The enemy has come to an end in everlasting ruins, and You have uprooted the cities; the very memory of them has perished. Psalm 9:6 NASB Memory – What was the ultimate objective of the victor in military conflict in the ancient Semitic world? In a word: extinction! It’s not surprising that David praises God for wiping out the very memory of his…
that they met together with one purpose, to fight with Joshua and with Israel. Joshua 9:2 NASB Together/ One – I have often been perplexed at modern Israel’s behavior toward terrorism. As you undoubtedly know, today’s nation of Israel is confronted by the daily threat, if not the action, of terrorist attacks, yet when these terrorists…
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, to meet Israel in battle in order that he might utterly destroy them, that they might receive no mercy, but that he might destroy them, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. Joshua 11:20 NASB Utterly destroy – Verses like this generated the liberal view that the God of the…
And afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘Let My people go . . .’” Exodus 5:1a NASB Go – A new Gregorian year begins. This wasn’t always the case. Until 1582 the Julian calendar was the common civil calendar. Even today, some religious…
