Today, I am reading and commenting on  Numbers 14-15.

When the Israelites reacted to the spies’ report about the land of Canaan by proposing to stone Joshua and Caleb for trying to convince them to go, the glory of God appeared to them and threatened to strike them down.  Moses pleaded with God to forgive them.  God agreed to Moses’ request to forgive the people once more.  However, God also said that none of those who witnessed His signs in Egypt would see the land He had promised their ancestors (except for Caleb and Joshua).  So, while God will forgive our sins, we may still suffer their consequences.  Because they repeatedly disobeyed God and sinned against Him, He denied them the blessing which He had promised to their ancestors.  In the same way, while God will forgive our sins, we forfeit some of the blessings He intended for us when we sin.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.