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Deuteronomy Chapter 2 "The Command to Go Up [1-3]." "The obedience to Pass Over [4-37]. " This
Bible Study is written by Roger Christopherson, and it's
transcription/ location Deuteronomy 2:1 "Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days." This is a continuation of the first chapter, so when Moses is saying, "Then we turned", he is bringing us back up to that time in this writing. This showed an act of obedience to God because they are coming back to where they were suppose to be. Deuteronomy 2:2 "And the Lord spake unto me, saying," Deuteronomy 2:3 " `Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward." The children of Israel were to the south of Sinai, camped by the Red sea some forty years prior, so when they turned north from this location, they would be heading right through the land of Edom where the Edomites were. These Edomites are the children of Esau, the twin brother of Jacob. Just north of the land of Edom was the land of Moab, and it was in Moab where the Israelites had gathered together, listening to Moses giving this instruction which we call the book of Deuteronomy. Deuteronomy 2:4 "And command thou the People, saying, `Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:" "Esau" in the Hebrew means "red", and they were the Edomites. These people many years later migrated to the far north and are called the "Russian people" of today. They migrated just as the children of the House of Israel migrated, and to this day, the Israelites are know as the Caucasians, after their migrations through the Caucasus mountains, and to many parts in western Europe, and elsewhere. When you use the name "Seir", it is interchangeable with the name "Edom" or "Esau". God warned the Israelites that much was said of them that caused the people of Edom or Esau to become afraid of them. This is why God warned the Israelites to be careful of what you do and say when you are in their midst. Deuteronomy 2:5 "Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breath; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession." The possession of the good land that was promised to Abraham would have been Esau's land, for he was the first born son of the twins. Genesis 25:24 "And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb." Genesis 25:25 "And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau [Red]." Genesis 25:26 "And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold of Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was three score years old when she bare them." Many years later it became apparent exactly what Esau thought of God's blessing promises that were given to Abraham, when he sold them for a bowl of pottage. Then in verse thirty we read; "And Esau said to Jacob, "Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint:" therefore was his name called Edom." " Genesis 25:31 "And Jacob said, "Sell me this day thy birthright." " Genesis 25:32 "And Esau said, "Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?" Genesis 25:33 "And Jacob said, "Swear to me this day;" and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob." So now some three hundred years later this land of Seir, or Edom that is on the east side of Jordan, is filled with the desert sand. This is where Esau's children claimed to be their home. The promised land flowing with milk and honey on the other side of the Jordan, and it is where God is taking the children of Israel. So God is telling Moses and the Israelites to leave their brothers of Edom alone, and be on your way. Deuteronomy 2:6 "Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink." God is telling the Israelites not to be sidetracked in this land of the brethren, but buy what you need and move on. The word "buy" as used here for water is different in the text from the "buy" that they are to do with money for food. To buy the food or meat uses an entirely different word, than how they are to obtain their water. The Word in the Hebrew comes from the prime # 3738, "Karah, to dig, to bore, (planning implied in a bargan)." Water in the desert land was a precious commodity, and though their brethren the Edomites had the food to sell, but God did not want the Israelites to use their water. They were to bargain to dig their own wells, to supply themselves with water. Of course after the Israelites had moved through the land of Seir, the wells would be left for the Edomites. Don't be a burden to your brothers. To have water is to have life, for it was as precious then as it is today. There are no free passes in this life given out by God. What you have, you earn, what you spend, you work for and that includes the digging of your wells for the water that you will drink. This is the lesson that God is giving to these Israelites. It applies today as much as it did in Moses day. The common thought today is that if you call yourself a Christian, it gives you the right to be a free-loader on everybody. God does not consider His people second class citizens that others have to provide for, He expects us to carry our own weight. This is not directed to the aged, and those physically and mentally not able to care for themselves. Deuteronomy 2:7 "For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: He knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the Lord thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.' ' " "The works of thy hand" are what you do to earn a living with. It is what do to earn your living