Joshua 1
Interesting passage. When I Bible study, I try to read it a few times, like five, and then I write out some of the things I never saw before, and then I write out questions about things I don’t understand or simply wonder about, and then I try to pray the passage.
1. Every place you put your foot. They are not given the whole land, no strings attached. They have to actually work to possess it. They have to march over it.
2. Meditate in Hebrew is mumble. The Jews read outloud. That way they couldn’t pretend, or make a mistake. When a rabbi preached, his audience could debate his translation. Also, it met that everyone in the area was forced to listen.
3.Early in the morning. Hebrew is before sun rose. Similar to Abraham getting up to sacrificing Isaac.
4. It is so unfair to Rahab. She could be either an innkeeper or a prostitute. The scarlet cord which appears a number of times in the Bible is why we go with prostitute.
5. We also tend to present the people of Jericho as being derisive about the Israelite army, but actually the Bible says that they were scared out of their brains.
6. hide and appear for or in three days is an interesting hint of Jesus resurrection early in the morning, before the sun rose.
7. The scarlet cord is an interesting reference. When Jesus is tortured before he is crucified, he is clad in a dark red robe.
8. The tribes have to fight with their brothers, even though they have won their own land. Interesting! Are we to fight for our brother churches even though we have won safety.
Prayer
Abba Father,
Grant that I may be faithful to the battles for your kingdom. May I turn neither to the right or left and not rest until I have won every inch of the land you have promised.
May I not be frightened, but bold and courageous, even when your commands are confusing and seem impossible to achieve. May I hang a scarlet ribbon from the window of my heart so that I show publicly my trust in your promises.
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