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1 | what event was labeled the provocation? | Ex 17:7 | ricachief | 87598 | ||
what specific event occured that was "the straw that broke the camel's back", the event that was labeled "the provocation"? re: psalm 95:8 | ||||||
2 | what event was labeled the provocation? | Ex 17:7 | Ray | 87635 | ||
Hi ricachief, Most Study Bibles would reference for this verse Exodus 17:1-7, Numbers 20;1-13, and Deut 6:16. The word Meribah is translated "rebellion". The people had rebelled against the Lord and they complained about lack of water and were looking backwards to Egypt. The idea of "provocation" to my mind comes with Moses being "provoked" to strike the rock. He was reacting to the rebels, but by striking the rock instead of speaking to the "Rock", Moses found disfavor from the Lord. We today also have to decide if the Lord was among us or some strange god. (I'm thinking of the Jehovah's Witness here). We all have to look to the Rock for there is no other. Psalm 95:6, "Come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. For He/ is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of (His) hand. Today, if you would hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;..." Psalm 100:3, "Know that the Lord Himself is God/; It is He who made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of (His) pasture." Psalm 81:7, "You called in trouble, and I answered you; (I) answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I proved you at the waters of Meribah." Psalm 81:9, "Let there be no strange god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god." Psalm 81:11, "But (My) people did not listen to My voice; And Israel did not obey Me." John 10:16, "And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they shall hear (My) voice; and they shall become one flock with one *Shepherd." The parentheses and star are mine to offer comparisons. We as Christians, serve the one God. Was He among us or not? From the heart, Ray |
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3 | what event was labeled the provocation? | Ex 17:7 | ricachief | 87649 | ||
To Ray and Mommapbs; Thanks so much for your feedback on the question. This question was asked at my bible study group at church and I was hard pressed for a definitive answer. During the Exodus from Egypt,it seems the Jews tempted the Lord at every turn, so I really wasnt sure what act of defiance, disobiediance, unbelief, etc. was THE one that finally brought on God s wrath. Again, thank you so much for your help and God bless you both. Please e-mail me anytime. |
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4 | what event was labeled the provocation? | Ex 17:7 | JustPickOne | 87651 | ||
The best answer I think can be found in Hebrews 3 and 4. Hebrews 3:15 while it is said, "TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS, AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME." 16 For who provoked Him when they had heard? Indeed, did not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses? 17 And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did He swear that they should not enter His rest, but to those who were disobedient? 19 And so we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief. Hebrews 4:1 Therefore, let us fear lest, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it. 2 For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also; but the word they heard did not profit them, because it was not united by faith in those who heard. 3 For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said, "AS I SWORE IN MY WRATH, THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST," although His works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For He has thus said somewhere concerning the seventh day, "AND GOD RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY FROM ALL HIS WORKS"; 5 and again in this passage, "THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST." 6 Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly had good news preached to them failed to enter because of disobedience, It was their disobedience which was counted as unbelief. |
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