Buried in the Promised Land

 

Joshua 24: 29-33

 

 

Buried in the Promised Land

After these things, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of a hundred and ten.   And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.  Israel served the Lord throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced everything the Lord had done for Israel.

And Joseph’s bones, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the tract of land that Jacob bought for a hundred pieces of silver from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. This became the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants.  And Eleazar son of Aaron died and was buried at Gibeah, which had been allotted to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.

 

If you have the desire to be a leader, you would be wise to model Joshua.  He was a faithful servant of Moses, and he learned to fear God, and obey all that God had told Moses.  Someone, not sure who to give the credit to but as a child I heard my dad often says the proof is in the pudding.  One would have to taste the pudding to know if it was of good quality.  Too often today we put our hope in things but often they do not meet the claims.  That is very true with people, but not so with Joshua, he was the real thing, and the value of his life is found in this verse.  “Israel served the Lord throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced everything the Lord had done for Israel.”

 

It is a reminder to us who have a few years on us, we have enjoyed freedom, always knowing it was a gift from God, and now a new group has shown up that has no understanding of the cost of freedom and have bought into the lies the media and politicians are telling them that socialism is going to work here when it has never worked before.  The people of Israel wanted to be like all the nations around them, and God let them have what they wanted.  And I believe He is going to let us have the hell we are asking for as a nation.  One of the biggest lies is it is free, it does not cost anything, are you that stupid?

 

My dad had a great impact on my life and he was famous for giving us one warning but never a second.  He would say you were warned, and I’m sure you do not want to do that again, but often we did and paid the price of a trip to the bathroom, and the belt.  I know that not in vogue today, a belt, but then neither is respect, honesty, truth, and many other social standards that have brought us to this point.  Put for what it is worth, if Muslims were in control, you would have no freedom, and you as a non-Muslims would be a slave to them at best.  If Hitler had won WW11 you would have no freedom and be speaking German and yes many died so that would not happen.  And if Russia or China ever get control, baby are you in for a surprise.  You, young people, need to study history, someone has always paid for freedom and it comes at a high price, God Himself understood the cost, he became a baby born to a woman and took on the form of a man, and always did His Father’s will, and died for your sins and mine.  So let me warn you once, it is a dead-end street you're on and you are not going to like the bathroom experience.

 

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice