SERIES G --- THE PROMISED LAND --- LESSON 01
I WILL BE WITH YOU
MARCHING ORDERS
From Joshua 1
After the death of YHVH’s servant Moses, Adonai spoke to his assistant, Joshua the son of Nun. Moses is dead. I want you to take his place as the leader of Israel. You will guide My people across the Jordan River, into the land that I have promised them. I have given you all the land that you will occupy, just as I promised it to Moses; from the desert in the south to the Lebanon Mountains in the north, from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. As long as you live, no one will be able to rise up against you, for I will be with you. As I was with Moses, I will also be with you. I will never abandon you or fail you. Be brave and strong, for you will lead My people to conquer the land that I promised to them. Obey every Law that Moses gave you with great courage and strength; then you will be successful in all that you do. Day and night, meditate on these Laws, seeking always to obey them, sharing them with your people. Then you will succeed in all that you do. Yes, I am Commanding you to be brave and strong, fearless, never doubting, for I am with you wherever you go. When Adonai finished speaking to him, Joshua gave orders to the officers of Israel. Go through the camp and command the people to prepare to march, in three days we will cross the Jordan, to conquer the land which Adonai has given to us. These orders were given to the tribes of Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh. Remember your agreement with Moses concerning a home on this side of the Jordan River. You may leave your families and cattle here, but you and your fighting men shall lead the others across the Jordan River to help them conquer the land. When you have finished conquering the land west of the Jordan, then you may return home and take possession of the land which Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan River. The tribes of Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered Joshua, we will do everything you have commanded us. We will go wherever you send us. As we obeyed Moses completely, so we will also obey you. May YHVH be with you as He was with Moses. Whoever refuses to obey you will be put to death. Be strong and fearless!
COMMENTARY
THE JORDAN RIVER
Moses, the lawgiver, was dead. Now YHVH called Joshua to be Israel’s new leader. Joshua was a military man, who could lead in the coming battle for the Promised Land. [Be brave and strong,] YHVH commanded, [obey every Law that Moses gave you with great courage and strength.] Then YHVH gave Joshua a great promise. [I will be with you wherever you go.] When the Jordan River stopped flowing so the Israelites could cross, it was much wider than it is now. But the route it followed and the landscape along the shoreline remain much the same. The river’s origin is far from the place where the people of Israel crossed. Many miles north, near Dan and Mount Hermon, four streams unite and flow south through a valley and a mosquito-infested swamp, then goes through a black basalt gorge formed from volcanic lava. The Jordan then meets the Sea of Galilee at its northern end and emerges at the south. Below this stretches the rich beauty of the Jordan Valley. To the left lies a lush plain called the Zor. Usually full of wild animals, the plain is flooded by the Jordan every year, which drives the animals out; when the water recedes, it leaves masses of driftwood behind. Lying straight ahead is the Ghor valley. Surrounded by mountains, fed by many rivers and streams, the Jordan here becomes treacherously full of swirling rapids. Continuing south, the river then flows undisturbed on its own for many miles. As the Jordan approaches its end, the Mount of Olives becomes faintly visible to the west. Shallow and moving slowly, the river empties its silt into the lowest, saltiest body of water on earth; the Dead Sea. From its origin to this point, where it ends, the Jordan River has twisted back and forth for a total of two hundred miles -- but it has covered a distance of only seventy miles on land.
Israel saw the great power that YHWH used against the Egyptians, so the people feared YHWH, and they believed in YHWH and in his servant Moses.
Exodus 14:31
If you believe in God, you must also believe in his prophets. To reject the messenger is to reject the one who sent the messenger. Of course, there are many more false prophets than legitimate ones. You won't be able to tell them apart if you aren't very familiar with God's character as revealed through his previous prophets in the Scriptures.
And in the morning watch YHVH in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic... #exodus 14:24
How did God confuse and panic the Egyptians in this verse? Perhaps He simply unclouded their minds and allowed them to see his full power in the pillar of fire and smoke. In v25, He stopped them by breaking their chariot wheels. Sometimes miracles are invisible and sometimes they look quite ordinary.
The Egyptians pursued and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. #exodus 14:23 #beshalach
Why would Pharaoh follow the Hebrews into the Sea after all he had witnessed? Crazy! God makes it easy to disbelieve if you are determined. By the time He forces you to see, it is often too late.
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Shalom Ladies,
Abba reminded me again as He did many years ago the following:
Abba is telling His people, Am Yisrael (People of Israel), that through these plagues ie global pandemic, c-jab aimed at the young, recession, hyperinflation, current food and water shortages, floods, wildfires that He is speaking. Nature is His messenger, and we need to ask again for the Ancient Paths, the tried and true ways of our Israelite ancestors in how to hear and see what He’s teaching where the prophetic times that we’re living in are concerned.
He utilizes them as His innocent, unbiased agents as one of the many ways in which He conveys to man.
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We must keep our children, Zion’s children on watch - interceding, watching, giving wise counsel even as adults. Our parenting never stops. Godly wisdom, understanding and knowledge are matured and made sure and granted to the elders of Israel - this is Hashem’s chukat (witness). Pharaoh is after your seed, and is actively pursuing them as he has launched a heinous campaign to reduce global humanity to 500k.
Just as Yochebed did what the world would deem crazy, she placed her son Moshe in a basket and placed him in the River. Baskets represent the will, the motherly love, protection, binah or insight that a mother carries for her child his entire life. The basket that Moshe was carried in was an ark. Just as Moshe’s name means
“Drawn from the water”, Drawn from one mother’s love to another’s compassion, it will be the women of compassion, of insight who will leave and have left lives of comfort to pursue spiritual basket making for the children.
Moshe was placed upon and in the midst of water. Our remnant children are facing dangers as in days of our ancestors, and it will take focused intercession, cultivated love for them, Velcro cohesiveness to them in the face of edicts formulated to destroy Abba’s seed.
Keep them hidden from the world’s ways, although they’re in the world and may have had worldly influence, repent, imah’s and draw them out of the water by your prayers, by your hard and devoted love, by the law of your tongue, do not allow them in places in your decisions now where it would be hard to draw them out later.
Our Abba is calling our children back home in this season - especially our adult children.
Mothers, be about the business of basket making and maintaining for your children.
Keep them covered in the ark of prayer, fill their baskets with what your hands have produced, dwell with them in any and all capacities that are needed for the times.
Keep watch over them.
Just as Yochebed instructed Miryam to keep watch of Moshe, your sisters are your eyes extended. Make the weave of your community of sisters tighter in this hour.
Feel each other’s sorrows - cry with one another deeply, rejoice in one another’s victories- dwell with one another.
There’s great power in holy sisterhood, especially in the times that are here and are coming.
Stay the course with your children.
The safest place on earth is what our Creator has created: the holy home.
In Messiah’s merit get back in touch with who you are innately, who you were created to be as womankind.
What are your thoughts?
Are you drawing closer to Father YHWH?
How has your home life changed?
If you work outside the home, are you finding that you desire more conscious, intentional time at home in this season?
Are you finding yourself digging into home life with even more heartfelt vigor?
If you’re solely home based, are there places that although you’re usually at home, that you’re finding yourself more conscious of in this season?
How are your relationships with other righeous women?
Do you desire to cultivate deeper, more meaningful, fruitful relationships with your Believing sisters?
In all of these meditations, what is your plan of action?"
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