Números 35
John MacArthur · Citado em PreceptAustin
Números 35
MacArthur - Though murder and inadvertent killing polluted the land, murder was atoned for by the death of the murderer. Failure to observe these principles would make the Land unclean. If the whole Land became unclean, then the Lord would no longer be able to dwell in their midst. (MSB) Defile (make unclean) (02930) tame means to become unclean or make unclean. To become ceremonially unclean. To defile oneself (Hos 5:3, 6:10, Ezek 20:30). A wife defiles herself by adultery (Nu 5:13, Jer 2:23 = speaks of Israel as God's wife who had defiled herself by her spiritual adultery with idols!, Ezek 23:13 = refers to Judah and in context to the 10 Northern tribes - both had defiled themselves). To defile (violate) a girl (Ge 34:5), a woman (Ezek 18:6) The Septuagint (Lxx) translates tame here in Nu 35:34 with the verb miaino, means literally to dye with another color. As used in the NT figuratively miaino describes a mind and conscience that is morally contaminated, corrupted, tainted, tinged and polluted (Titus 1:15-note = "defiled and unbelieving"). In a ceremonial or cultic sense miaino means to defile, profane, desecrate, make unclean or to become unacceptable. To defile something is to sully (damage the purity or integrity of), mar (impair the appearance of; disfigure) or spoil it. Jude uses miaino in a physical and a moral sense of the one's flesh defiled by licentiousness and so to corrupt morally. (Jude 1:8-note) Tame - 141v - Gen. 34:5; Gen. 34:13; Gen. 34:27; Lev. 5:3; Lev. 11:24; Lev. 11:25; Lev. 11:26; Lev. 11:27; Lev. 11:28; Lev. 11:31; Lev. 11:32; Lev. 11:33; Lev. 11:34; Lev. 11:35; Lev. 11:36; Lev. 11:39; Lev. 11:40; Lev. 11:43; Lev. 11:44; Lev. 12:2; Lev. 12:5; Lev. 13:3; Lev. 13:8; Lev. 13:11; Lev. 13:14; Lev. 13:15; Lev. 13:20; Lev. 13:22; Lev. 13:25; Lev. 13:27; Lev. 13:30; Lev. 13:44; Lev. 13:46; Lev. 13:59; Lev. 14:36; Lev. 14:46; Lev. 15:4; Lev. 15:5; Lev. 15:6; Lev. 15:7; Lev. 15:8; Lev. 15:9; Lev. 15:10; Lev. 15:11; Lev. 15:16; Lev. 15:17; Lev. 15:18; Lev. 15:19; Lev. 15:20; Lev. 15:21; Lev. 15:22; Lev. 15:23; Lev. 15:24; Lev. 15:27; Lev. 15:31; Lev. 15:32; Lev. 17:15; Lev. 18:20; Lev. 18:23; Lev. 18:24; Lev. 18:25; Lev. 18:27; Lev. 18:28; Lev. 18:30; Lev. 19:31; Lev. 20:3; Lev. 20:25; Lev. 21:1; Lev. 21:3; Lev. 21:4; Lev. 21:11; Lev. 22:5; Lev. 22:6; Lev. 22:8; Num. 5:3; Num. 5:13; Num. 5:14; Num. 5:20; Num. 5:27; Num. 5:28; Num. 5:29; Num. 6:7; Num. 6:9; Num. 6:12; Num. 19:7; Num. 19:8; Num. 19:10; Num. 19:11; Num. 19:13; Num. 19:14; Num. 19:16; Num. 19:20; Num. 19:21; Num. 19:22; Num. 35:34; Deut. 21:23; Deut. 24:4; 2 Ki. 23:8; 2 Ki. 23:10; 2 Ki. 23:13; 2 Ki. 23:16; 2 Chr. 36:14; Ps. 79:1; Ps. 106:39; Isa. 30:22; Jer. 2:7; Jer. 2:23; Jer. 7:30; Jer. 32:34; Ezek. 4:14; Ezek. 5:11; Ezek. 9:7; Ezek. 14:11; Ezek. 18:6; Ezek. 18:11; Ezek. 18:15; Ezek. 20:7; Ezek. 20:18; Ezek. 20:26; Ezek. 20:30; Ezek. 20:31; Ezek. 20:43; Ezek. 22:3; Ezek. 22:4; Ezek. 22:11; Ezek. 23:7; Ezek. 23:13; Ezek. 23:17; Ezek. 23:30; Ezek. 23:38; Ezek. 33:26; Ezek. 36:17; Ezek. 36:18; Ezek. 37:23; Ezek. 43:7; Ezek. 43:8; Ezek. 44:25; Hos. 5:3; Hos. 6:10; Hos. 9:4; Hag. 2:13 JESUS CHRIST OUR GOEL OUR BLOOD AVENGER In Hebrew = goel haddam As outlined in the table (click), Jesus Christ is the NT fulfillment of the OT shadow of the Kinsman Redeemer as portrayed by Boaz in the book of Ruth. In the NT we learn that our Kinsman Redeemer will redeem and restore all that man lost when Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden and will avenge Adam's "murder" at that time, as described below. What happened as a result of man's fall in the Garden? When Adam and Eve sinned in that garden they became slaves to the power of Sin. (Ro 6:16+) What else happened in the Garden? Adam and Eve were "'murdered''! You may never have thought of their "death" in the Garden as "murder", but God called it that in the NT. They were alive but when they sinned they died spiritually and from that time on they were dead in their trespasses and sins (Ge 2:17, Ro 5:12+, Eph 2:1+). In John 8:43 we learn that Jesus turns to the Jewish religious leaders and asks them... Why do you not understand what I am saying? (And before they can answer Jesus explains that...) It is because you cannot hear My word. You are of your father the Devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a MURDERER FROM THE BEGINNING, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature; for he is a liar, and the father of lies." So Jesus calls Satan a murderer and the time phrase "in the beginning" carries us back to Genesis 3. God's promise of death was fulfilled to the letter (as it always is - both the positive and negative promises) when Adam and Eve sinned (Ge 2:17). What was God's original intention for Adam and Eve in regard to the earth? CREATED TO BE KINGS! The writer of Hebrews confirms God's original plan for man