“Adonai said to Y’hoshua, “’Don’t be afraid or fall into despair! Take all the people who can fight with you, set out, and go up to ‘Ai; because now I have handed over to you the king of ‘Ai, his people, his city and his land.’”-Joshua 8:1 In the Scriptures, the Lord often tells His People […]

There’s something really special about Joshua Chapters 7 and 8 that I want you to catch. These 2 chapters play a key role in defining and solidifying the identity of the people of God. Or maybe a better way to put it is to say that in these chapters… …the people of God are finally […]

Okay, finally, let’s apply what we know about the principle of Firstfruits to Israel’s conquering of the Land of Canaan. It’s actually pretty simple and I think you all know where I’m going with this. The first city Israel attacked was Jericho. Therefore, from God’s perspective, Jericho was a “first fruit” and that’s why He […]

I wanna expand a little bit more on the firstfruits concept that while everything belongs to God, not everything is devoted to Him. This Scriptural principle is a much more serious matter than you think. When we study about holy war in the Book of Joshua, we need to keep in mind that the rules […]

The last time we met we finished off with the following question hanging in the air: Why did God ban Israel from taking the spoils of war during the 1st attack on the city of AI but during the 2nd attack He allowed it? Was this some form of egotistic divine flippancy on God’s part? […]