The Grands Letter (Num/GLJ)
Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D. on May 20, 2026 5:16 am (CST)
Dear Grands,
Numbers 25:4-9, “The LORD said to Moses, ‘Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel.’
5 So Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of you slay his men who have joined themselves to Baal of Peor.”
6 Then behold, one of the sons of Israel came and brought to his relatives a Midianite woman, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, while they were weeping at the doorway of the tent of meeting.
7 When Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he arose from the midst of the congregation and took a spear in his hand,
8 and he went after the man of Israel into the tent and pierced both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman, through the body. So the plague on the sons of Israel was checked.
9 Those who died by the plague were 24,000.”
Reading through the Old Testament reveals innumerable instances of stunning surprises! It not only demonstrates that the LORD is real and powerful; He dealt with His Old Testament people in a manner that ought to instill fear in the heart of every living human being.
The LORD’s multiple miracles that accompanied Israel’s exodus from Egypt all the way to the Promised Land are nothing short of stunning! His maneuvering of the huge and numerous tribes, providing food and water for such an enormous congregation, leaves the reader wide-eyed and almost gasping for breath!
The minutiae of Divine Instructions coupled with daily repetition make our activities seem almost childlike and virtually insignificant. At the same time, every Divine requirement had a precise purpose, leaving no room for questioning the wisdom or intention of the LORD! Yet they did!
Long hours of travel, the mingling of enormous family households, wandering children, seeking where their families were located at nighttime. Arguments among and within family units were doubtlessly ongoing. Except for the LORD being patient, neither they nor we would arrive safely. How great and how wise and how patient our blessed LORD is! Praise His Holy Name!
Heartily in Christ,
Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
United States of America
“We will never know that Christ is all we need, until He becomes all that we have.” –Corrie ten Boom