writing... "THOU HAST MADE HIM FOR A LITTLE WHILE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS; THOU HAST CROWNED HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOR, AND HAST APPOINTED HIM OVER THE WORKS OF THY HANDS; THOU HAST PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET (dominion over all -Ge 1:26,28+)." For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him. (He 2:7+, He 2:8+) Comment: While some interpret this passage as referring to Jesus, the context favors this as a reference to man (notice that He 2:9-note opens with a contrast "but we..." and clearly refers to Jesus. Note also the context of the original source -- Ps 8:4, 5, 6, especially verse 4). The writer of Hebrews points out that man is not, as evolutionists foolishly reason, "a little higher than the apes," but rather "a little lower than the angels." The Psalmist refers to God's purpose in creating man with his original destiny being to reign as master over all nature. The verb stephanoo means to crown with honor and indeed when God created Adam and Eve sinless, pure and innocent, He bestowed on them honor and glory. When they sinned they lost their regal rule. Someday, this honor and the right to rule over the earth will be restored but not until Jesus our Kinsman Redeemer completes His work of redemption and restoration of creation. KJV Bible Commentary: This Psalm (Heb 2:7, 8 quotes Psalm 8:5, 6) does not speak both of man and Christ; it is not messianic. The son of man is not to be distinguished from man. The phrases are merely an example of the common synonymous parallelism in Hebrew poetry. “Hence this passage was not regarded as a messianic prediction by Jewish teachers, but as a description of what God intended man to be” (Kent, p. 53). God made man a little lower than the angels. (KJV Bible Commentary)
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MacArthur: Did you know that God's original design destiny for man was that man is to be the king of the earth? And that everything in existence was to be in subjection to man...God originally intended that man in innocence was king over the undefiled earth. It also tells us here that he was created a little lower than the angels, so the chain of command is God, angels, man, and earth...It was not that man was lower than angels in the sense of importance to God. It was only that man was lower than angels in the sense that He was physical and angels were spiritual. (See his full discussion of The Rediscovery of Man's Lost Destiny) Richard
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MacArthur explains: The sounding of the 7th trumpet marks a significant milestone in the book of Revelation. It sets in motion the final events leading up to the return of the Lord Jesus Christ and the establishment of His earthly millennial kingdom. Rev 10:7 expresses the finality of the seventh trumpet: “In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as He preached to His servants the prophets.” That mystery is the full revelation of the consummation of God’s plan. It was prophesied by the Old Testament preachers, but its fullness was never revealed until the book of Revelation. The seventh trumpet sets in motion the final consummation of God’s redemptive plan for the present universe. During its tenure will come the final fury of the Day of the Lord judgments (Rev 16:1-21), the final harvest of judgment on earth (Re 11:18; 16:19), and the Lamb’s defeat of the kings of the earth (Rev 17:12-18), culminating in the final, climactic triumph of Christ at Armageddon (Re 19:11-21). The sounding of the seventh trumpet signals God’s answer to the prayer, “Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Mt 6:10). That answer sweeps through Rev 12:1-22:21 as God finishes His mighty work of reclaiming creation from the usurper, Satan...Though its effects on earth were delayed (as with the seventh seal; Rev 8:2, 3, 4, 5), there was an immediate response in heaven when the seventh angel sounded his (7th) trumpet...That dramatic proclamation is obviously connected to the effects of the seventh trumpet. There is unrestrained joy that the power of Satan is to be forever broken, and Jesus Christ is to reign supreme as King of kings and Lord of lords. With the defeat of the usurper, the question of sovereignty over the world will be forever settled. What Jesus refused to take on Satan’s terms (cf. Lk 4:5-8+) He will take on His own terms. Heaven rejoices that the long rebellion of the world against God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ is about to end. The setting up of Christ’s long-awaited kingdom (Ed: See discussion of Millennium 2 and Millennium 3) is the apex of redemptive history. (Macarthur J. Revelation 1-11. and Revelation 12-22. Moody) (Bolding added) WORTHY IS THE LAMB! BREAK YOUR SEALS! LET THE FOUR RIDERS OF THE APOCALYPSE COME FORTH! LET THY KINGDOM COME! AMEN!