WELCOME TO THE MESSIANIC REVOLUTION

“(To the one half-tribe of M’nasheh, Moshe had given an inheritance in Bashan; but to the other half, Y’hoshua gave one among their kinsmen on the west side of the Yarden.) When Y’hoshua sent them away to their tents he blessed them, saying, “Return with great riches to your tents — with very much livestock, […]

“Now Adonai your God has given rest to your kinsmen, as he told them he would. So you too, return to your tents in the land which is your possession, which Moshe the servant of Adonai gave you beyond the Yarden.”-Joshua 22:4 Verse 4 provides us a perfect example of what we need to be […]

So what is Joshua Chapter 22 all about? In a nutshell, it’s about the 2 1/2 tribes of Gad, Reuben and 1/2 of Manasseh being allowed to return to their homes located on the east side of the Jordan River. Why? Because their military services were no longer needed since the successful conquest of Canaan […]

Israel had now entered into a period of relative peace and stability. This enabled Joshua to finish the work of divvying up the land among the remaining 7 tribes who hadn’t yet received their land inheritance. Once this was taken care of, the stage was set for the Levites to receive their cities to live […]

So Israel was at rest from war but not for long. And the land of Israel was not yet called “Israel”. Because at this stage, the Hebrews were far away from being a politically stable nation. Yet, what Israel had achieved thus far under their God was awesome. In spite of being just a rag-tag […]