“Y’hoshua sent men from Yericho to ‘Ai, which is next to Beit-Aven, east of Beit-El, telling them to go up and spy out the land. So the men went up, reconnoitered ‘Ai, returned to Y’hoshua and told him, ‘Don’t have all the people go up; but let perhaps two or three thousand men go up […]

We’ve been discussing the doomed Achan and how his misappropriation of God’s Holy Property affected all of Israel. The lesson learned is how the sinful actions of just one person can infect the whole group. Now whenever I have a good chance, I like to show how the stories from the Tanak are connected to […]

So why was the entire nation of Israel also blamed for Achan’s crime? Was it because God viewed everyone else as equally guilty as Achan? The answer is no. Or was it because God viewed the people as accessories who somehow teamed up with Achan when he stole holy property? Again, the answer is no. […]

One question that sometimes gnaws at my psyche is… …why oh why is it so difficult to trust and obey God sometimes? Especially after the Lord has demonstrated to us time and time again that He is faithful and showered us with blessings, why do we still go chasing after idols and the things of this […]

We’ve been talking about the little known but oh-so-important Law of Herem otherwise known as “the Ban”. Yesterday, I showed how this principle was central to Yeshua’s famous saying…”Render unto Caesar’s what is Caesar’s and render what is God’s unto God”. Today, I want to show you another familiar set of Bible verses where the […]