How Did Jericho Fall?

Sylvanus said:
I think there can be two sorts of lessons.

1:
There are quite a few instances in the Scriptures, when God, through prophets, asked ppl to do very simple things, that would result in some miracle. There, the faith or pride of the one asked is tested.

2:
Often too in the Bible, God just want to make a display of His Might. Sometimes in the eyes of others, He gives glory to those through whom He has performed that miracle.

Which of these two do you think it was in that instance?
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To Add another thought...........
3. It teaches us to worship God in mist off our problems, and the walls will fall down........sometimes when you struggle with something you need to just worship God and He will take care of the rest..............It's like putting a dirty sponge over a bath then open a tap, eventually the dirt inside will be removed if it keep on being under the open tap.......so worshiping God realease everything, when suffering from depression or stress (these are walls of Jericho), I tell you as soon as you start worshiping Him you will see the weight being lift off from your shoulder and get healed.........For us to reach purity state, we need to worship Him with our whole heart, we will be able to stop all addictions of porn, lust, love of money etc.................Worship realeses demons........wins battles..........

Conclusion
Worship destroy Walls over your life, even coveting

Lastly God is the LORD that fight our battle's so the only thing we need is to Worship Him in times of troubles and He will take care of the rest.........I tell you..............Praise your way out


There are other examples of positioning yourself and worshiping God, while do the rest and provide blessings after that

2 Chronicles 20

Amen
 
Nathi, you are so very wise.
God has gifted you with Truth.
You are chosen to preach His word!
Love, Mom Violet :)
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Different people learn different things from the same Bible story. The lesson also varies with time and place of the believer. After 2 days of thinking and praying, this is what I learn from the story of Jericho at this point of my journey.

The Israelites were about the enter the Promised Land. God wanted to show them that he was doing the battles, not the swords and shouts of the soldiers. God also wanted to show them he could do greater things than they could ever imagine.

God gave a simple command, to walk around the town for 6 days. It had nothing to do with the battle so that the Israelites couldn't say, "we won the battle with our own hands." They indeed contributed nothing to the battle. God did all by himself. Just like parting the sea, and stopping the river.

There is a reason why this lesson is important to me now. There is something happening at the jail where I do Bible studies. Jesus is moving mightily among the inmates in one of the blocks. There are many small Bible study groups by themselves. When I get there, the room becomes so full that we all sweat. What's even greater is 90% of them bring a testimony of the Bible passage they read. They don't come empty-hearted!

The lesson I am learning from the story of Jericho is this. The Lord wants to convince me that all is to be done by His power. I cannot but to think that he is about to do something so mighty that I (and other volunteer chaplains) wouldn't be able to say, "How much I sweated for this harvest!" I (and other volunteers) are about to enter the Promised Harvest Field where salvation is as abundant as honey and milk in the Promised Land. I kneel and give thanks to the Lord for revealing his power and authority. Lord, only you govern. Amen.

Next week we will have our monthly chaplain/volunteer meeting who work in the same building serving the same inmates. I am going to share this lesson. We will say in one voice and one heart, "Come, Lord." Amen.

Rupert
 
monkeeys,end of song if i die.sprinkle of good,evils trait.

give you a tip they don,t believe in God so tell there truth.if you have no faith then you attack faith without knowing.like jesus says if your not with me,your actually aggainst me.:jesus-sign:
 
11 – November -2007

It Also Teach about UNITY of the congregation through the LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS and obedience to the Commander of the Armies of the LORD......................

Joshua 6
Notice how people know what to do, they were all in one accord to do what God wants them to do....soldiers knew they position and what to do (vs. 7 and vs. 9), Some priest knew they had to carry the Ark of Covenant(vs. 6) these are people/ pastors who are in agreement with the vision of the local church which is from God, people who know that God leads the way and know what is done is the work of God and for His Glory. There were also seven priest who bear seven trumpets of ram horn (vs. 6) and they knew what to do and didn't interfere with those caring the Ark.....they work in conjunction, in perfect agreement, listening to the Voice of God which was though Joshua: God is Salvation: God is the Savior.....O if Local Churches would listen to Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, how much more will be United in LOVE, where are people who listen to His Voice? When we heed His Voice there would be Unity among brethren, we will all know our position, and work to do, while knowing we all need each other to conquer.........