to buy those things that are needed to fill your needs. As these Children of Israel walked for forty years though the desert lands, and faced all sorts of obstacles, God saw to it that they lacked nothing. They had quil to eat, and water when it was needed. A pillar of fire by night, and a cloud by day to lead them in their way. God even filled their wagons with great wealth from Egypt before they started this forty year journey, to give them the money to buy what was needed.. When you learn to live and rely on the Lord, then He provides for those things that you need. He cares for you, and takes care of those thing that are unforeseen by you. He cares for you every moment of the day, every day of the week. Deuteronomy 2:8 "And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab." "Ezion-gaber" is a town that was located at the extreme north end of the Red sea. When you go northward from there, you see the land of Edom, and north of Edom is the land of Moab. This is the travel plan that God routed out of Moses and the tribes of Israel. Moab is the land that was given by God to Lot's children. Deuteronomy 2:9 "And the Lord said unto me, `Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.' " God instructed Moses not to distress the Moabites, these are the offspring of Lot's children by his daughters, after they had left Sodom and the Sodomites were destroyed by God for their great sinfulness. Remember back a forty years prior, the Israelites thought there were giants in the land, and they build images in their minds as to how these people were. The images that were in their minds became the barrier to their proceeding, and not the people and their walls, for God had already removed that threat from the promised land. They lost their trust in God and their faith in the protection that they had learned to depend on. The Israelites turned their trust to their own selves and God allowed it. God also allowed them to go down in defeat. God knew what the enemy had and He also knew what the Israelites had, and God warned them. You see, God made a promise to Lot and his children also, and the land of Moab was given over to the Moabites. When you go against something that God has already committed, you are going to lose. Lot's family are kin, cousins to the Israelites, and they should be approached as friends. This applies to us today, my friend, when you are in God's Word and following His instructions, there are no giants in the land. God was going to give them the victory, and they did not trust God's promises, so those promises were withdrawn. What was done against the Moabites, came after the mistrust entered their hearts and minds. Deuteronomy 2:10 "The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;" Now when the entire generation that lost their trust in God had passed away, their children are standing before Moses and getting the truth of the events of the past. Moses is giving them a brush up course in recent history. The "Emims" translated from the Hebrew are the "terrible ones". They were the left over offspring from the second influx of the fallen angels. They were part of the race called the "Nephilims", and were the giants of Abraham's day. However, what happened to the Emims and the Anakims? This is several hundred years later, and God removed them from the promise land. The Companion Bible, Appendix 23 gives us a complete study on "The Nephilims" and the reasons for the influx by Satan and these fallen angels. Deuteronomy 2:11 "Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims." A long time before God released the Israelites from their bondage to the Egyptians, God drove these Emims out of the land, and they had degenerated to a state of being far from what they use to be in father Abraham's day. The giants were not in the land and the Israelites were spending forty years wandering because their distrust in God. This distrust was the cause the land to be withheld from that defiant generation. Moses is recalling this fact to their children just prior to their going in to take the land, so they do not make the same mistake as their fathers did. Deuteronomy 2:12 "The Horims also dwelt in Seir before times; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Isreal did unto the land of his possession which the Lord gave unto them." "Seir" again is the land of Edom, and the "Horims" dwelt in the land of the Edomites [Edom] before these Edomites, only God allowed the children of Esau to take the land. Remember from the fifth verse, that God said; "Because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession." Moses is reminding these Israelites that Esau did not mistrust God and went in and took the land from the "Horims", even though their own parents did not take the land that God had given to them. Moses is talking here about how Abraham was given the land, and it goes a little deeper than is on the surface here. These "Nephilim" or giants that Abraham faced and overcame, had many tribal family names. They were called "Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Rephaims, Girgashites" and so on, and God promised Abraham the land that they had take up. Mixed in with these Nephilim were the Kenites, the sons of Cain, who is the offspring of the sexual relationship of Satan and Eve in the garden of Eden. These great conflicts that we see here and else where in the bible were all part of Satan's attempt to prevent the coming of the Seed of the woman, the Redeemer, as foretold in Genesis 3:15. Genesis 