NUMBERS 13
26 Now they departed and came back to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
27 Then they told him, and said: “We went to the land where you sent us. It truly [g]flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
28 Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very large; moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.
29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.”
30 Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”
31 But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.”
32 And they gave the children of Israel a bad report:
dibbah: Report, Slander, Defamation, Whispering
Transliteration: dibbah
Pronunciation: dib-baw’
Phonetic Spelling: (dib-baw’)
KJV: defaming, evil report, infamy, slander
NASB: bad report, report, slander, whispering, evil report
of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature.
33 There we saw the [h]giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like[i] grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”
NUMBERS 14
(The Word of Fear)
1 So all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night.
2 And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness! 3 Why has the Lord brought us to this land to [a]fall by the sword, that our wives and children should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”
4 So they said to one another, “Let us select a leader and return to Egypt.”
(The Word of Faith)
6 But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;
7 and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: “The land we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land.
8 If the Lord delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, ‘a land which flows with milk and honey.’ 9 Only do not rebel against the Lord, nor fear the people of the land, for they[c] are our bread; their protection has departed from them, and the Lord is with us. Do not fear them.”
(What the people chose to believe)
NUMBERS 14:10
And all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Now the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of meeting before all the children of Israel.
The Word, “in between”, is not an neutral Word it’s you’re near both places.
DANGEROUS TERRITORY:
In chapter 14 the people gave in to fear because the ten had spread an evil report after Caleb had spoken. That word dibbah means to whisper, to defame or slander.
It comes from a root word meaning to move slowly, to glide, to cause to speak.
It is Comparable to a word that means to walk slowly or leisurely.
These men did more than just “give” an evil report to the congregation. They did more than just give their fearful opinion of the matter.
These 10 men moved slowly through the camp from one person to the next whispering and slandering the promise of God.
Telling the people that this land, the land God has given them is not safe. It devours and consumes its inhabitants and is full of “giants of the giants”.
Numbers 14 begins:
CPT. 14 begins with saying, they raised a loud cry (in Hebrew they set, or established their voices).
Even after hearing the encouragement of Caleb they made a choice to set their voices to speak contrary to what God had promised.
Then it says they grumbled against Moses.
The Hebrew word for grumble or murmur is LUN which is to lodge, or to abide.
Grumbling, murmuring, complaining was abiding in them instead of the Word of God.
Their grumbling pitted them against Moses and Aaron. It actually says “over” Moses and Aaron. Grumbling not only pits you against leadership but causes you to think you are over or above them, which is pride.
This caused them to say “we wish we had died in Egypt or in this wilderness” and “God’s purpose was to bring us into a land where we would be prey for the enemy. They say, “It is good that we return to Egypt”. “Let’s make or let’s establish or set a captain, a leader and return to Egypt.”
They didn’t just react with fear to the possibility of the promised land being hard to conquer;
they spoke out against the purpose of God and accused God of an evil purpose for them!
THOUGHT:
In between
You’d expect that be- would mean “in,” but it doesn’t: betwēonum is literally “near two each.” In its earliest uses, it wasn’t always in reference to the intermediary position of two places, things, or people. It was also used to express reciprocal action by two people towards each other.
Threshold
One of the most common in-betweens we encounter every day is the threshold. Whenever you leave your house, walk from one room to another, or enter a building, you are crossing a threshold.
Threshold is an old word, dating back over 1,000 years in English, and its origins are slightly obscured.
Its Old English ancestor threscwald or threscwold is cousin to the verb that gave us thresh, and this verb in turn refers to separating grain from chaff by beating it with something (like a stick or a flail).
APPLICATION:
JOHN 15
4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you[b]will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
Promises of God
All Yes
All Amen
2 Corinthians 1:20- “For as many as are the promises of God, in Christ they are [all answered] “Yes.” So through Him we say our “Amen” to the glory of God.”
CONNECT:
Word of the Kingdom to THRIVE:
Right to take out enemies we’ve never taken out before because of honoring the Blood.
Decree: Pentecost will open up in our behalf.
You will see:
New Supply coming in
New anointing coming in
New empowerment coming In.
You got a promise?
Abide in me!
My word abide in you!