“So Yehoshua said to the Children of Israel: Until when will you show yourselves slack in coming, in settling the land that YHWH, the God of your Fathers, has given you? Provide yourselves three men per tribe [of the seven tribes who had not yet inherited the promises of God], that I may send them out. Let them arise and walk about in the land, that they may write it up according to their hereditary-property; then let them come back…..
“Now it was, after the death of Moshe, that servant of YHWH, that YHWH said to Yehoshua son of Nun, the attendant of Moshe, saying: Moshe my servant is dead. So-now, arise, cross this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the Children of Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread, to you I have given it, as I promised Moshe; from the Wilderness and this Levanon…..
“My grace is always more than enough for you, and my power finds its full expression through your weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9) Weakness here is Strongs#769, which is the Greek word astheneia. It means having a disability, handicap or frailty that causes one to become dependent and deprives them of being able to accomplish all they would like to do. Weakness is meant to break us in our self-sufficiency and open us up to dependency on God. Self-sufficiency is…..
“From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has forcefully advanced, and the strong take it by force.” (Matthew 11:12) This verse was spoken by Jesus in reference to both John’s role and the Kingdom of God coming forth. John was a groundbreaker. His role was to go before Christ and prepare for the Kingdom of God to come. Since the time of his ministry, the Kingdom of God has been forcefully advancing. These advances,…..