The Parting of Balaam and Balak: God Defeats Evil Designs
When Balaam rose up and returned to his place, and Balak went his way, two conspirators departed having utterly failed in their designs against Israel....
This is historical examples on god's sovereignty over evil and divine disappointment of wicked schemes, drawing on Leviticus 24:25.
When Balaam rose up and returned to his place, and Balak went his way, two conspirators departed having utterly failed in their designs against Israel. This separation reveals three profound truths about Yahweh's sovereignty. First, Balaam and Balak parted with characters modified by their association with each other—neither emerged unchanged from their collusion. Second, though they parted in this life, they will meet again in the great hereafter, where all accounts are settled: tempter and tempted, oppressor and oppressed, companions in evil and companions in noble enterprise.…
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