3:15 "And I [God] will put enmity between thee [Satan] and the woman [Eve], and between thy seed [the Kenites] and her Seed [Jesus Christ]; It [Christ] shall bruise thy [Satan's] head, and thou [Satan] shalt bruise His [Christ's] heel." This promise was give to man prior to the flood of Noah's day, and as soon as God revealed that the Seed, Jesus Christ, would come through the seed of Abraham, there was another irruption by those "sons of God", or fallen angels, to destroy the blood line of the family that the Messiah would come through. These were the children of those giants that were in the land. Only we know that God removed Jacob, or Israel and his entire family from the land of Canaan for several hundred years, while he was taking care of those giants, or offspring of the fallen angels that had filled the land. We know that when God revealed to David that this Seed would be born through his blood line, through "the seed of Jesse", that there was also an attack on the royal blood line of David. The last attack on the blood line of the family that would bring forth the promised Redeemer was when Herod ordered that all the children under two years of age be destroyed, however God revealed Herod's plan to Joseph in a dream, and Joseph took Mary and the baby Jesus and went down to Egypt to escape Satan's attack. These progeny, called "Nephilim" and translated "giants" were these monsters of iniquity, for they were superhuman in size and character. God destroyed them, first by flood, and later by such things as battles, famine and so on. Destroying these half-breeds to humanity was the sole purpose of the flood of Noah's day. So this is what Moses is talking about when he stated, "when they had destroyed them from before, and dwelt in their stead..." When God told them that the giants had already been defeated, go in and take the land...they simply did not believe and trust God to be truthful with them. Deuteronomy 2:13 " `Now rise up', said I, `and get you over the brook Zered.' And we went over the brook Zered." Deuteronomy 2:14 "And the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the Lord sware unto them." It will always happen exactly as God swears that it will be. God said after their rebellion that they were going to be wandering for the forty years and that is exactly what happened. It took thirty eight years to get the Israelites to finally believe and trust in God. Do you believe? Do your trust in the promises that God gives you in His word, or are you seeking some other way, some image or tradition that some man has created? Is God's Word what you put in the foreground, or are you trusting in man's traditions that go against what God's Word says will happen? Friend, you can believe what your Heavenly Father promises you. As long as you keep your end of the bargain, you can count on Him keeping His. Deuteronomy 2:15 "For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed." When God's hand is against you, you are in serious trouble. When the people of Israel stopped trusting in the Lord, God turned against them. Deuteronomy 2:16 "So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the People," Deuteronomy 2:17 "That the Lord spake unto me, saying," It took thirty eight years of wandering, and forty years from their departure for Egypt for the generation that mistrusted the Lord to die off. Deuteronomy 2:18 "Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:" This is God's instructions to Moses, and he was instructed to pass through this city, on the coast of Moab. The instructions were to pack up and leave now. Deuteronomy 2:19 "And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession." Some thirty eight years prior this message of Moses, the children of Israel were to move against Ammon from Kadesh-barnea. They refused to obey God at Moses command, so when they finally started out on their journey, God ordered Moses to skirt Ammon, and the Ammonites, and leave them alone. The people obeyed Moses on this command. Deuteronomy 2:20 "(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;" "The Zamzummims" translated into English is "the noisy terrible ones". Deuteronomy 2:21 "A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the Lord destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:" Remember that the "Anakims" were the offspring of the second influx of the fallen angels. They were the giants of a superhuman body, and God did away with them before the time the Israelites moved into the promise land. They were part of the ones that were also called "Nephilim". It was God that destroyed these giants, and He will give us victory in our lives also when we claim those promises for ourselves. There are no giants in this world for Christians. Deuteronomy 2:22 "As He did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when He destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:" God just didn't give his protection to the children of Ammon as He gave His protection to the children of Esau also. Remember that the words "Seir" and "Edom" are interchangeable. Again these "Horims" were part of the Nephilim, the mixture of the fallen angels mixing and marrying with the daughters of men. God is saying through Moses, that it would be the same for the Israelites had they dwelt with these people and participated in the mixing with these giants. Though there have been several influxes of fallen angels with mankind, very shortly there will be another visitation here on earth with fallen angels, and