Yesterday I drew up an analogy between Joshua and the Gibeonites… …and… …modern Israel and the Palestinians that… …I suspect some of you may have thought was a bit of a stretch. Well, I can assure you, it’s not. So to put any doubts to rest… …let me show you some more similarities between… …Israel’s […]

Are you aware that… …the mistaken decision Joshua made when he agreed to a “peace agreement” with the Gibeonites… …is the same darn thing playing out in front of our very eyes on our television sets and in the news right now as I type these words? All of the attempts to appease and make […]

“Here is what we will do to them: we will let them live, so that God’s anger will not be on us because of the oath we swore to them.“-Joshua 9:20 There are several other examples in Scripture of someone making a vow that on the surface seemed like a good idea at the time […]

In yesterday’s post, I concluded that in the ancient Middle East, vows were considered so serious that even a vow made under deception was still considered valid and at the end of the day was honored. This brings me to a very interesting topic on the difference between how the Oriental mind and the Western […]

“The people of Israel did not attack them, because the leading officials of the community had sworn to them by Adonai, the God of Israel; but all the community grumbled against the leaders.”-Joshua 9:18 As I mentioned yesterday, Israel’s current situation is the perfect example of what happens when we neglect to seek out the […]