"1 AND IT CAME TO PASS, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;
2 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord."
I get so caught up in the fast pace world 'society' tends to dictate, that it tend to overlook that which GOD has put right in front of my eyes! Words can be so subtly used that we overlook the meaning of them sometime. This morning it was as if GOD took the blinders off and I was able to "see" Joshua 9:1.
"AND IT CAME TO PASS" caused me to stop in my tracks. Israel was about to he attacked by the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. This was not some little disagreement. The English Standard Version of Joshua 9:2 says "they gathered together as one to FIGHT AGAINST Joshua and Israel". The upcoming battle was between good (GOD, Joshua and Israel) and evil (the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites and satan). Most know that GOD intervened, and caused the sun and moon to stand still (Joshua 10:12-14), something that had never happened before, nor since, according to scripture. "AND IT CAME TO PASS" tells me that it was an appointed time. No explanation of the events, nor their outcome, will suffice. GOD was doing something to which there is no explanation.
This war was more than the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites trying to stop Israel's entering The Holy Land. The "forces of evil" were a trying to eliminate the forces of GOD, Israel was the only nation that worshipped JEHOVAH, or "YHWH"! Others worshipped other gods, or false gods. They believed their gods to be more powerful than JEHOVAH.
Today, the worship of other gods still exists. As a matter of fact, it is more prevalent than ever. The "spiritual war" being waged is at a furious pitch. Make no mistake, JEHOVAH GOD is NOT AT RISK OF DEFEAT in this war. The "enemy" has already been defeated, at CALVARY! Most times, when a snake is killed, the corpse of the snake will continue to flip and flop for a time until it loses it's motion. But a bite from a dead snake can still be fatal to humans. Well, the "serpent" has already been killed! But his venom is still potent and dangerous. Our "enemy" has been killed, but his venom is still fatal!
The Apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians 6:10-12 "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
I pray for the return of JESUS CHRIST, when the snake known as satan will be put in a bottomless pit. His venom will be banished with him.
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