Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Numbers 27:15-23
by: Dale E. Rood.
One of the things that is important in leadership is whether or not the people will follow their leader. The Lord is recognizing this by asking Moses to commission Joshua to assume some of his leadership responsibility (v. 20). A primary purpose of installations, inaugurations, commissionings, and the like is to cause a group of people to recognize the authority of their leader and submit to it. What means of transferring authority are used today in our nation? What means of transferring authority are used today in our churches?