by Susan Barnes | 13 Jul 2022 | Communion Talks
In the wilderness, God told Moses to make the Ark of the Covenant. It was what we would call a wooden chest overlaid with gold. The Ark was a symbol of two things: First, it was a symbol of God’s Presence. The ark was kept in the Temple which was where Moses heard...
by Susan Barnes | 10 Apr 2015 | Devotions OT
Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD. He is a holy God; he is a jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins. If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, he will turn and bring disaster on you and make an end of you,...
by Susan Barnes | 6 Mar 2015 | Devotions OT
So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you?” Joshua 18:3 Following Joshua’s removal of all the significant military threats to the Israelites, the...
by Susan Barnes | 13 Feb 2015 | Devotions OT
These are the kings of the land whom the Israelites had defeated and whose territory they took over east of the Jordan … Here is a list of the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered on the west side of the Jordan. Joshua 12:1,7 These two verses...
by Susan Barnes | 6 Feb 2015 | Devotions OT
Except for the Hivites living in Gibeon, not one city made a treaty of peace with the Israelites, who took them all in battle. For it was the Lord himself who hardened their hearts to wage war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating them...
by Susan Barnes | 30 Jan 2015 | Devotions OT
The Israelites sampled their provisions but did not inquire of the Lord. Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live. Joshua 9:14-15 The Gibeonites deceived Joshua and the Israelite leaders into believing they had come from a distant country to seek peace...
by Susan Barnes | 23 Jan 2015 | Devotions OT
When they returned to Joshua, they said, “Not all the army will have to go up against Ai. Send two or three thousand men to take it and do not weary the whole army, for only a few people live there.” Joshua 7:3 At Jericho, the Israelites knew they needed God’s...
by Susan Barnes | 16 Jan 2015 | Devotions OT
The manna stopped the day after they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate the produce of Canaan. Joshua 5:12 Overnight something the Israelites took for granted stopped. Now they had to find food for...
