They would be blessed in city and country in their offspring and the offspring of their flocks and crops and in protection from their enemies. all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you." (Deuteronomy 28:1,2). He had promised that "if you will diligently obey the Lord your God, being careful to do all His commandments." that ". No doubt the people under Moses' leadership thought of the blessings God had promised them if they would continue to obey Him faithfully. This benediction recognizes the source of all good things as being God (cf.
The blessings of God, spiritual and physical, ought never to be taken for granted. In the light of the new covenant, which is a better covenant with better promises (Hebrews 8:6) we, as Christians, have much to rejoice about! The words of this blessing, given through the mediator Moses, become even richer when we consider them in relationship to our new mediator and leader like Moses, that being Jesus Christ. So they shall invoke My name on the sons of Israel, and IĪccording to Jewish writings, this benediction was quoted daily in the temple as well as in the synagogues. The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
"Then the Lord spoke to Moses saying, 'Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, "Thus you shall bless the sons of Israel. The Book of Hebrews emphasizes some of these differences such as the fact that Moses was God's servant but Jesus is God's Son (Hebrews 3:1-6).Īs our text we will consider an event in the life of Moses when the Lord spoke to him and told him to give Aaron, the high priest, some instructions. Also, Moses chose to leave the luxury of Pharaoh's palace and suffer hardship with his people, and Jesus chose to leave heaven and dwell on earth as a man.īut it is important to understand that while there are similarities, there are also great differences. Certainly Jesus is like Moses in many respects for example, as Moses led people out of bondage in Egypt so also Christ Jesus frees us from bondage to sin. This promise is announced as fulfilled in the New Testament with the coming of Jesus (Acts 3:18-26). God had promised Israel during Moses' leadership that one day He would raise up another leader like Moses (Deuteronomy 18:15-18). We just rehearsed it as a band, kind of built around it on that Saturday and practiced at church, introduced it to church, and pressed record, and literally that version is what’s on the album, was the first time we’d ever sung it, period.Numbers 6:22-27 - The Lord Bless and Keep You We wrote ‘The Blessing’ with Kari Jobe and Cody Carnes on a Thursday with them here in Charlotte. We can have a tendency to really dissect lyrics and then go back and revise, and scrap this chorus and scrap that melody, and then rewrite and rewrite. From that point on, the song really just kind of poured out rather quickly. There’s this generational blessing that Moses is instructing, ‘Hey, for future generations, I want you to say this prayer.’ Pastor started just humming a melody, kind of singing around ‘The Lord bless you and keep you, make his face shine upon you.‘ We did it for about 10 minutes, came around the idea.
Pastor Steven just started singing that benediction from Numbers chapter 6. It’s almost like I don’t want to over-explain how it came about. Amen, amen, amen Amen, amen, amen May His favor be upon you And a thousand generations And your family and your children And their children, and their children May His presence go before you And behind you, and beside you All around you, and within you He is with you, He is with you In the morning, in the evening In your coming, and your going In your weeping, and rejoicing He is for you, He is for you He is for you, He is for you He is for you, He is for you He is for you, He is for you He is for you, He is for you Amen, amen, amen Amen, amen, amen May His favor be upon you And a thousand generations And your family and your children And their children, and their children May His presence go before you And behind you, and beside you All around you, and within you He is with you, He is with you In the morning, in the evening In your coming, and your going In your weeping, and rejoicing He is for you, He is for you He is for you, He is for you He is for you, He is for you He is for you, He is for you He is for you, He is for you
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