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JOSHUA: GOD IS SALVATION (PART SEVEN)

BUT WE SEE JESUS In the second chapter of Hebrews, Paul refers to the writer of Psalm 8 when he says, "One in a certain place testified, saying, 'What is man that You are mindful of him?'" (2:6 NKJV).  He then goes on to describe how God made man lower than the angels in might and strength, but then crowned him with glory and honor by setting him over all the works of His creation and becoming so involved in man's affairs (v. 7).  But then the psalmist writes, "You have put everything in subjection under his feet."  This is a powerful statement.  When God says everything, He excludes nothing.  God has said that everything is in subjection to you and me.  There is nothing that we do not have power over in Christ Jesus!  Verse eight continues, however, by saying, "But now we see not yet all things put under him [man] ."  These verses remind me of Joshua and the Israelites' plight.  God said Jericho was theirs, but they did not yet see the...
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JOSHUA: GOD IS SALVATION (PART SIX)

“Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.  And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour." (Joshua 6:1, 2).   Jericho was Israel's first real test of faith after God delivered them across the swollen waters of the Jordan River.  Considered to be the oldest inhabited city in the world, Jericho sat just west of the Jordan River on an ancient trade route that led to Damascus.  It was strategically situated at the pass that led up to the central highlands that ran north and south along the heart of Canaan, and was well fortified against its enemies.  It had a double wall that was 30 feet tall.  The outer wall was 6 feet thick, and after a space of 15 feet, the inner wall was 12 feet thick.  These walls were massive and virtually impervious to frontal assault.  Once Jericho was conquered, Israel would be able t...
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JOSHUA: GOD IS SALVATION (PART FIVE)

CIRCUMCISION OF THE HEART "At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.   And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel.”   (Joshua 5:2, 3).   Male circumcision may seem like a primitive - even barbarous - act.   To cut away the flesh of a child and discard it when he is eight days old is a violent exercise that results in pain and shedding of blood.   When Moses' wife Zipporah witnessed it, she said to her husband, "A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision." (Exodus 4:26).   Despite this, God chose circumcision as a sign of the covenant that God made with Abraham, and later, with the children of Israel.   " This is My covenant, which ye shall keep, between Me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.   And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of t...
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