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TABERAH FIRE

In the book of Numbers 11:1-3 a situation arose when the people of Israel began complaining out loud to the Lord about all the troubles they were facing living in the wilderness. The Lord became angry and the fire of the Lord began to burn among them. The burning was so awful that some people on the outskirts of the camp died. The people cried out for Moses to talk to God, and when he did the fire died down. The place was called, “ Taberah Fire” because the Lord burned among them there.

The image of the fire of God burning among the people of Israel is a terrifying site to imagine.

What does all this mean to us as Christians?

John the Baptist prophesied that the one who would come after him that he would baptize them with the Holy Spirit and with fire. (Matthew 3:11, Luke 3:16, Mark 1:8 NASV)

The baptism with the Holy Spirit, and fire, is to produce a change in us also as it did the children of Israel. This fire will consume that which is in opposition to the Lord, just as the murmuring was consume from the children of Israel.

In Acts chapter two when the outpouring of the Holy Spirit took place, we see tongues of fire resting on the one hundred and twenty who in the upper room . Not much is said about this specific experience that took place, but I feel it relates to what took place in the wilderness with the children of Israel.

The upper room could have been called “ Taberah Fire” because the Lord burned among them there.
This Taberath fire from the Lord that burned among them produced change, and power in the lives of the believers.

We see this most evident in Peter's life, the man who had denied Jesus because of fear now began to preach one of the greatest messages in the history of the Church. Three thousand souls were saved that day and the Taberath fire continued to burn among them and spread to the Gentile world also.

This promise of a baptism of fire is for every one of us today, when some one talks about us, or our churches may they say, “God burns among them there.”

It is amazing when the Taberath fire from the Holy Spirit touches a life and in a moment the addictions are broken, in a moment they receive the grace to forgive the unforgivable, those who are tormented with fears are st free, communities are changed, nations are brought to their knees.

Peter answered them, "All of you must turn to God and change the way you think and act, and each of you must be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins will be forgiven. Then you will receive the Holy Spirit as a gift. This promise belongs to you and to your children and to everyone who is far away. It belongs to everyone who worships the Lord our God." ( Acts 2;38-39 )

What happened that day at Pentecost can also be our experience today. “This promise belongs to you and to your children and to everyone who is far away. It belongs to everyone who worships the Lord our God.”
“And to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire,” ( 2 Thessalonian s 1:7 )
"I kept looking Until thrones were set up, And the Ancient of Days took His seat; His vesture was like white snow And the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with flames, Its wheels were a burning fire.” ( Daniel 7:9 )

Hebrews 12:29 says, “For our God is a consuming fire.”
Prayer
Father God you are a consuming fire among your people, you are Jehovah Taberah Fire, The Lord who burns among us and consumes all that is unholy in us, and burns up all those things that bind us up. We are under a baptism of fire by the Holy Spirit who lives in us. Father not only consume the unholy things in our lives, but help us to allow that fire in us to consume those around us, releasing them from all that binds them also. Thank you for this awesome work of love you have done, are doing, and will do in our hearts and lives. In the name of Jesus amen

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Trusting in Humans or Trusting in God

This is what the Lord says:
"A curse is placed on those who trust other people, who depend on humans for strength, who have stopped trusting the Lord. They are like a bush in a desert that grows in a land where no one lives,
a hot and dry land with bad soil. They don't know about the good things God can give. "But the person who trusts in the Lord will be blessed. The Lord will show him that he can be trusted.”
(Jeremiah 17:5-7 NCV)

The word, “curse ” is such a powerful word. In the Hebrew it reads, “bitterly cursed”.

Why is trusting in people, and depending on other people for strength so wrong? If you read on it is because they stopped trusting in the Lord. It is wrong to trust in, or depend on other people for strength, might, or power instead of Lord.

This does not mean that we are to go live in the woods like a hermit because we don't need other people, it just means that our trust remains firm in the Lord so that if the people in our lives go off course we aren't swept along with them like a flock of sheep running over a cliff.
When we begin to displace our trust in the Lord we are headed for trouble especially if we are placing our trust in non-Christians. We can find ourselves as the scripture says living in a horrible situation;
“They are like a bush in a desert that grows in a land where no one lives,
a hot and dry land with bad soil.”
Some one who has their trust in people and not in the Lord is in a place where they don't know about the good things God can give. All they know is the reality of what they derive from others. This is why when some one places their trust in the Lord for salvation it can cause such an uproar. The enemy longs to keep us making little god's out of other people instead of making Jesus the lord of our lives.
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.” (Proverbs 3:5)
“But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.” ( James 1:5 )
"But the person who trusts in the Lord will be blessed. The Lord will show him that he can be trusted.” ( Jeremiah 17:7 )

God will show us as we place our trust in Him that he is trustworthy.

“Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.” ( Isaiah 26:4 )

Prayer
Father God please forgive us for making other people little god's in our lives, help us to dethrone other people, and set you on the throne of our lives. We will trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal. In Jesus name amen

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