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Jesus Gave 6 Cities
Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Jun 28, 2015 (message contributor)
Summary: To show that the LORD is our Cities of Refuge, and He will overcome our transitions, and merchant.
I. EXORDIUM:
Is JESUS your Refuge?
Yes. Nahum 1:7
The Lord is good, a Strength and Stronghold in the day of trouble; He knows (recognizes, has knowledge of, and understands) those who take refuge and trust in Him.
II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:
Believers
III. OBJECTIVES:
To show that the LORD is our Cities of Refuge, and He will overcome our transitions, and merchant.
IV. TEXT:
You shall give three cities on this [east] side of the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan, to be cities of refuge.
V. THESIS:
Praise, worship and thank You very much LORD JESUS for I surrender and cast all my burdens, concerns and cares to You.
Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.
VI. TITLE:
JESUS gave 6 cities
VII. EXPLICATION:
A. Name : derived from the numberings of Israel
B. Author: Moses (commonly accepted)
C. Date written: 1446 - 1410 B.C.
D. Purpose: To relate the discipline of the wilderness generation, delivered from Egypt, and its purging, in order to prepare its children for a victorious entrance into The Promised Land.—Thompson Chain - Bible Book Outlines
E. To whom written: children of Israel
F. Main Theme: Unbelief bars the entrance to abundant life, Hebrews 3:7-19 — Thompson Chain - Bible Book Outlines
G. Key word: wilderness
H. Key verses: Numbers 14:20-23 (Amplified Bible)
14:20 And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to your word.
14:21 But truly as I live and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord,
14:22 Because all those men who have seen My glory and My [miraculous] signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tested and proved Me these ten times and have not heeded My voice,
14:23 Surely they shall not see the land which I swore to give to their fathers; nor shall any who provoked (spurned, despised) Me see it.
VIII. MAIN BODY:
This is SM (Secret Message) because of the signature of Aleph-Tav (Alpha-Omega) after the word "give".
A. The LORD JESUS gave 6 cities
"You shall give three cities on this [east] side of the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan,"
Jordan signifies
a. Jordan valley - a place of convenience and sin
And Lot looked and saw that everywhere the Jordan Valley was well watered. Before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [it was all] like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.
Then Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley and [he] traveled east. So they separated.
b. transition in a believer's life
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercy and loving-kindness and all the faithfulness which You have shown to Your servant, for with [only] my staff I passed over this Jordan [long ago], and now I have become two companies.
Example: Joshua transitions from an assistant of Moses to the leader of the Israelites
JOSHUA ROSE early in the morning and they removed from Shittim and came to the Jordan, he and all the Israelites, and lodged there before passing over.
c. transition of worship
And on the day when you pass over the Jordan to the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall set up great stones and cover them with plaster.
And you shall write on them all the words of this law when you have passed over, that you may go into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
And when you have gone over the Jordan, you shall set up these stones, as I command you this day, on Mount Ebal, and coat them with plaster.
d. something to be possessed
For it is not an empty and worthless trifle for you; it is your [very] life. By it you shall live long in the land which you are going over the Jordan to possess.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day that you shall soon utterly perish from the land which you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it but will be utterly destroyed.
e. inheritance are distributed
These are the inheritances which Moses distributed in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan east of Jericho.
But the Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance east of the Jordan, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.
