Numbers 33:54-56 Corruption

 54And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers.

55But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle. 56And then I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.”

Corruption 

“This became true of Israel’s history. They did not fully drive out the Canaanites, and though they possessed the land, the corruption of the Canaanites continued among Israel until eventually God allowed Israel to be driven out of the land in exile.” (Guzik)

Reread verse 55, when Israel became a nation in 1947 what didn’t they do? 

Follow the Lords advice in this verse and allowed the inhabitants to become barbs and corrupt their nation.

We as Christians must also be careful with the church because this is a warning to the church also! If we allow todays culture to become part of the church it will also be corrupted, and some have!

Blessings 

Read Revelation 2:18-29 (The Corrupt Church)