JOSH AND THE BIG WALL (5 OF 7)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Hebrews 11:30
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Josh and the Big Wall (5 of 7)
Series: Children's Stories (Part 2)
Jeff Strite
Hebrews 11:30
Children's moment - a short clip from Veggie Tales ''Josh And The Big Wall'' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDpM_j1MZG8andt=11s
PRAYER/SCRIPTURE
OPEN: I love reading Bible Stories to my grandson. Well I don't actually ''read'' them to him, I kind of make them up as I go along. And I find that the ones that catch his attention are the ones where I play with the story. For example, he loves this story of the walls of Jericho. But I cheat a little bit. The story says that the Israelites marched around the 1st time - pretty much in silence. But when I tell HIM the story, every time they march around the city they shout... and they blow their horns. Yeah, I know, it's wrong - but he loves it.
But now, here's the real story: The LORD said to Joshua, ''See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor. You shall march around the city, all the men of war going around the city once. Thus shall you do for six days. Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. On the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall BLOW THE TRUMPETS. And when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, when you hear the sound of the trumpet, then ALL THE PEOPLE SHALL SHOUT with a great shout, and THE WALL OF THE CITY WILL FALL DOWN FLAT, and the people shall go up, everyone straight before him.'' Joshua 6:2-5
And that's exactly what Israel did - and the walls came a tumbling down, the army of Jericho was routed, and Israel burned the city and everything in it. Then - for centuries - the city lay in ruin.
Now, that's quite a story.
But... (PAUSE) did it really happen?
Well yeah, apparently!
You see, Archeologists dig up places like Jericho, and when they so, they examine how people lived and died, and how the cities were built and destroyed. And what they found at Jericho was so intrigui ...
Series: Children's Stories (Part 2)
Jeff Strite
Hebrews 11:30
Children's moment - a short clip from Veggie Tales ''Josh And The Big Wall'' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDpM_j1MZG8andt=11s
PRAYER/SCRIPTURE
OPEN: I love reading Bible Stories to my grandson. Well I don't actually ''read'' them to him, I kind of make them up as I go along. And I find that the ones that catch his attention are the ones where I play with the story. For example, he loves this story of the walls of Jericho. But I cheat a little bit. The story says that the Israelites marched around the 1st time - pretty much in silence. But when I tell HIM the story, every time they march around the city they shout... and they blow their horns. Yeah, I know, it's wrong - but he loves it.
But now, here's the real story: The LORD said to Joshua, ''See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor. You shall march around the city, all the men of war going around the city once. Thus shall you do for six days. Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. On the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall BLOW THE TRUMPETS. And when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, when you hear the sound of the trumpet, then ALL THE PEOPLE SHALL SHOUT with a great shout, and THE WALL OF THE CITY WILL FALL DOWN FLAT, and the people shall go up, everyone straight before him.'' Joshua 6:2-5
And that's exactly what Israel did - and the walls came a tumbling down, the army of Jericho was routed, and Israel burned the city and everything in it. Then - for centuries - the city lay in ruin.
Now, that's quite a story.
But... (PAUSE) did it really happen?
Well yeah, apparently!
You see, Archeologists dig up places like Jericho, and when they so, they examine how people lived and died, and how the cities were built and destroyed. And what they found at Jericho was so intrigui ...
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