Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?” “Neither,” he replied, “but as commander of the army of the LORD I have now come.” Then Joshua fell facedown to the ground in reverence, and asked him, “What message does my Lord have for his servant?” The commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did […]
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A Parched Watered Land
I will make rivers flow on barren heights, and springs within the valleysI will turn the desert into pools of water, and the parched ground into springs. Isaiah 41:18 Sunday was our next field study day, touring from Jericho in the east along the Jordan River to Gezer in the west, which overlooks the coastal plain out to the Mediterranean Sea. Journeying from Jerusalem down to Jericho requires crossing the Judean Wilderness and descending over 3000 feet. The wilderness is a fascinating place to study. It is a vast wasteland full of bumpy terrain and deep, dark canyons. The desert […]