4th Oracle of Balaam

Text: Numbers 24:14-25
26 September 2016

4TH ORACLE OF BALAAM

1. Concerning Israel   (Numbers 24:14)

2. Concerning Moab

(Balak’s kingdom)   (Numbers 24:14)

3. Concerning other nations   (Numbers 24:18-24)

THE REVELATION THAT GOD GIVES

1. Eyes opened   (Numbers 24:15)

2. Ears that have heard the word of God   (Numbers 24:16)

3. Knowledge of the Most High   (Numbers 24:16)

4. Vision of the Almighty   (Numbers 24:16)

5. Falling down before the Lord   (Numbers 24:16)

VISION CONCERNING ISRAEL

Messianic Reference

1. I see Him… but not now 2. I see Him… but not near

3. A Star shall come out of Judah

4. A Sceptre shall rise out of Israel   (Numbers 24:17)

VISION CONCERNING MOAB

1. It will be battered

2. Moab would be defeated   (Numbers 24:17)

VISION CONCERNING EDOM

1. Edom/ Seir

2. It will be a possession   (Numbers 24:18)

3. Will be defeated by Jacob   (Numbers 24:19)

VISION CONCERNING AMALEK

1.It was first among nations   (Numbers 24:20)

2. It shall perish/ it shall be last   (Numbers 24:20)

3. Confirmation of destruction of Amalek   (Numbers 24:24)

VISION CONCERNING THE KENITES

1. It has its dwellings in high places   (Numbers 24:21)

2. But ultimately it will be defeated   (Numbers 24:21)

3. It will be carried away captive   (Numbers 24:21)

4. Kenites are Midianites

a) Nomadic
b) Jethro was a Kenite
c) Possibly linked to the name Cain