"Wrath Has Gone Out From the Lord"
“Wrath Has Gone Out From the Lord”
Blessings folk!
On the day after the swallowing the congregation of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron.
The Lord wanted to consume the people.
He wanted to destroy them.
Moses and Aaron fell on their face before the Lord.
Moses then gave Aaron instructions.
The Lord had spoken…
Numbers 16:41-50
41 But on the next day all the congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the Lord.”
42 And when the congregation had assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting. And behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
43 And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting,
44 and the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
45 “Get away from the midst of this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.” And they fell on their faces.
46 And Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, and put fire on it from off the altar and lay incense on it and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out from the Lord; the plague has begun.”
47 So Aaron took it as Moses said and ran into the midst of the assembly. And behold, the plague had already begun among the people. And he put on the incense and made atonement for the people.
48 And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped.
49 Now those who died in the plague were 14,700, besides those who died in the affair of Korah.
50 And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, when the plague was stopped.
The wrath of the Lord had begun.
A plague poured out upon the people.
Verse 48 shows what Aaron did.
He stood between the dead and the living...with the fire and incense...and the plague was stopped.
God relented.
Yet, thousands had already died.
Millions are dying today.
We are called to stand between dead and the living as vessels as the very Presence of God.
We are to intercede in the Power of the Spirit.
Are we?