Tag: Israel
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The Woman in the Basket
Purging the Camp Scripture: Zechariah 5Theme: God removes sin to make room for holiness Devotional The flying scroll represents God’s curse against sin. The woman in the basket represents wickedness being removed from the land. God’s work is not only about restoring His people but purifying them. Holiness always involves both removal and renewal. God…
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When Kinship and Ethnic Boundaries are Crossed Salvation Begins
“So Pharoah commanded all his people saying, ‘Every son who is born you shall cast into the river and every daughter you shall save alive.’ And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him. But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of bulrushes for him,…
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Joshua’s Error
Joshua, fresh off the victories at Jericho and Ai, reviewed and renewed the covenant with Israel. Having learned a lesson at Ai, one would hope Joshua had learned his lesson. At Jericho, Joshua let God be his commander in chief. Fresh off this victory, he should have consulted God before his initial attack on Ai,…
Pastor Lester Bentley 