Title: Let's Get Ready to Rumble (7 of 29)
Series: Walking in Victory- Lessons in Triumphant Christian Living
Author: Mike Stone
Text: Joshua 5
It was June 6, 1944. If the date sounds familiar it was D-Day. It was the day that Allied forces led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower started breaking the back of Hitler's Nazi forces and their hold on the European continent.
There were 5,000 ships, 11,000 planes, and over 150,000 men. The logistics of the Normandy invasion were staggering. They'd been in the planning for several years.
Eisenhower and other Allied leaders knew that in order to have occupation and domination there must first be preparation.
These WWII generals may have learned their lessons by studying battle plans at West Point. Or they may have learned them by studying the Bible in Sunday School.
As Israel crosses the Jordan, the stage is set for the devastating victory at Jericho. We'll study that in Chapter 6. But there is some preparation that had to happen first.
God has prepared Jericho "for the picking." But first, God had to prepare the pickers.
Most of us understand that a high school team won't stand in the winner's circle without preparation. Whether it's the gold ring, the crystal football, or the silver cup, victories are paid for with the currency of preparation and commitment.
Chapter 5 is a chapter of preparation. God had prepared Jericho for Israel. But Israel wasn't quite ready for Jericho.
Israel finds itself on the verge of one of its greatest military victories of all-time. Children will be singing about for generations, even to this day. SS classes and VBS classes, drunk on cherry Koolaid and goldfish will learn that "Joshua fought the battle of Jericho and the walls came tumbling down."
It seemed like the perfect time to attack. No doubt Jericho thought it had months to prepare while Israel waited on the Jordan to recede. But now, in a matter of hours, Israel was on Jericho's doorstep.
But ...
Series: Walking in Victory- Lessons in Triumphant Christian Living
Author: Mike Stone
Text: Joshua 5
It was June 6, 1944. If the date sounds familiar it was D-Day. It was the day that Allied forces led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower started breaking the back of Hitler's Nazi forces and their hold on the European continent.
There were 5,000 ships, 11,000 planes, and over 150,000 men. The logistics of the Normandy invasion were staggering. They'd been in the planning for several years.
Eisenhower and other Allied leaders knew that in order to have occupation and domination there must first be preparation.
These WWII generals may have learned their lessons by studying battle plans at West Point. Or they may have learned them by studying the Bible in Sunday School.
As Israel crosses the Jordan, the stage is set for the devastating victory at Jericho. We'll study that in Chapter 6. But there is some preparation that had to happen first.
God has prepared Jericho "for the picking." But first, God had to prepare the pickers.
Most of us understand that a high school team won't stand in the winner's circle without preparation. Whether it's the gold ring, the crystal football, or the silver cup, victories are paid for with the currency of preparation and commitment.
Chapter 5 is a chapter of preparation. God had prepared Jericho for Israel. But Israel wasn't quite ready for Jericho.
Israel finds itself on the verge of one of its greatest military victories of all-time. Children will be singing about for generations, even to this day. SS classes and VBS classes, drunk on cherry Koolaid and goldfish will learn that "Joshua fought the battle of Jericho and the walls came tumbling down."
It seemed like the perfect time to attack. No doubt Jericho thought it had months to prepare while Israel waited on the Jordan to recede. But now, in a matter of hours, Israel was on Jericho's doorstep.
But ...
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