Feb 14

In less than a week I will be in the very borders described in the passage. God describes EXACTLY the borders of the land He has given them. This document is over 2500 years old (written in approx 1470 BC). EVEN if you didn't believe in God, WHERE does everyone get the idea that the Palestinians 'were there first'? (other than from the media!!). The earliest version of the Koran is 650 AD!!! And, I am sure you know that the country of Israel does not occupy any where near this amount of land today. Many people who are in favor of a 'two state' solution is are in for a rude awakening. These are STILL God's people, He brought them MIRACULOUSLY back into in this land in 1947 (that is a whole HUGE miracle that I will blog about some time) and if you mess with them, you mess with God!!

I cannot BELIEVE how many Christian's are ANTI-Israel!!!!!!! Many Christians have gotten into this "replacement theology idea" that the church replaces Israel. Oh, no, they are the root and we are "grafted in". Rom 11:23-24. They are blinded to the truth of Jesus for a time while the 'fullness of the Gentiles" is reached, Rom 11:25-26. Many, many will believe in the the end (and are believing already, Messianic congregations are growing like wild fire). OK, I got that off my chest!! Off my soap box.......

Backing up......I was very happy to Moses 'seeking the Lord' for his successor. In my mind, who else could it be but Joshua who has followed him as faithful aid and protege for 40 years. Joshua and Caleb are the only two originals to enter the Promised Land so it's not like there is a wide field of qualified candidates. But it's a great lesson for us that even when something seems obvious, to seek the Lord and His will and 'lean not on our own understanding'.

Also we see Gad and Reuben and the half tribe of Manassa wanting to settle before they reached the Promised Land. When we get to the NT, we will find out what has happened to this area (the Gaderenes) when Jesus casts demons out in that area and throws them into pigs. That may seem like a simple statement, but remeber: Jews do not raise (or even touch) pigs: that area has quickly fallen into pagen practices (raising that many pigs in a 'high place' is almost certainly for the purpose of sacrificing to idols).  Don't settle for any thing less than God's fullest 'promised land'. It could affect generations to come!