10/03/2025
10 March 2025
Maligning God’s anointed
Many Kush*tes (Ethiopians) lived in Egypt, and when the Israelites left Egypt, a number of them went with them, one dark-skinned Kush*te beauty caught Moses’ eye, so he took her for a wife, and Aaron and Miriam did not approve.
Numbers 12:1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
This was perhaps because it was Moses’ second non-Hebrew wife, and they publicly criticized him and challenged God’s prophet,
Numbers 12:2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.
Their intention was not simply to have equal authority, but to undermine Moses’ authority and take over leadership, God was upset, hence God’s question
Numbers 12:8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
God had already told the Israelites.
Exodus 22:28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
And this command still applies to Christians today, God still cautions.
1 Chronicles 16:22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.” And in the New Testament God instructed,
1 Timothy 5:19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
This does not mean you should take loyalty to leaders to an extreme and overlook glaring sins and faults, or be afraid to ask legitimate questions, but you should have a respectful attitude towards those who have oversight in your life.
Before you listen to accusations against leaders, and certainly before you pass them on to others, check throughly to make sure that they’re true, Amen.
Dr. Aubrey W Burger.
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