Balaam And His Talking Donkey

Or the prodigal Son as hen truly confessed his sin.

In His permissive will, God allowed Balaam to continue on his journey, but He warned him to speak only the messages that God gave him.

For the first time, Balaam realized that there was more involved in this happening that he had experienced than cursing a nation and making some money. So as the Lord used the donkey to rebuke her master, God would use Balaam to reveal great truths about Israel in the future.

I’m sorry to say that Balaam’s encounter with the power of the Lord had no effect upon him, for he went back to his former ways of evil and sin.

In chapter 31:7-8 the Israelites fought against Midian by command of God and Moses. Numbers 31:7-8 says7And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. 8And they slew the kings

of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword

For Balaam, the wages of his sin truly was death. Romans 6:23

And God is still the same today, and the wages of sin is still the same today.