The Death of Joshua

 

Judges 2, 6-10

 

The Death of Joshua

When Joshua dismissed the people, the people of Israel went each to his inheritance to take possession of the land.   And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work that the Lord had done for Israel.   And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of 110 years.   And they buried him within the boundaries of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of the mountain of Gaash.   And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord or the work that he had done for Israel.

Joshua, died and the generation that saw all that God had done through Joshua, and Moses, also died, and the very next generation did not know the Lord or the work that He had done for Israel; why?  For the same reason we the people of the United States of America, have forsaken God, and chosen little gods, that enslave us to seek things of no eternal value.  The parents then and the parents now forgot who was their source of blessing and they wanted enjoyment and stuff, and with those things they lost the joy of worship, of work, of blessing, of hope.

They became like the USA is today, everyone seeking their desires with no understanding of our history, of the blessing of God, of what God has done for us.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice