Mar 12 - You Can't Keep A Good Man Down!

So yesterday the Lord swallowed up these 3 men and their families and possessions and the very next morning the whole community of Israel began muttering again against Moses and Aaron, saying, "You have killed the Lord's people!" Moses just can't catch a break:) The Lord became angry with the people of Israel and told Moses "Get away from all these people so that I can instantly destroy them!" But Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground. They then ran an incense burner with burning coals from the altar through the crowd to purify them and make them right with the Lord. So they saved a bunch of them but 14,700 did die from the Lord plague. The Lord then has Moses take the 12 leaders wooden staffs and Aaron's staff of the tribe of Levi, and place them in the Tabernacle in front of the Ark containing the tablets of the Covenant. He said "Buds will sprout on the staff belonging to the man I choose. Then I will finally put an end to the People's murmuring and complaining against you." Moses did as he said and when he returned Aaron's staff budded, blossomed, and produced ripe almonds! The Lord told Moses "Place Aaron's staff permanently before the Ark of the Covenant to serve as a warning to rebels." The Lord then gives a lot of instructions to Aaron and puts him in charge of holy offerings and gives him parts of the all the different offerings. Talk about being friends with the big man! The Lord talks about the tithe being a tenth and that the Levites when they receive from he people of Israel the tithes assigned to thme they have to give a tithe (tenth) of the tithe to the Lord as a sacred offering. Today we give a Tithe of our income to the local storehouse, our church, as our sacred offering. We reap the rewards of sowing those funds to the Lord. Maybe not in big $$$ but we somehow pay all our bills every month, manage to save some and our family is full of Love. I'll take that for a mear 10% any day!

In the New Testament Jesus Rises from the dead today. How you like them apples! Mary Magdalene, Salome and Mary the mother of James purchased burial spices to anoint Jesus' body. The went to the tomb early Sunday morning and the stone was rolled back and an angel was there , "Don't be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He isn't here! He is risen from the dead! Look, this is where they laid his body. Now go and tell his disciples, including Peter, that Jesus is going ahead of you to Galillee. You will see him there, just as he told you before he died." The women freaked out and fled saying nothing to anyone because they were frightened. Jesus appears to a few people here and there then he tells the disciples "Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved." and Jesus gives them a bunch of miraculous signs to perform. The disciples went out and preached and the Lord worked through them, confirming what they said by many miraculous signs. He then anoints a Bunny to go around and give everyone chocolate eggs....No??