Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
Numbers 24: 23-25
Balaam concludes his terse curse verses.
Unfortunately, no one can survive God's wrath when He heads down a path like this.
Ships will come from Cyprus
They'll conquer Asher and Eber
But don't celebrate much- they too will come to ruin.
At this point Balaam skipped town- and Balaak made no attempt to pursue him.
It took him a long time, but Balaak seemed to finally get that this whole scheme wasn't going to work out. And while it's easy to view him as a stubborn, devious plotter it's also easy to cling to your own devices of manipulation, deception and self-delusion. But at least in this instance, the attempt to hang on- the attempt to try to use God against His own people only resulted in more and more heartache.
Numbers 24: 23-25
Balaam concludes his terse curse verses.
Unfortunately, no one can survive God's wrath when He heads down a path like this.
Ships will come from Cyprus
They'll conquer Asher and Eber
But don't celebrate much- they too will come to ruin.
At this point Balaam skipped town- and Balaak made no attempt to pursue him.
It took him a long time, but Balaak seemed to finally get that this whole scheme wasn't going to work out. And while it's easy to view him as a stubborn, devious plotter it's also easy to cling to your own devices of manipulation, deception and self-delusion. But at least in this instance, the attempt to hang on- the attempt to try to use God against His own people only resulted in more and more heartache.
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