Forced Redemption

But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be a people for His own possession, as today.Deuteronomy 4:20  NASB Brought you out– In a parallel passage, God’s act of redemption is described in Moses’ final speech with the Hebrew word qereb (Deut 4:34).  In that description, Moses recalls the astounding redemptive act as…

What to Do with Gentiles?

So the young men who were spies went in and brought out Rahab and her father and her mother and her brothers and all she had; they also brought out all her relatives and placed them outside the camp of Israel. Joshua 6:23 NASB Outside – mihuts. That’s what you do with Gentiles. You save…

Hebrew Justice

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they dug a pit before me; they themselves have fallen into the midst of it.  Selah.  Psalm 57:6  NASB Into the midst – The fundamental principle of biblical justice is “measure for measure.”  This idea can be found throughout Scripture.  We notice…

A Heart for God

However, Rahab the harlot and her father’s household and all she had, Joshua spared; and she has lived in the midst of Israel to this day; for she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. Joshua 6:25  NASB In the midst – Rahab’s life changed when those two spies came to visit. …