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March 12, 2022 Bible Study — The Fall Of Jericho Foreshadows The Events Described In The Book Of Revelation

Today, I am reading and commenting on  Joshua 5-7.

I noticed in today’s passage something I have never noticed before, nor have I heard or seen anyone comment upon it.   When the Israelites marched around Jericho they had seven priests blowing seven trumpets.  That isn’t the part I just noticed.  What I realized today was that the symbolism of these seven trumpets was similar to the symbolism of the seven trumpets referred to in the Book of Revelation.  I am sure that someone else has noted this, but I have never come across a reference to that.  I was going to stop there, because I was not sure how that symbolism tied together.  Bot now that I have written that I realized more about the symbolism which will really help us understand the Book of Revelation.  So, at Jericho all seven trumpets were sounded at once, but they were blown on seven consecutive days.  In the Book of Revelation, the seven trumpets are sounded successively rather than all together.  At Jericho, for six days the trumpets were sounded and life went on as before, on the seventh day the trumpets were sounded seven times.  On the seventh time on the seventh day, the walls of Jericho fell and life ended for everyone living there, except Rahab and those who “belonged to her” (everyone sheltering in her house).  In Revelation, the first six trumpets are sounded, and things pretty much go on as before (not entirely, but bear with me here).  When the seventh trumpet is sounded, the earth will be destroyed and the everyone living there will die, except for those who belong to Christ (simplifying again). So, we see that the destruction of Jericho foreshadows the end of the earth.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

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March 9, 2022 Bible Study — We Have A Choice To Make Today, And Every Day

Today, I am reading and commenting on  Deuteronomy 29-31.

As the Israelites prepared to cross the Jordan River into the land of Canaan, and Moses prepared for his death, they renewed the covenant which they had made with God at Mount Sinai.  A key part of that covenant was a warning that anyone who thought that they could gain the benefits of this covenant while continuing (or beginning) to worship other gods would suffer grievously.   This warning applies today to those who wish to gain the benefits of following Christ without giving up the idolatrous sinfulness they followed before coming to know Him.  Later in the passage, Moses tells the Israelites that he, and God, knows that they will break the covenant.  However, Moses had also told them that if they turned back to God after their rebellion He would hear them and bring them back to Himself.  The lesson here is that it is never too late, but that works both ways.  It is never too late for us to turn back to God, and we can never “rest on our laurels” and say, “Well, I obeyed God yesterday, so I don’t have to now.”  Today we have the choice of either life and prosperity, or death and destruction, the choice between obedience or disobedience.  There is one final piece to the message of this passage which I want to write about.   Moses told the Israelites that knowing God’s will was not difficult; God had written His Laws on their hearts, and on our hearts.  If we wish to do God’s will, we only need to examine our hearts to know what it is.  But we must truly desire to do His will and not pretend that our desires are His desires.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.