Jud 1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Michael and the Devil in a dispute. Their dispute was over the body of Moses.
This is what we know of Moses' death-
Deu 34:5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
Deu 34:6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Deu 34:7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
The LORD buried Moses.
No MAN knows where He was buried.
Moses' death was unnatural. He didn't die of old age, he didn't die naturally. God brought death to Him and we don't know exactly how this was done, but the One who gives the breath of life can take that breath away. The giver of life can take that life. He caused Adam to fall into a deep sleep when He created Eve - taking one of Adam's ribs to do so. God who can cause a deep sleep can surely - painlessly- take the breath of life from someone in order to bring death to them that isn't a death caused naturally. However it was done, God BURIED Moses after He died and He buried him in such a way that NO man who looked for Moses would find him.
However, the Devil is not a man. The Devil knew where Moses was buried. The Devil who has dominion over the earth (Just read this-
Mat 4:8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
Mat 4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
The devil showed Jesus ALL the kingdom of the world and then… he said this… ALL these will I give thee. All those kingdoms belonged to who? Whose were they to give? The devil's. Jesus didn't reply- No, these kingdoms already belong to me… Jesus answered by telling the devil this…
Mat 4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Satan wanted Jesus to worship him and then he'd give Jesus all the kingdoms of the world! They are satan's to give! Jesus answered that He would ONLY worship and serve God. Jesus didn't want the kingdoms of the world, He wanted what His Father wanted and that was ALL He wanted.
So here we have the devil, the ruler of the whole world, the king over the world having dominion over the world and He KNOWS where God buried Moses. He KNOWS! And for some reason this happens--
Jud 1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
There is a dispute about Moses' body. For whatever reason this dispute has Michael the archangel NOT bringing a railing accusation against the devil, but rather His defense was 'The Lord rebuke thee'. If ever anyone could be accused of wrong doing it would be the devil, he is the epitome of evil and wrongness, he is the father of lies. All evil stems from the devil's influence. Yet no accusation was going to be brought against the devil by the archangel - it was enough to say, 'The Lord rebuke thee.'
Remember we are talking about all this--
Jud 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Jud 1:8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
We are talking about the EVIL people of which Sodom and Gomorrha are a prime example of those who will suffer eternal extinction. Those who are filthy dreamers defiling the flesh, those who despise dominion, those who speak evil of dignities.
The speak evil of dignities- honor, nobleness of mind, propriety, truth, justice, opposition to sin.
They love to rail, they love to speak evil of any they can, but speaking evil of others is NOT what God would have us do- no matter how deserving, as Satan is endlessly deserving of railing, but it is NOT God's way.
Jud 1:10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
Evil people speak evil and corrupt themselves!
Jud 1:11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
Evil people go in the way of Cain- which is the way contrary to God. No one can dispute the fact Cain was contrary to God and all those who follow in Cain's way- seeking their own will above God's are going the exact same path.
The way of Core being this--
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Κορέ
Kore
Thayer Definition:
Korah = “baldness”
1) a man who, with others, rebelled against Moses
Those who with others rebel. Rebelling against God's way- once again this is the path those who are not with God take. They might believe they are harmlessly just doing their own thing, proud in their suppose superior intellect but in truth they are rebels against their Creator, against their Savior.
Jud 1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
Jud 1:13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
READ THOSE WORDS AGAIN!
They live and breath among us and will until Jesus comes to redeem us to Himself. We cannot fully separate ourselves from them.
Mat 13:24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
Mat 13:25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
Mat 13:26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
Mat 13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
Mat 13:28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
Mat 13:29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
Mat 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Mat 13:37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
Mat 13:38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
Mat 13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
The wheat and the tares together until the harvest.
God's children, Satan's children together until the end of the world.
We mustn't delude ourselves into believing that we even CAN live among others and all be God's children. It's not up to us to EVER determine another person's eternal life- that's for God and God alone. But we have to be discerning and follow God as we are told in His word and that will mean being a stranger in and among others- a stranger that the world will try to convince to change our ways to be as they are- to conform, to become part of the family of Satan. No, they won't say those words but that's exactly what it amounts to. If you are not a child of God's you can only be a child of the wicked one.
We get so confused, and the devil enjoys our confusion. We must live and exist in a world where the tares outnumber the wheat greatly so that there is hardly any wheat left. We live in a world where wheat can turn into a tare and a tare into wheat. We must choose to never change, to never become a tare knowing that we must do our very best to allow God to work through us to by HIS grace and HIS grace alone have tares become wheat.
All glory to God in the Highest!
All praise and honor to our King!
May we be found in Him, His now and His always!
Amen.
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