Joshua sent two spies to check out Jericho. Just a quick peek at the area and especially the city they would face first. Not out of fear but out of preparation. The last time we were together Joshua told the people to get ready because they were going over the Jordan in three days. I’m […]
God told Joshua to get ready to go. Now Joshua tells the people this same thing. “Within three days you are to pass over this Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess” (verse 10). Joshua isn’t wasting any time thinking over the […]
This is one of my favorite bible stories. It is the power of the Lord to do the impossible. Israel takes a walled city with the sound of the trumpet and the shout of triumph!
Joshua and the Israelites are on the west bank of the Jordan. They are hanging out and healing from the men’s ordeal and celebrating God’s Passover. Biding their time and waiting on the Lord. God hasn’t called the people into war yet with the inhabitants of the land. Israel knows it’s coming but not the […]
The people remember the deliverance of the Lord with the Passover. This is the first Passover in the Promised Land and the final night of manna from the Lord’s table. It has been a busy time in the new land for Israel. They entered the Promised Land on the tenth day of the first month. […]
