As we have earlier learned, when Israel occupied the Land of Promise a few "enemy" inhabitants remained. "Pockets" of resistance here and there. And the people of God were required "to separate themselves" from those wicked survivors of the Jewish … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA, CHAPTER 23, VERSE 8 … ON “CLEAVING” TO GOD!
Somehow we've slowed down a bit, traveling through the Book of Joshua! It's 23rd chapter has been amazing, in its practicality especially. Today we've come to verse 8: "But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day." Again, … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA, CHAPTER 23, VERSE 7, PART OF IT ANYWAY!
One line, one clause really from Joshua chapter 23 nearly "arrested" my attention this morning! Here God's faithful leader (Joshua) is charging the Israelites to continue living for the Lord, obeying His Word diligently. Then comes the warning! … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA, CHAPTER 23, VERSES 2 AND 3
Joshua was once young (as in Exodus 33:11) but now has grown old (Joshua 13:1 and 23:1) and tired, or literally worn (out) ... (here said to be "stricken in age," perhaps due to the heavy responsibility of leading Israel as commander of her armed … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA, CHAPTER 23, VERSE 1, “AGED!”
Sometimes it is called the "penultimate," the next-to-last chapter of a book. In Latin (of course) the term means "almost the last." And that's a good description of Joshua 23, with only 16 verses. Here's the first verse, which supplies us with a … [Continue reading]
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