Post Archive
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Impatience and Loss: Joshua 8:2
“You will destroy them as you destroyed Jericho and its king. But this time you may keep the plunder and the livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the town.”” – Joshua 8:2 NLT This is sad for Aachan. Though it was not guaranteed, if he had waited for a little while he would have
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The Blame Game: Joshua 7:7-11
“Then Joshua cried out, “Oh, Sovereign Lord, why did you bring us across the Jordan River if you are going to let the Amorites kill us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side! Lord, what can I say now that Israel has fled from its enemies? For when the Canaanites
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Difficult Faith: Joshua 6:20-21, Joshua 6:24, and Ephesians 2:8-9
“When the people heard the sound of the rams’ horns, they shouted as loud as they could. Suddenly, the walls of Jericho collapsed, and the Israelites charged straight into the town and captured it. They completely destroyed everything in it with their swords—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep, goats, and donkeys.”. – Joshua
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Holy Ground, Sandals, and Research: Joshua 5:15, Exodus 3:2-5, and Exodus 30:18-21
“The commander of the Lord’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did as he was told.” – Joshua 5:15 NLT A similar instance occurred with Moses in Exodus: “There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the middle
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Weaning: Joshua 5:12 and 1 Corinthians 3:1-3
“No manna appeared on the day they first ate from the crops of the land, and it was never seen again. So from that time on the Israelites ate from the crops of Canaan.” – Joshua 5:12 NLT Really heavily reminds me of a baby weaning from its mothers breast milk, or maybe a person
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Learning from Mistakes: Joshua 4:12-13 and Proverbs 1:5-7
“The armed warriors from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh led the Israelites across the Jordan, just as Moses had directed. These armed men—about 40,000 strong—were ready for battle, and the Lord was with them as they crossed over to the plains of Jericho.” – Joshua 4:12-13 NLT Ah, it looks
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Joshua 3:13
“The priests will carry the Ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth. As soon as their feet touch the water, the flow of water will be cut off upstream, and the river will stand up like a wall.””- Joshua 3:13 NLT As I said yesterday, God is extremely powerful and we need
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