Death Numbers General

Side Note

Death is mentioned often in Numbers as an unclean state. Those who come in contact with the dead must be cleansed before they enter the tabernacle. Death is not something that pleases the Lord.

In the beginning, it was all about life. The Lord is all about life. It was Satan who brought sin to humanity and with man's acceptance of sin, death became a part of life on earth.

Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

This plan we are following from Genesis and through the giving of the law and ultimately to the completion of the plan of salvation is all about life. The Lord is all about life.

So don't be surprised that death requires cleansing.

Jesus did not like death when he walked on the earth. There are many occasions where he brought the dead back to life. He faced and conquered this enemy 'death' so that we could have life more abundantly.

Romans 8:10 "And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin: but the Spirit is life because of righteousness."

Satan uses up people then he cast them aside to die and rot. Death is one of his weapons.

Christians need not fear death because, for us, it is a doorway into the life everlasting that was given to us when we became a Christian by believing on the name of Jesus.

Romans 5:8"But god commendeth his love toward us, n that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

Death is a temporary reality but life can be a permanent reality through the Lord.

Romans 10:9 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. v10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness: and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."

This is the plan we are studying. We are learning the law which was 'our schoolmaster'. All along this path, the promise of a redeemer is alive in the nation Israel. She carries the promise down through Egypt, into the wilderness and into the promised land where Christ is born.

Psalm 105:5 "Remember his marvellous works that he hath don; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth:"