DAY 72, MARCH 13, 2010

Numbers 19:1-20-29
At the start of Chapter 20, a common recurring theme seems to be happening among the Israelites. They start to complain about the lack of figs, pomegranates, and water among other things. Is this an illustration by the Bible to show how faithless and forgetful as a people we are? After the rock issue with Moses and Aaron, God seems to punish them for not doing what He told them to do. I assume this was he was told to command water out of the rock and instead he hit the rock. Aaron passes away on Mount Her as God tells him he will be joining his ancestors, all the people of Israel mourn for thirty days.

Luke 1:1-25
This is the beginning of Luke and it starts out being addressed to Theophilus, who is this person. The first part of this addresses John the Baptist's birth and the angel Gabriel telling Zachariah of his son coming. Zachariah at first doubts Gabriel's prophesy of his wife having a special baby that will convert lots of Israelis to the Lord. For having doubt, Gabriel will not let Zachariah speak until John the Baptist is born. Imagine having the most amazing prophesy and testimony to tell and not being able to talk about it because of your own flesh and his wife's flesh instead of having faith in the Lord. He thought they were too old to conceive, but with the Lord, all is possible.