“There I said to you, ‘You have come to the hill-country of the Emori, which Adonai our God is giving to us. Look! Adonai your God has placed the land before you. Go up, take possession, as Adonai, the God of your ancestors, has told you. Don’t be afraid, don’t be dismayed.’”-Deuteronomy 1:20-21 There’s a key […]

“You approached me, every one of you, and said, ‘Let’s send men ahead of us to explore the country for us and bring back word concerning what route we should use in going up and what the cities we will encounter are like.  The idea seemed good to me, so I took twelve of your […]

“At that time I told you, ‘You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone.  Adonai your God has multiplied your numbers, so that there are as many of you today as there are stars in the sky.  May Adonai, the God of your ancestors, increase you yet a thousandfold and bless you, […]

“Adonai spoke to us in Horev. He said, ‘You have lived long enough by this mountain.  Turn, get moving and go to the hill-country of the Emori and all the places near there in the ‘Aravah, the hill-country, the Sh’felah, the Negev and by the seashore — the land of the Kena‘ani, and the L’vanon, […]

In my last post I made the point that due to their lack of faith, Israel was forced into a state of spiritual and physical dormancy for 40 years… …wandering around in the desert in meaningless circles… …merely existing without purpose or passion in their lives. This is what happens when one hesitates from entering […]