Thursday, December 1, 2016

Joshua’s First Battle, Jericho

Joshua 1:1-11

AFTER The Death OF Moses, The Servant OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty), IT CAME TO PASS, THAT THE LORD (GOD Almighty) SPOKE TO Joshua, The Son OF Nun, Moses’ Assistant, SAYING: “Moses, My Servant IS DEAD.  Now Therefore, ARISE, GO OVER THIS Jordan (The Jordan River), YOU (Joshua) AND All THIS People, TO The Land Which I AM GIVING TO Them, The Children OF Israel.

EVERY PLACE That The Sole OF Your Foot WILL TREAD UPON, I HAVE GIVEN YOU, AS I SAID TO Moses.  FROM The Wilderness AND THIS Lebanon, AS FAR AS The Great River, The River Euphrates, All The Land OF The Hittites, AND TO The Great Sea TOWARD The Going Down OF The Sun, Shall BE Your Territory.  NO Man Shall BE ABLE TO STAND BEFORE YOU (Joshua) All The Days OF Your Life; AS I WAS WITH Moses, SO I WILL BE WITH YOU (Joshua).  I WILL NOT Leave YOU NOR Forsake YOU.  BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE, FOR TO THIS People (The Children OF Israel) YOU Shall DIVIDE, AS AN INHERITANCE, The Land Which I SWORE TO Their Fathers TO GIVE Them.

ONLY BE STRONG AND VERY COURAGEOUS, That YOU MAY OBSERVE TO DO According TO All The Law (The Old Covenant), Which Moses, My Servant, COMMANDED YOU; DO NOT TURN FROM IT (The Old Covenant), TO The Right Hand OR TO The Left, That YOU MAY PROSPER WHEREVER YOU GO.  THIS BOOK OF THE LAW (The Old Covenant) Shall NOT DEPART FROM Your Mouth, BUT YOU Shall MEDITATE IN IT, Day AND Night, That YOU MAY OBSERVE TO DO According TO All That IS WRITTEN IN IT (The Old Covenant).  FOR THEN, YOU WILL MAKE Your Way PROSPEROUS, AND THEN, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD SUCCESS.  HAVE I NOT COMMANDED YOU (Joshua)?  BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE; DO NOT BE AFRAID, NOR BE DISMAYED, FOR THE LORD Your GOD (GOD Almighty) IS WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO.”

THEN, Joshua COMMANDED The Officers OF The People, SAYING, “PASS THROUGH The Camp AND Command The People, Saying, ‘Prepare Provisions FOR Yourselves, FOR WITHIN Three (3) Days, YOU WILL CROSS OVER THIS Jordan (The Jordan River), TO GO IN TO POSSESS The Land, Which THE LORD Your GOD (GOD Almighty) IS GIVING YOU TO POSSESS.’”

Joshua 5:13-15

AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN Joshua WAS BY Jericho, That He (Joshua) LIFTED His Eyes AND LOOKED, AND Behold, A Man (GOD Almighty’s Holy Angel) STOOD OPPOSITE Him (Joshua) WITH His Sword DRAWN IN His Hand.  AND Joshua WENT TO Him AND SAID TO Him, “ARE YOU FOR Us OR For Our Adversaries?”  SO He SAID, “NO, BUT AS COMMANDER OF THE ARMY OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty) I HAVE NOW COME.”  AND Joshua FELL ON His Face TO The Earth AND Worshiped, AND SAID TO Him, “WHAT DOES My Lord SAY TO His Servant?”  THEN, THE COMMANDER OF THE LORD’s ARMY SAID TO Joshua, “TAKE Your Sandal OFF Your Foot, FOR THE PLACE WHERE YOU (Joshua) STAND IS HOLY.”  AND Joshua DID SO.