we must be on guard against them. There is a war in heaven going on right now and that war will end with Michael and his angels casting Satan and his angels out onto the earth. When this happens it will be the start of the reign of the Antichrist, for Satan is the Antichrist. When Satan comes he will bring all of the fallen angels with him. Revelation 12:7 "And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels," Revelation 12:8 "And prevailed not, neither was there place found any more in heaven." Revelation 12:9 "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." If this passage sounds like it was history as it is written, you must remember that John was writing and was viewing the events from the "day of the Lord". John was brought to the final day of this earth age of the flesh, on the day of the sounding of the seventh trumpet, and these thing had already happened at that point in time. This is describing the things that are going to happen in our generation, when the sixth trumpet sounds, and the time of the great tribulation or deception takes place. Then on that day, we will see another coming of fallen angels, just as recorded in Genesis 6, and also the second influx of Abraham's day. God is warning us to wake up and pay attention to what is going on so that we are not deceived by them and their words and acts. They are not human, but superhuman, and Satan will be given the power to do supernatural act. Satan and the fallen angels like human beings, for we are created in their image. This also documents that God is willing to allow you to waste your entire life away as did that generation of the Israelites in the wilderness. God will allow you to make your life meaningless and worthless, with regards to eternity. It is your choice for God will allow you to mess up your life if you so choose. However, when you learn to trust Him and believe and study His Word, God will take care of those giants that put themselves in your path. The giants that we have today and in the form of problems that seem insurmountable to a person facing them alone. Within His Word and through the instruction and leading of His Spirit, God gives you the knowledge to know how to do those things that are possible, and the other things He handles for you. Deuteronomy 2:23 "And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim even unto Azah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)" "The Avims" are another tribe of the Nephilims. "Hazerim" simply means the "villages" while "Azah" is the place we call the "Gaza strip" today. These "Caphtorims" were the people of Caphtor, also of the Nephilims but not giants, and God allowed one Nephilim tribe to destroy the other tribe. These are all the progeny of the fallen angels, of the second influx. The Companion Bible speaks specifically of these peoples, and addresses each of these influxes. So what Moses is telling these Israelites standing before him that even forty years before this time, these giants had already been conquered by these people. Though these were not the giants, they destroyed the giants and removed them from the promise land. There are no giants out there in the land that you will go in and possess. Moses is trying to dispel any images and rumors that might creep into the minds of the Israelites that the giants are still there, because they are destroyed. God told their fathers that He had already cleared the land of those giants, and they chose not to believe God and trust His Word. Many Christians today say they believe God, but when you put them to the test, their actions prove differently. When certain problem come into their lives, instead of taking it to the Lord and trusting Him for guidance, they show their lack of faith. If you are in God's will, you know that it will be provided, and if it isn't in God's will, you don't want it anyway. Deuteronomy 2:24 " `Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle." "Heshbon" means stronghold, and it is very near mount Nebo. God is giving Moses specific instruction for the start of the taking of the promise land, for the Israelites are now told to do battle with king Sihon the Amorite, and take the land and possess it. Heshbon is where the final crossing will be, in the battle of Jericho. However, before Jericho is taken, God will deliver the land of Moab into the hand of the Israelites. The tribes of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh will be given these lands of the Amorites and Ammonites for their possession after the promise land has been taken. Moses is letting the Israelites know the final results before they even go into battle. God has assured them that He will give the battle into their hands. Deuteronomy 2:25 "This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.' " God is telling the Israelites that He is going to make the people world wide respect and revere you. When the enemy hears that you are coming toward them, they will fear and tremble at the thought of you. God is saying that what ever they want, they will get. God's children will be able to do what ever they want to do, as long as they are within the will of God. Even when Satan is in control in this final generation, God has given His elect power over Satan and the enemy, and we will always have it. There is one thing that you must have before you can have this power, and that is faith. You have to know that God's Word is true, and then act upon it. Deuteronomy 2:26 "And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying," Moses