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Numbers chapter 16 verse 48 and he stood between the dead and the living and the plague was stopped.

This verse comes at the end of a very humbling sobering chapter.

Cora's rebellion, this picture of sin among God's people and the spreading of that rebellion in such a way that a

plague was coming upon the people and Moses and Aaron intercede for them and the picture here is

Aaron going holding up a sensor between the dead and living,

and through this picture of intercession,

the plague is stopped,

showing us a powerful picture of intercession, of what happens when somebody cares enough to stand in the gap between sinful people and a holy God and to plead for mercy.

This is a picture we see in Moses and Aaron at different points.

This is a picture we see in others throughout scripture.

This is a picture ultimately we see in Jesus

as the one who stands in the gap, as the intercessor between us and our sin and

rebellion, and God in His holiness and he makes a way for us to be

saved for the plague of our

Cesser and then he calls us by the power of his life in us to intercede

in us to intercede for others when we pray part of our praying should be focused on

intercession on standing in the gap for people around us in all kinds of ways and I'm driven

in number 16 to think about people who are under

the plague of sin right now and need us to stand in the gap for them.

So who you stand in the gap for them. So who you stand in the gap for? Like who around you in your life, family, work, interactions with in the community, city where you live.

Who are you pleading for?

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