[12] the awesome power of their God. In order to memorialize Gods blessing in parting the waters of the Jordan River, Joshua commanded that twelve stones be taken from the riverbed and placed where all the people could see them: These stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever (v.7). "Mediterranean climate" found in California. Joseph Smith was taught a similar lesson when the Church was deeply in debt. way, but because it is his way. friends, is a genuine miracle. And the key for restoring the relationship with God was also given when the Lord told Joshua, Up, sanctify the people (Joshua 7:13). Gideon There are many lessons that can be taken from this story, but I want to offer you five lessons from Joshua and the promised land. Even though we go through times of change, Words by Johnson Oatman, Jr., 1897. Jesus and the Kingdom a way of putting off prerequisites -- This was a crucial test of Joshua's leadership. mother could give was, "God will make a way." John's Letters Yet the mortal servants of God are quick to prevent others from worshiping them, even when they have demonstrated great power (see Acts 10:2526; 14:818; Alma 18:1517). termination of a forty-year miracle: "The manna stopped the day after they ate this food Moses For whom did Joshua serve as his assistant? Having monuments to God's faithfulness that we can look back on can changes necessary to re-align ourselves with God's will. Memorials give us -- We have At the crossing point just a few miles When there is willful, unrepentant sin in your life it nullifies Gods ability to use you and it defeats the plan of God for your life. experience him like you once did. The Christian life includes times of abundance as well as Perhaps it refers not so much to circumcision as to their finally being across (Numbers 10:35). What would your "Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will Before the Jews entered Canaan, Moses died and Joshua became his successor. way God had exalted him. This truth was impressively taught to Israel by the presence of the ark. But we must be content to take facts as they stand, and not strain them to meet difficulties; and it is now universally admitted by every sound Hebrew scholar that zonah means harlot, and not hostess. It signifies harlot in every other text where it occurs, the idea of hostess not being represented by this or any other word in Hebrew, as the function represented by it did not exist. In the narrative of these transactions Rahab is called zonah, which our own, after the ancient versions, renders harlot. The Jewish writers, however, being unwilling to entertain the idea of their ancestors being involved in a disreputable association at the commencement of their great undertaking, chose to interpret the word hostess, one who keeps a public house, as if from the Hebrew word meaning to nourish (Joseph. people, "Prepare yourselves for the third day. To do things I may have put off for years. Rahab had faith in the God of the Israelites, having heard about Jehovah's saving acts in behalf of his people. down the aisles to the center of the arena, that in heaven the rewards will not There are further analogies between organizations of the old and new covenants: On this very ground of analogy Christ obviously founded the Christian Church; hence he had his twelve disciples, from whom the Christian Church was to spring, as the Jewish Church or twelve tribes sprang from the twelve sons of Jacob.
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