“Break down their altars, smash their standing-stones to pieces, burn up their sacred poles completely and cut down the carved images of their gods. Exterminate their name from that place.  “But you are not to treat Adonai your God this way.  Rather, you are to come to the place where Adonai your God will put […]

“You must destroy all the places where the nations you are dispossessing served their gods, whether on high mountains, on hills, or under some leafy tree.”-Deuteronomy 12:2 Verse 2 refers to something that was very common among the pagan religions. It talks about altars of sacrifice being set up in groves of evergreen trees. Or […]

“Here are the laws and rulings you are to observe and obey in the land Adonai, the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess as long as you live on earth.  You must destroy all the places where the nations you are dispossessing served their gods, whether on high mountains, on hills, or […]

Israel is about to undergo two major lifestyle changes. The first major change is that once they cross the Jordan River and take over the Promised Land, they are no longer going to be one cohesive and large group of people situated around the Wilderness Tabernacle. Instead, they are going to be spread out over […]

Let’s try to understand Moses’ perspective for a minute here. Understand that we’re dealing with a man who had witnessed up close the best and worst of Israel’s behavior over a period of about four decades. It must have been one of the most daunting and frustrating experiences any anointed leader or prophet of God […]