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? […]

Today we begin Joshua Chapter 8. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. At the conclusion of the previous chapter we saw that justice was done. Achan was executed and the holy property he stole was returned back to the Lord. Again, the spiritual pattern of restoring a […]

The story of Achan represents a theological problem for many pastors, preachers and Bible teachers. Why? Because they just can’t get their heads around the fact that a merciful and loving God would also destroy Achan’s family, his possessions and also his livestock. It’s because they feel so uncomfortable with parts of the Scripture like […]

You know, we really shouldn’t be too surprised that God had to destroy Achan for trespassing on His Holiness. Why? Because there are actually several other earlier incidents in Scripture when the Lord was forced to destroy others for tampering with His Holiness. Consider this hypothetical situation before I share some specific examples. Imagine if […]

We know that the Torah provides a variety of different remedies if a human being or an object becomes unclean. Some of the prescribed remedies involves washing the contaminated object or person with water. Or if the object is porous and has absorbed so much uncleanness that it can never be brought back to a […]