is speaking to the Israelites of what he will do to take the land, before the battle with king Sihon begins. "Kedemoth" in the Hebrew means "beginnings", and this was the beginning of the taking of the promise land. It started on the east side of the Jordan. The point to take notice of here is that the battle started with words of peace. Moses knew that they would have no problem defeating this king, however he felt that he would first offer the words of peace, and give him a chance to save their lives. Deuteronomy 2:27 " `Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left." The offer that Moses is making to king Sihon goes against what God had just told Moses in verse twenty four, for Moses is telling the king that the Israelites will just pass right through the land, and leave them alone. Remember that God told them, "Behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: Begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle." Deuteronomy 2:28 "Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;" Moses is not leaving the choice up to Sihon whether the Israelites will pass through or not. Moses is now pushing king Sihon to the limit, and God is going to harden Sihon's heart to where he will absolutely not let the Israelites pass. Do you see what is happening? It will be Sihon that declares war on Moses and the Israelites, not Israelites on the people of Heshbon. Deuteronomy 2:29 "(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us.' " Notice that this verse is in parentheses here, for it is a reminder to king Sihon of what happened in Seir, with the children of Esau. Moses is bringing up the fact that this is exactly what the Israelites did with the Edomites, and the Moabites and it worked out well in those areas. Moses let king Sihon know that the destination of the Israelites was the land of Canaan, on the other side of the Jordan. Even though Moses had the power and the commission to destroy these people, he held out a hand in peace before he took any action. This is a good practice even today, and then when the hand of peace is not accepted, this is what you do. Deuteronomy 2:30 "But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day." Our heavenly Father is in complete control, and it was God that hardened king Sihon's heart. Though we are to seek peace, if the battle has to be fought and within the will of God, God will set the minds of the enemy to where the battles must be fought. Then He will deliver the enemy into our hands. God wanted these misfits out of the way and the lives of His people, and they must be destroyed. If you do not understand why God wanted these offspring of the angels destroyed, then you do not understand why the angels came to earth in the first place. The broke every rule that God gave in His plan, and left their place of habitation for the sole purpose of destroying the innocence of mankind. Man is in the flesh so that each soul could come to this earth and be born innocent, born through the womb, and in the water [the birthing bag]. Each soul would be innocient of their actions before; in that first earth age when Satan rebelled and one third of all souls went and followed him. Then through the seed of Adam and Eve [Seth] would come the Christ child, the Deliverer, through the lineage of the women from Mothers Eve to the virgin Mary, Emmanuel [Christ with us] would be born and bring salvation to the world. Though Moses offered this offspring of the fallen angels a peace offering, God made this kings heart obstinate, and caused there to be such friction that there simply was no common ground for peace. When Moses made the offering of peace, he knew that it would be refused, because God had just told him that king Sihon would be destroyed and the Israelites would take possession of their lands. Deuteronomy 2:31 "And the Lord said unto me, `Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.' " There is a map at the close of this chapter that shows the land that God is giving to the children of Israel, and another showing the route that the children of Israel took in their wanderings. This land was given for the taking with God permission. Deuteronomy 2:32 "Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz." Just south of the city Heshbon, is this city of Jahaz, and that is where all of the people under King Sihon came to make their stand against the Israelites. It is interesting that the name "Jahaz" translated means "trodden down", and this is the place where Sihon and his people will be destroyed. Deuteronomy 2:33 "And the Lord our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people." Deuteronomy 2:34 "And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:" These men women and children were the offspring to those fallen angels, and they were the one to infiltrate into God's people and pollute the linage that Christ would come through. They were the ones doing Satan's dirty work here on earth. God simply did not want the mixture of these people with his people. This is the same reason that God sent the flood of Noah's day, and destroyed also every man woman and child that lived also, and it was because the blood line, the pedigree of the men and woman was getting to the point of destroying the plan of God completely. Genesis 6:4 "There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same because mighty men which were of old, men of renown." The word "children" is not in the manuscripts, but were added by the translators, for