Joshua 6:1-27

Now Jericho WAS SECURELY SHUT UP, BECAUSE OF The Children OF Israel; NONE WENT OUT, AND NONE CAME IN.  AND The LORD (GOD Almighty) SAID TO Joshua: “SEE!  I HAVE GIVEN Jericho INTO Your Hand, Its King, AND The Mighty Men of Valor.  YOU Shall MARCH AROUND The City (Jericho), All YOU Men of War; YOU Shall GO All Around The City ONCE.  THIS YOU Shall DO Six (6) Days.  AND Seven (7) Priests Shall BEAR Seven (7) Trumpets OF Rams’ Horns BEFORE THE ARK.  BUT The Seventh (7th) Day, YOU Shall MARCH AROUND The City Seven (7) Times, AND The Priests Shall BLOW The Trumpets.  IT Shall COME TO PASS, WHEN They MAKE A LONG BLAST WITH The Ram’s Horn, AND WHEN YOU HEAR The SOUND OF The Trumpet, That ALL The People Shall SHOUT WITH A GREAT SHOUT; THEN, The Wall OF The City (Jericho) WILL FALL DOWN FLAT.  AND The People Shall GO UP EVERY Man STRAIGHT BEFORE Him.”

THEN, Joshua, The Son OF Nun, CALLED The Priests AND SAID TO Them, “TAKE UP THE ARK OF THE COVENANT, AND LET Seven (7) Priests BEAR Seven (7) Trumpets OF Rams’ Horns BEFORE THE ARK OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty).”  AND He (Joshua) SAID TO The People, “PROCEED, AND MARCH AROUND The City (Jericho), AND LET Him, Who IS ARMED, ADVANCE BEFORE THE ARK OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty).”

SO IT WAS, WHEN Joshua Had SPOKEN TO The People, That The Seven (7) Priests BEARING The Seven (7) Trumpets OF Rams’ Horns BEFORE THE LORD (GOD Almighty) ADVANCED AND BLEW The Trumpets, AND THE ARK OF THE COVENANT OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty) FOLLOWED Them.  The Armed Men WENT BEFORE The Priests Who BLEW The Trumpets, AND The Rear Guard CAME AFTER THE ARK, While The Priests CONTINUED BLOWING The Trumpets.

Now, Joshua Had COMMANDED The People, SAYING, “YOU Shall NOT Shout OR Make ANY Noise WITH Your Voice, NOR Shall A Word PROCEED OUT OF Your Mouth, UNTIL THE DAY I SAY TO YOU, ‘SHOUT!’ THEN YOU Shall SHOUT.”  SO, He (Joshua) HAD THE ARK OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty) CIRCLE The City (Jericho), GOING AROUND IT ONCE.  THEN, They CAME INTO The Camp AND LODGED IN The Camp.

AND Joshua ROSE EARLY IN The Morning, AND The Priests TOOK UP THE ARK OF THE LORD GOD Almighty).  THEN, Seven (7) Priests BEARING Seven (7) Trumpets OF Rams’ Horns BEFORE THE ARK OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty) WENT ON Continually AND BLEW WITH The Trumpets.  AND The Armed Men WENT BEFORE Them.  BUT, The Rear Guard CAME AFTER THE ARK OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty), WHILE The Priests Continued BLOWING The Trumpets.  AND The Second Day They MARCHED AROUND The City (Jericho) ONCE AND RETURNED TO The Camp.  SO, They DID Six (6) Days.

BUT IT CAME TO PASS, ON The Seventh (7th) Day That They ROSE EARLY, ABOUT The Dawning OF The Day, AND MARCHED AROUND The City (Jericho) Seven (7) Times, IN THE SAME MANNER.  ON THAT DAY, ONLY, They MARCHED AROUND The City (Jericho) Seven (7) Times.  AND The Seventh (7th) Time, IT HAPPENED, WHEN The Priests BLEW The Trumpets, THAT Joshua SAID TO The People: “SHOUT, FOR THE LORD (GOD Almighty) HAS GIVEN YOU The City (Jericho)!

Now, The City (Jericho) Shall BE DOOMED BY THE LORD (GOD Almighty) TO DESTRUCTION, IT AND All Who ARE IN IT. ONLY Rahab, The Harlot Shall Live, She AND All Who ARE WITH Her IN The House, BECAUSE She HID The Messengers (The Two Spies) That We SENT.  AND YOU, BY All MEANS, ABSTAIN FROM The Accursed Things, Lest YOU BECOME ACCURSED, WHEN YOU TAKE OF The Accursed Things, AND MAKE The Camp OF Israel A CURSE, AND TROUBLE IT.  BUT, All The Silver AND Gold, AND Vessels OF Bronze AND Iron, ARE CONSECRATED TO THE LORD; They Shall COME INTO THE TREASURY OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty).”

