{"id":9085,"date":"2016-07-21T06:28:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T13:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=9085"},"modified":"2016-07-21T06:28:45","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T13:28:45","slug":"shield-yourself-from-curses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/21\/shield-yourself-from-curses\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Shield Yourself from Curses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/21\/shield-yourself-from-curses\/men-and-shield\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9086\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9086\" src=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Shield-AdobeStock_65499335-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Men and shield\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Shield-AdobeStock_65499335-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Shield-AdobeStock_65499335-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Shield-AdobeStock_65499335-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Shield-AdobeStock_65499335-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Numbers 22:11\u201312, Dealing with curses from\u00a0the enemy.<\/b> Make no mistake about it, false prophets are neither the friends of YHVH nor his people. They are grievous wolves who hate YHVH\u2019s people and want their total destruction.<\/p>\n<p>For example, in verse\u202f11 Balak asks Balaam to pronounce a mild curse (<i>arah<\/i>) on Israel that would result simply in their being driven away, not on their being destroyed. But then notice in verse 17 how Balak employs a much stronger Hebrew expression (<i>kavah<\/i>) to curse Israel implying their total destruction, thus indicating Balaam\u2019s hatred for Israel (and his contempt for YHVH). In verse 12, YHVH uses the milder term to let Balaam know that even the mildest curse would not prevail against his people (<i>The ArtScroll Stone Edition Chumash,<\/i> p. 858).<\/p>\n<p>Do you walk so closely to YHVH in relationship with Yeshua and in his righteousness that you are protected from even the mildest curse directed at your from the enemy? Do you stay under the blood of Yeshua so that no spiritual darts of Satan can pierce your spiritual armor (Eph 6:16; Rev 12:11)? Do you take refuge perpetually under the shadow of the wings of the Almighty (Ps 91:1,\u20094)? How does the child of YHVH do this every day? Proverbs 26:2 states, \u201cAs the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.\u201d Do you have any \u201cspiritual doors\u201d open so that the Evil One has \u201clegal\u201d entrance into your life to attack you?<\/p>\n<p>The solution to the problem is to repent by turning from sin and then turn to Yeshua! Obey his Word so that you do not open yourself up to the curses for disobedience as mentioned in Deuteronomy\u00a028.<\/p>\n<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemory\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"Evernote.doClip({title: 'How to Shield Yourself from Curses',url: 'https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/21\/shield-yourself-from-curses\/',contentID: 'post-9085',suggestTags: 'Balaam,Curses,False Prophet,Numbers,Sin Judgment',providerName: 'Hoshana Rabbah Blog',styling: 'text' });return false\" class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryLink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.evernote.com\/article-clipper.png\" \nclass=\"evernoteSiteMemoryButton\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryClear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Numbers 22:11\u201312, Dealing with curses from\u00a0the enemy. Make no mistake about it, false prophets are neither the friends of YHVH nor his people. They are grievous wolves who hate YHVH\u2019s people and want their total destruction. For example, in verse\u202f11 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/21\/shield-yourself-from-curses\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[64],"tags":[317,570,577,138,1681],"class_list":["post-9085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-readings","tag-balaam","tag-curses","tag-false-prophet","tag-numbers","tag-sin-judgment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Shield Yourself from Curses | Hoshana Rabbah Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/21\/shield-yourself-from-curses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Shield Yourself from Curses | Hoshana Rabbah Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Numbers 22:11\u201312, Dealing with curses from\u00a0the enemy. 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