Twelve Spies, Giants, and the Kingdom Lens – Torah Portion Shelach Lecha

Moses is commanded to send twelve spies (a leader from each tribe) into Canaan to reconnoiter the land and its bounties. After forty days, they return bearing a pomegranate, a fig, and a cluster of grapes so large that it needs to be carried on a pole by two people. Ten of the spies bring a report of the ferocious inhabitants of the land: giants and warriors that they believe would be too powerful to fight, a report that brings fear of the future conquest of Canaan. However, two of the spies, Joshua and Caleb (the only two Israelites of their generation who would actually enter the Promised Land), contradict the other ten reports by insisting that they will easily overcome the Canaanites as YAH is with them. The children of Israel bemoan their situation, crying that they would rather be back in Egypt, and so, due to their ingratitude and arrogant grumbling, YAH decrees that the people must now wander the desert for forty years, during which time the generation that was released from Egypt would all die, the only exceptions being Joshua and Caleb, blessed for their faith in YAH. Only those who were below the age of twenty at the time that this fearful ordinance was decreed would enter the promised land four decades later. Wracked with guilt, a group of Israelites attempt to storm the land without YAH going before them and are subsequently crushed in battle by Amalekite and Canaanite warriors. Following this, laws regarding certain offerings are given, along with a commandment to give a portion of any dough used to make bread to YAH as a consecrated offering. At this time, a man breaks the laws of Shabbat by collecting firewood and is thus executed. Finally, the law of the tzitzit is given, tassels that are tied onto the four corners of our garments to remind us every day of the covenant we have made with God to follow His ways. Torah Portion Shelach - "Send Forth" Numbers 13.1-15.41 Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:01:18 - The Real Issue: Rejecting God’s Promise 00:02:32 - The Fruit vs. The Giants 00:03:51 - The Tzitzit: Antidote for the Eyes 00:04:30 - Shelach Lecha in Hebrew 00:09:30 - Reading Numbers 13:1-33 00:13:50 - The Bad Report 00:16:22 - Overcome Evil with Good (Romans 12) 00:19:07 - The People Want to Stone Joshua and Caleb 00:20:24 - Rejecting God, Not Just Giants 00:22:27 - Luke 18: Will He Find Faith? 00:24:53 - Evidence in Hand, Unbelief in Heart 00:25:24 - The Grapevine, Pomegranate, Fig (All Point to Yeshua) 00:27:12 - The Bad Report Melted the People’s Hearts 00:31:25 - Bear Fruits Worthy of Repentance 00:36:27 - David and Goliath: Kingdom Lens 00:37:58 - Joel 2: Rend Your Heart, Not Your Garments 00:41:46 - “Explore with Your Eyes” (Numbers 13) 00:44:48 - The Eye as the Lamp of the Body (Matthew 6) 00:46:50 - Moses: “Bring Back the Fruit” 00:48:16 - Walk by Faith, Not by Sight 00:49:40 - Yeshua Is the True Vine 00:51:58 - Joshua’s Name Change (Hoshea to Yehoshua) 00:53:49 - The Pomegranate and Fig (Priesthood and World to Come) 00:57:03 - Keep Your Eyes on the Fruit, Not the Giants 00:59:47 - The Tzitzit: Look Upon the Commandments 01:00:34 - Do Not Explore After Your Own Heart 01:03:05 - God Is Faithful Despite Our Failings 01:04:07 - Isaiah 35: The Wilderness Shall Blossom 01:04:39 - Closing Prayer 01:06:19 - How to Support Almond House 01:09:12 - Almond House Posting Schedule Join Joe, Jakkie and Tommy as they deliver a message on the weekly Torah Portion, seeking Yeshua (Jesus) and His love on every page. Every Friday: 7pm UK • 2pm ET • 11am PT More Information Want to learn more? Visit us at https://www.almondhousefellowship.com Donations If you do find yourself tuning in to our ministry regularly, or are led, we ask that you consider tithing or giving an offering to help continue supporting this online content and to send the Gospel and His Torah to the four corners of the Earth. Give via PayPal https://paypal.me/almondhouse Give via Bank Transfer Alternatively, you can email us stating you would like to tithe or give an offering at: [email protected] And from there, we will send you our bank details. Find us on: Facebook -   / almondhousefellowship   Instagram -   / almondhousefellowship   Email - [email protected] Led to join us in person? Read our ministry's creed and fill in our form: https://almondhousefellowship.com/pag... Find Bible-inspired products at Almond House Market on the links below: Website: https://almondhousefellowship.com/col... Facebook -   / almondhousemarket   Instagram -   / almondhousemarket   Almond Grove Details Find the full details of how we aim to acquire a plot of land to create a generational ministry: https://www.gofundme.com/f/almond-gro...