Read: Joshua 11:1-12:24; Luke 17:11-37; Psalm 84:1-12; Proverbs 13:5-6
Jabin, king of Hazor gathered the rest of the kings from the north, south, east and west to join together and fight Israel. God reassured Joshua not to be afraid because he would hand them over to them the next day. They were to kill everyone and hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.
They defeated two kings on the east side of the Jordan and gave the land to the Reuenites, Gadites and half of Manasseh. Thirty-one kings were defeated on the west side of the Jordan and the land given to the rest of the tribes. God gave them success in every battle, just like he said he would.
In Luke, Jesus healed 10 men with leprosy and told them to go and present themselves to the priest so he would do the Levitical cleansing rite for a person healed of leprosy. One came back and fell at his feet and thanked Jesus for healing him. This man was a Samaritan so he not being Jewish, he could not present himself before the priest. Instead he came and presented himself before THE priest, Jesus. Jesus marveled that he was the only one who did this. He told the man that his trust in him and saved him. Salvation comes by faith.
When the Pharisees asked Jesus when the Kingdom of God would come he told them that GOd’s kingdom would not come visibly but spiritually. The kingdom of God is within us, not a building on earth. Then he described the Messiah’s ministry. He would be light that would light up the sky like lightning. It would start on one side of the sky and shoot to the other side, but first he would suffer and be rejected by their generation. When he returned it will be an evil time on the earth like the days of Noah where everyone was evil except one man and his family. It would end just like it did in Lot’s day when God rained down fire and sulfur and destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
In that day, Jesus will appear and be revealed to the earth. He warned that people not to turn back like Lots’ wife because they too will be destroyed. God will rapture those that are his and the rest will remain for destruction.
Lord, help us to walk with you today and hear your voice.
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