36So the men Moses had sent to spy out the land, who had returned and made the whole congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report about the land— 37those men who had brought out the bad report about the land—were struck down by a plague before the LORD. 38Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.
39And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.
Plague of the Ten Spies
I’ve read this before but why didn’t I grasp it? That’s the reason why we keep reading through the Bible, cover to cover! The Holy Spirit helps us understand the Bible and I believe it depends on our maturity level, milk or solid food on what the Holy Spirit allows us to understand.
Death of the evil spies.
“Here is the sudden death of the ten evil spies. They sinned in bringing a slander upon the land of promise. Those greatly provoke God, who misrepresent religion, raise dislike in men's minds toward it, or give opportunity to those to do so, who seek occasion. Justly are murmurers made mourners. If they had mourned for the sin, when they were faithfully reproved, the sentence had been prevented; but as they mourned for the judgment only, it did them no service. There is in hell such
mourning as this; but tears will not quench the flames, nor cool the tongue.” (Nu 14:40-45) (Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary)
When you die, will you be in hell mourning such as this?
If you accepted His Son, then you will be rejoicing not mourning!
Blessings
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