IN OUR LIVES.
Ø STEP #8 IN BECOMING A MOVE-ER INTHE KINGDOM OF GOD.
§ LISTEN FOR AND FOLLOW THEVOICE OF THE LORD.
v HOMEWORK
v NUMBERS11
THIS IS A SELF-STUDY.PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER.
v APPLICATION OF NUMBERS 10
Ø WRITE ONE EXPERIENCE IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOUKNEW FOR CERTAIN YOU HEARD GODS VOICE (DIRECTION):
Ø WHAT KINDS OF ACTIVITIES IN YOUR LIFE KEEPYOU FROM HEARING GODS VOICE?
Ø WHAT WILL YOU DO THIS WEEK TO MAKE IT EASIERTO HEAR HIS VOICE?
v PREPARATION FOR NUMBERS 11
Ø READ NUM 11 MURMURING FROM SINAI TO KADESH
§ WHO WERE THE COMPLAINERS?
§ WHAT DID THEY WANT?
§ WHAT EFFECT DID THECOMPLAINTS HAVE ON THE REST OF THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL?
§ WHAT WAS MOSESCOMPLAINT? WAS IT JUSTIFIED?
§ WHAT WAS GODSRESPONSE? WHY?
v MEMORY VERSE: PHILIPPIANS 4:6