they were on children of men, but hybrids that were not of any human being. This was the first influx of fallen angels, and we see what God did to them in verse seven. Genesis 6:7 "And the Lord said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth Me that I have made them." Genesis 6:8 "But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord." The reason for this is found in the blood line, the pedigree of Noah and his family. Genesis 6:9 "These are THE GENERATIONS OF NOAH: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God." As we covered earlier, "The Generation" in the Hebrew manuscripts is "toledoth", and it is only used in reference to family history, or lineage of the individual. With respect to the Generations or lineage of Noah, God found them "perfect" and in the manuscripts, it reads "tamim" which means "without blemish as to breed or pedigree". So when God destroyed the people from off the face of the earth, he destroyed those that were blemished and were the offspring and lineage with the fallen angels. God destroyed all the people, men, women and their babies that were also corrupted by these Nephilim. This is why God also wanted Moses and the Israelites to also destroy those of the same polluted bloodlines that the people prior to the flood had, for after the flood another influx of fallen angels came to again pollute the lineage that the Christ child would come through. It is important to understand why this destruction was necessary, or you will developed wrong conclusions within your mind. God did not want the intermingling to pollute the lineage of the Christ child, and that is exactly what would have happened if they would have been allow to coexist and intermarry with God's people. God is completely fair in all that He does, and Jude 6 lets us know exactly what will be done with these misfits that refuse to come to earth as God required in his plan, but came to earth on their own accord. Jude 6 "But the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, He hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day." All souls must pass through this earth age but once. There is no such thing a reincarnation, for what happens during that thought process is that the person has opened his or her mind to evil spirits that have possessed another person at some prior date. That person has allowed their thought process to be controlled by that "familiar spirit", demon, or evil spirit. However, the fallen angels that did come to earth in both the influxes, will be held in for judgment for their sinful act against God and His plan. So this is why God demanded of Moses that he take not even one child that could reproduce and continue the blood line, and mix with God's people the tribes of the Jacob, called Israel. God is completely fair and on judgment day all things will be made right. Paul points out in Romans 9 is that the lot that falls on all beings, whether angel or human, was determined by what happened in that first earth age. What a soul did in the first earth age is what causes that soul to be in a Kenite body, or of the lineage of Jacob, or one of the nations. There is salvation in all three camps if that soul will turn to our Heavenly Father. Deuteronomy 2:35 "Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took." The Israelites had been on the road for the past forty years, and it was time to enter into the promise land. They were in need of many things and these were provided to them when they finished off the people of Heshbon. Deuteronomy 2:36 "From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the Lord our God delivered all unto us:" Once you reach Gilead, you have reached the extreme northern part of where the Israelites would travel before crossing over Jordan and entering into the promise land. Notice that God is giving the land on both sides of the Jordan, and the east side has been taken prior to the crossing of the Jordan river. Deuteronomy 2:37 "Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the Lord our God forbad us." This is where people get into trouble, when they set out to go against God's plan. When Israelites will later try to take these areas that God said to stay away from they will lose their battles. God said, leave the children of Ammon alone and the land over against the river Jabbok, and their cities in the mountains, and all the other lands that God had given to other people that He has warned you about in His Word. God has His reasons for setting certain peoples aside to be part of God's plan at another time. This reaches right to our present generation, and the nations of the earth, and their alignment in the final generation. Remember that when God told the people of Ammon and Esau to move against these giants, they march, and God gave them the victory. Along with the victory, He gave them lands and promises also, and God expects His people to respect those promises that were given. What they have is theirs for they earned it in their obedience to God in removing the giants from off the lands. God applies this same attitude to your obedience to Him, and when He blesses you, He also will give you the protection just like He gave to the Children of Ammon and Esau. When you follow God and His Word and ask Him to bless you and your family, you are being given the same protection that God gave to these other two nations, of the children of Esau, the brother of Jacob, and of Ammon, the offspring of Lot.
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