"Then Balak’s anger was aroused against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, 'I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have bountifully blessed them these three times!'" v.10
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Two more attempts, four total, to curse Israel and ends up blessing Israel. Balak is really mad now at Balaam. "From Balak's perspective, with each successive prophecy from Balaam, the situation has gotten worse. In the first prophecy, you remember, Balaam didn't curse Israel as he was supposed to. In the second prophecy he blessed Israel. Now in the third prophecy he curses Balak! So it's getting worse and worse from Balak's perspective." (Reviveourhearts.com). Balak is so mad that he just tells Balaam to go home basically, but instead of departing right away he stays for one more prophesy. Balaam stops now trying to attempt to curse and says he must do what the Lord desires to do in blessing Israel, so he goes one last time to look over Israel and speaks words of blessings again. In his fourth prophecy we even see prophecy of the Messiah in verse seventeen of a "Star" come out of Jacob and a "scepter" come out of Israel, both fitting images of a king.
When have you seen someone finally give in to fighting against God and start fighting for God?
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