Off script.
This is backing up a bit I know, please read this anyway, as it most likly will hold something not said before hand. Haveing said that, lets look and see if HaShem changes. This will be a short post, so please red it before you claim I said I never have.
Num 23:16¶And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
Num 23:19God
is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do
it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
This is rather straight foreword, yet we offer the following commentary. As we know balaam was hired to place a curse on Israel. HaShem told him, (in my words mind you) Don't even try it buckwheat. Now go tell Balak this. So what we see is HaShem informing Balaam that He will not change His mind, what haShem said shows us who he is. From this passage one must see the HaShem is not like man kind. He doesn't change His words, promises, or anything when the wind blows the other way.
Psa 102:27 But thou
art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
David here is seen as giving HaShem prase by some. No matter how one looks at this, if we follow the idea that every word in Scripture is true, what do we see? We should see that HaShem hasn't change at lest up to this point in the Word.
Mal 3:6For I
am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Once a gain with clear intent we find HaShem letting us know He doesn't change. As made clear here, if He did, the people of Israel wouldn't be here today. yet it is with joy, and gratitude I can say they are here.
Why Joy? Their being here, and in their land, shows that we can trust all that HaShem has said.
Why gratitude? The people of Israel have had more than 4000 years to seek the truth of the Word. If one looks at their history, in how they treat, study, and learn, it is clear they hold a better understanding of their Bible than we ever have. to study with a Rabbi, may seem a bit odd to some. Yet it was doing just that has helped to shape our understanding. Does this mean that we agree 100% with every thing they may say? Not even. In fact, it was only due to the respect shown them, that they willing opened their doors.
Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Now I know I have opened this door before, yet once more I will do so. Yeshua, according to the first chapter of John, is HaShem. that is if we trust every word of scripture.
Jas 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
So why should we understand this? If HaShem changed, then little of what we think we know can be 100% true of Him. This would place not only our faith in question, also our salvation would be placed in question.
Do we wish to follow blindly a faith based on even one change in a King that doesn't stand by His every word? I know I don't. As a well respected Rabbi once explained it, (again not his exact words) . If HaShem openly change His mind, how can anything said from Him ever be trusted?
Now this was posted as a lead up to what comes next. I do hope that you will keep this post in mind as you follow this thread from here out.
I also hope you really read it for what it has to say, and not chop it up to seem as though it is saying something it isn't.
Until next time, I pray that we can find truth. Not your truth, or ours. Rather the truth as given in the Word. Trust this, we will be getting into the vary passages I have asked others to explain in post #579. I do find it sad that none have even tried.