balaam part 3

I read the end of the balaam story a few weeks ago
and unfortunately he died with the rest of the midianites.
I was hoping that he would turn out to be a good guy-
I was hoping that he would be the sorcerer that met God
and turned to know Him and serve Him;
but instead, he schemed against God and His people.
2 peter 2 says that balaam “loved the wages of wickedness.”


instead of making a curse on Israel,
balaam told the midianite women to seduce the Israelite men.
(revelation 2:4)
numbers 25 says that 24,000 israelite men fell for it
and were punished with death.


balaam didn’t need to use sorcery to beat Israel,
he used the power of sex and seduction instead.
and it turned out to be pretty effective against God’s people.
it still is, I guess.


what’s really cool is that dust press
just turned the story into a comic book
and it looks super cool.
here are some of the pages that I’ve seen so far:




















“the LORD your God would not listen to balaam
but turned the curse into a blessing for you,
because the LORD your God
loves you.”
-deuteronomy 23:5