7/23/2009 10:00 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: God’s blessing for the tribes
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Deuteronomy 33:6-25
Message of the verses: “6 ¶
"May Reuben live and not die, Nor his men be few." 7 And this regarding Judah ;
so he said, "Hear, O LORD, the voice of Judah
8 ¶ Of Levi he said, "Let Your Thummim and
Your Urim belong to Your godly man, Whom You proved at Massah, With whom You
contended at the waters of Meribah; 9
Who said of his father and his mother, ‘I did not consider them’; And he
did not acknowledge his brothers, Nor did he regard his own sons, For they
observed Your word, And kept Your covenant. 10
"They shall teach Your ordinances to Jacob, And Your law to Israel
12 ¶ Of Benjamin he said, "May the beloved of
the LORD dwell in security by Him, Who shields him all the day, And he dwells
between His shoulders." 13 Of
Joseph he said, "Blessed of the LORD be his land, With the choice things
of heaven, with the dew, And from the deep lying beneath, 14 And with the choice yield of the sun, And
with the choice produce of the months. 15
"And with the best things of the ancient mountains, And with the
choice things of the everlasting hills, 16
And with the choice things of the earth and its fullness, And the favor
of Him who dwelt in the bush. Let it come to the head of Joseph, And to the crown
of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers. 17 "As the firstborn of his ox, majesty is
his, And his horns are the horns of the wild ox; With them he will push the
peoples, All at once, to the ends of the earth. And those are the ten thousands
of Ephraim, And those are the thousands of Manasseh."
18 ¶ Of Zebulun he said, "Rejoice, Zebulun,
in your going forth, And, Issachar, in your tents. 19 "They will call peoples to the mountain;
There they will offer righteous sacrifices; For they will draw out the
abundance of the seas, And the hidden treasures of the sand." 20 Of Gad he said, "Blessed is the one who
enlarges Gad; He lies down as a lion, And tears the arm, also the crown of the
head. 21 "Then he provided the
first part for himself, For there the ruler’s portion was reserved; And he came
with the leaders of the people; He executed the justice of the LORD, And His
ordinances with Israel
22 ¶ Of Dan he said, "Dan is a lion’s whelp,
That leaps forth from Bashan ." 23 Of Naphtali he said, "O Naphtali,
satisfied with favor, And full of the blessing of the LORD, Take possession of
the sea and the south." 24 Of Asher
he said, "More blessed than sons is Asher; May he be favored by his
brothers, And may he dip his foot in oil. 25
"Your locks will be iron and bronze, And according to your days, so
will your leisurely walk be.”
It was
noted by Warren Wiersbe that the mention of Simeon is not in this list, for
that tribe eventually mixed in with the tribe of Judah
Here is the
order of the tribes that are mentioned in this section:
Benjamin,
Joseph—sons of Rachel
Ephraim,
Manasseh—sons of Joseph
Zebulun,
Issachar—sons of Leah
Gad—son
of Zilpah
Dan,
Naphtali—sons of Bilhah
Asher—son
of Zilpah
In this
long section the Lord through Moses writes something about all of these tribes
of Israel
Reuben was Israel ’s first born, yet he slept with one of
Jacobs wives, one of the handmaids that came with Jacob and his wives when they
left Laban’s house and traveled to what would be where the nation of Israel Judah
Simeon and
Levi were the ones who avenged their sister Dinah’s being rapped by killing all
the men of Shechem and so as Jacob was pronouncing the blessings of each of his
sons right before he died he said that both Simeon and Levi would be blended
into the other tribes and so Simeon became part of the tribe of Judah and Levi
became the priestly tribe and lived all over the nation of Israel performing
these duties.
I have
taken the time to copy and past Warren Wiersbe’s total commentary on this
section and have saved it on my E drive under Spiritual Diaries/2009 Spiritual
Diaries/July.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: Be sure your sin will find you out is written
in the Proverbs and when it comes to the tribes of Israel and some of the sins
of the fathers they were truly seen in their children and grandchildren and so
on down the line. I am sure that not all
of these people in these tribes were great sinners for in the book of
Revelations there are twelve thousand from twelve of the tribes who will go out
and preach the Gospel during the time of the tribulation. It has always be kind of a mystery to me as to
why all of these things happened, but when it comes to the things that I don’t
understand in the Scriptures I trust the Lord for He cannot make any mistakes.
My Steps of Faith for
Today:
- Trust the Lord to guide my path today.
- Put on the spiritual armor: The belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of the gospel of peace, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit.
- Give myself to the Lord for worship and service.
- Continue to learn contentment.
- Keep a short list of sins between the Lord and me and seek the Holy Spirit to search my heart for hidden sins.
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