The Book of Numbers, Part 2 – Dr. Reed Lessing, 8/8/25 (2202)

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🗓️ 8 August 2025

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Dr. Reed Lessing of Concordia University – St. Paul, MN Hope in the Wilderness The Concordia Commentary on Lamentations The Concordia Commentary on Zechariah The Concordia Commentary on Isaiah 40-55 The Concordia Commentary on Isaiah 56-66 The Concordia Commentary on Jonah

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0:00.0	Issues etc.
0:01.0	A regular guest, Dr. Reid Lessing is the author of our book of the month for August.
0:05.2	Hope in the Wilderness, practical insights from the Book of Numbers.
0:09.4	Learn how the Book of Numbers is not merely a catalog of ancient census data, but a powerful
0:14.9	testimony to God's presence, provision, and promises in uncertain times.
0:20.8	Browse before you buy at Issue ZTC.org or call Concordia Publishing House 1-800-32530-40
0:27.4	and ask for the issues et cetera, book of the month, Hope in the Wilderness.
0:31.3	Music The book of numbers can kind of be divided into two.
0:50.1	The time that God's people spent there at Sinai with Moses surrounding the tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant,
0:59.3	and then the time when God got up in the form of that pillar of cloud by day and pillar of fire by night,
1:07.1	and began to lead them to the promised land.
1:15.2	We often think they were going to wonder for 40 years, and that was the plan, but it wasn't.
1:17.6	It was actually not the plan.
1:23.8	God wanted them in the land right away, but due to their faithfulness, there was 40 years of wondering.
1:26.3	Welcome back to Issues, Et cetera.
1:28.7	I'm Todd Wilkin, joining us for part two of our series on the Book of Numbers. Dr. Reed Lessing, he's Edwin F. and Esther Lash chair of Old Testament
1:33.8	Studies at Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota, author of The Issues, Et cetera, Book of the
1:39.1	Month for August Hope in the Wilderness. Practical insights from the Book of Numbers. Dr. Lessing, welcome back.
1:45.8	Good to be back with you, Todd. So what can you tell us about this ironic benediction that we find
1:52.5	there in the early chapters of Numbers? Yeah, it's good to get a context of what's going on here,
1:59.5	certainly before the Arotic benediction.
2:03.4	Aaron, Israel's first high priest, was guilty of gross and rampant idolatry, right?
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