SO, The People SHOUTED WHEN The Priests BLEW The Trumpets.  AND IT HAPPENED, WHEN The People HEARD The SOUND OF The Trumpet, AND The People SHOUTED WITH A GREAT SHOUT, THAT The Wall FELL DOWN FLAT.  THEN, The People WENT UP INTO The City (Jericho), EVERY Man STRAIGHT BEFORE Him, AND They TOOK The City.  AND They UTTERLY DESTROYED ALL THAT WAS IN The City (Jericho), BOTH Man AND Woman, Young AND Old, Ox AND Sheep AND Donkey, WITH The Edge OF The Sword.

BUT, Joshua Had SAID TO The Two Men (The Two Spies), Who Had SPIED OUT The Country, “GO INTO The Harlot’s House, AND FROM THERE, BRING OUT The Woman AND All That She HAS, AS YOU SWORE TO Her.”  AND The Young Men, Who HAD BEEN SPIES, WENT IN AND BROUGHT OUT Rahab, Her Father, Her Mother, Her Brothers, AND All THAT She HAD.  SO, They BROUGHT OUT All Her Relatives AND LEFT Them, OUTSIDE The Camp OF Israel.

BUT, They BURNED The City (Jericho) AND All That WAS IN IT WITH FIRE.  ONLY The Silver AND Gold, AND The Vessels OF Bronze AND Iron, They PUT INTO THE TREASURY OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty).  AND Joshua SPARED Rahab, The Harlot, Her Father’s Household, AND All That She HAD.  SO, She DWELLS IN Israel TO THIS DAY, BECAUSE She HID The Messengers (The Two Spies), Whom Joshua SENT, TO SPY OUT Jericho.

THEN, Joshua CHARGED Them, AT THAT TIME, SAYING, “CURSED BE The Man BEFORE THE LORD (GOD Almighty), Who RISES UP AND BUILDS THIS CITY, Jericho; He Shall LAY ITS FOUNDATION, WITH His Firstborn, AND WITH His Youngest, He Shall SET UP ITS GATES.”  SO, THE LORD (GOD Almighty) WAS WITH Joshua, AND His (Joshua’s) Fame SPREAD THROUGHOUT All The Country.

Fellow Believers, what can We learn from These Scriptures, about Joshua and Ourselves?

Well, We KNOW, That Jesus Christ ABIDES WITHIN Us, THROUGH The Holy Spirit; Therefore, Jesus Christ WALKS WITH Us, The Holy Spirit TEACHES Us, AND GOD Almighty WATCHES OVER Us, ALWAYS!

So, how do These Scriptures apply to Us Today?  Well, please allow me to paraphrase (NOT Rewrite):

AS I (GOD Almighty) WAS WITH Moses, SO I (Jesus Christ) WILL BE WITH YOU (Believers).  I (Jesus Christ) WILL NOT Leave YOU (Believers) NOR Forsake YOU (Believers).  THIS BOOK (The Holy Bible) Shall NOT DEPART FROM Your Mouth, BUT YOU (Believers) Shall MEDITATE IN IT (The Holy Bible), Day AND Night, That YOU (Believers) MAY OBSERVE TO DO According TO All That IS WRITTEN IN IT (The Holy Bible).  FOR THEN, YOU (Believers) WILL MAKE Your Way PROSPEROUS, AND THEN, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD SUCCESS.  HAVE I NOT COMMANDED YOU (Believers)?  BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE; DO NOT BE AFRAID, NOR BE DISMAYED, FOR THE LORD Your GOD (GOD Almighty) IS WITH YOU (Believers), WHEREVER YOU GO.

The Being Caught Up Together May Occur IN The Next Millisecond.  SO, There IS NO Time TO Waste, GET OUT There, Show YOU Care, AND Share The Gospel OF Jesus Christ.

“SUDDENLY, We (Believers) WILL BE NO MORE; FOR Jesus Christ HAS TAKEN Us!”

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