Numbers 22–23: On Balak’s Ominous Cough, Balaam’s Greedy Perseverance, and the Beleaguered People of God (Bible Talk, Ep. 50)

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🗓️ 23 February 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The story of Balaam and Balak raises an all-important question: “What will win out—the might of Moab or the promises of God?”

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0:00.0	Yeah, so the foundational promise of what we've been talking about, goodness, for 50 episodes,
0:07.2	Baylach is basically saying, I'm going to root that foundational promise in something entirely opposite.
0:12.2	So the stakes are high right from the beginning.
0:14.3	Yeah, it's an amazing portrayal of, you know, what's going to win out?
0:17.9	Is it the might of Moab or is it the promises of God?
0:20.9	I mean, there's a very direct conflict and contrast it the might of Moab or is it the promises of God? I mean,
0:25.0	there's a very direct conflict and contrast being set up between the two of them using the exact same language as the Abrahamic covenant. This is also setting up for us.
0:35.0	Welcome to episode 50 of Bible Talk, a podcast brought to you by Nine Marks.
0:38.7	Nine Marks exists to help pastors build healthy churches.
0:41.2	For more, you can visit Nine Marks.org.
0:43.2	Guys, we made it halfway to 100.
0:44.9	Amazing.
0:45.6	Hallelujah.
0:46.3	Hallelujah.
0:46.9	My name is Alex Duke.
0:47.7	And with me are my two friends.
0:49.2	Sam Lomadi.
0:49.9	Jim Hamilton.
0:50.6	So guys, yeah.
0:51.4	In the next 50 episodes, we're going to do the whole Bible, right? The whole Bible.
0:54.2	The whole Bible in the next 50 episodes.
0:55.4	We're going to have to pick up the pace.
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