WELCOME TO THE MESSIANIC REVOLUTION

Yesterday, I talked about how when one ancient civilization conquered another, it would build its city on top of the rubble of the city it had just conquered. Because of this, sitting below each city were literally layers of rubble and artifacts that altogether formed something like a multi-layered birthday cake with different historical colors […]

Just as Jebus (another name for “Jerusalem”) was the ruler over the southern Canaanite kingdoms, so was Hazor the ruler over the northern regions of Canaan during Joshua’s time. A good 1000 years before Joshua and his Hebrew army ever stepped foot inside the Promised Land, Hazor was one of the largest and most powerful […]

After defeating the southern parts of the Promised Land, Joshua now turns his attention to the northern region. The central figure in northern Canaan was a powerful ruler called “Yavin King of Hazor”. This king immediately issued a call to arms to all of his neighboring kingdoms to come together to ward off the invading Israelite […]

In yesterday’s post, I talked about the Lord-directed war strategy we see unfolding as Joshua and his men slowly but surely start taking over their promised land inheritance. What do we notice? We see that God is using Israel as bait to draw her enemies out of hiding like moths to a flame. Now I […]

“When Yavin king of Hatzor heard of it, he informed Yovav king of Madon; the king of Shimron; the king of Akhshaf; the kings to the north, in the hills, in the ‘Aravah south of Kinn’rot, in the Sh’felah and in the regions of Dor on the west; the Kena‘ani to east and west; the […]