Also there were those who will shout on the seventh day, the final day, after the last encircling of Jericho, even that time, they had to speak after the Command of Joshua. before that they had to keep quiet, no word or noise should proceed from their mouth (vs. 10) How many people in our Local Churches who speak when they suppose to keep quiet in these days? Sadly they are many, talking without Jesus Command, could we please keep quiet until He says so? I plead in Christ Name, we suppose to utter what He says, since when we speak when He didn't say so we going to cause confusion and distraction among brethren......KNOW your Position and Role, God putted you there for a reason, your position is equal and important as the one which is not yours........We need UNITY IN CHRIST

Something important to note
Quote:
24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. 25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 26 And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. 27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.

The City was to be destroyed completely and everything in it: only Silver, Gold, vessels of brass and of iron was to put into the treasury of the house of the LORD (vs. 24) and Rahab the harlot and her household: because by Faith she hided spies of God when they were spying the City: Means she had Faith in God Almighty......nothing was also to be done to raise/build that city (vs. 26) God only needed to silver, Gold, vessels and Rahab for His Purpose, not Joshua's not anyone else only for HIS PLAN:
  • This tell us the work was Done for GOD ALMIGHTY : This teach us all the work we suppose to do in the Church is For God only not our personal gain: Reason I am in a ministry(this is an example ) is because of the LORD's work, not for my gain we destroyed enemy territory so that the spoil to be the GOD's spoil: So we need to learn everything that everything achieved is for the HOUSE OF GOD: We UNITE IN CHRISTfor the sake of the KINGDOM OF GOD to grow, not our own gain, as soon as we learn that we would not be fighting for positions, all wanting to hold the Ark of Covenant or Holding trumpets not wanting to wait and shout or not wanting to be in the army: thinking some are better than the other: Problem we like too much LIME LIGHT: but like to tell you this in not Holywood: So pleaseLet's UNITE like Israel to do the work of God...so that people like RAHAB will be saved
  • God conquered Jericho so that Rahab will marry Salmon and they gave birth to Boaz-from Boaz, Obed was born-Obed beget Jesse-Jesse beget David and so on.........then Christ is Called ROOT of JESSE and ROOT of DAVID:
You see if we can UNITE IN LOVE, how many people God will bring in the KINGDOM to do great work of HIM?? Many and Many but we busy fighting for position, wanting to be seen that you can preach etc................O If we Can unite as the Church how many God, silver and vessels that God will get through us?

Think about it
They rounded 7 times for 7 days because

Our fellowship with God need to reach perfection
The Unity among us need to reach perfection
Our praise and worship to God need to reach perfection
Our way of Living need to reach perfection in HIM since HIM is perfect
Finally the PERFECT HIM must be revealed in us to be seen

So that that walls of JERICHO WILL FALL by the POWER OF GOD

Perfection is archieved when Him Christ Jesus leads a human life: that's why the ark has to go first........
Amen
 
Jericho

This stpry to me is nothing but an example of obediance. If you obey God he will reward you. God always tells people that he will do a specific thing. But he ALWAYS asks them to do somthing first.

an example of this in real life is the story of an athiest philosopher at a college. he did not believe in god and taught as if he did not exist. he mocked those students who tried to share their views on God to the point of embaracement and insult. At the end of every semester he would announce at the end of class. "Who here believes there is a god?" Because of all of he intimidation, no one would raise their hand. then he would say, good! believing in God is foolish! if god existed he would stop me from dropping this piece of chalk on the ground and prevent it from breaking. He would then toss the brand new piece of chalk up in the air and let it break on the ground. But one semester, a freshman named "lets say dave" had to take Philosophy. Dave had heard of this teacher and hoped he had not gotten him. Dave was a Christian. Well, dave got the Athiest professor as his teacher and dreaded the semester to come. finally after months of insult and hate for god the last day came and the professor said "Who Here Believes in God?" Dave, praying about this all semester, stood up!! the professor said " You fool!! If God were alive he would keep me from dropping this piece of chalk and prevent it from breaking on the ground." at that, the professor continued to toss the chalk but it slipped from his fingers, rolled off of his pant leg, off of his shoes and rolled onto the floor unbroken. with embrassment the professor left the room immediatly. The class was so silent you could hear a pin drop. the only reason God did this is because 1 person stayed faithful to him and was not embarrased by his name. this is a true story. you can find it on snopes. -god bless:D
 
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