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Texts: Psalms 37:3–6, 34, 37.3Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.4Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires.5Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you.6He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like t…
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"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."—2 Corinthians 3:18Let us suppose that in each of our minds is a natural law: "By beholding, we become changed." —Christ's Object Lessons, p. 355.What themes might we choose to behold?God…
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Deuteronomy 20:10 As you approach a town to attack it, you must first offer its people terms for peace.11 If they accept your terms and open the gates to you, then all the people inside will serve you in forced labor.12 But if they refuse to make peace and prepare to fight, you must attack the town.13 When the Lord your God hands the town over to y…
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Giants of Faith: Joshua and CalebMoses sent 12 men, one from each tribe, to act as intelligence agents or spies, regarding the land that God had promised to Israel.Text:Numbers 13:17-20.17 Moses gave the men these instructions as he sent them out to explore the land: "Go north through the Negev into the hill country.18 See what the land is like, an…
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Warfare, Land Division, and Zelophehad’s Daughters
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Introduction:As with the fictional milkman Tevye, from the village of Anatevka*, God chose to bless Zelophehad not with sons— but instead, with daughters—five of them!Unlike Caleb and Joshua, but like all other men "twenty years old and upward" (Numbers 14 and Numbers 32:11), Zelophehad died in the wilderness.Joshua, in the firm belief that he was …
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Lesson Guide:Of the Israelites: "Their most dangerous enemy was not outside their camp but within their own rank and file."Questions:What are our greatest dangers "within?"Those who interpret the Bible differently than we do?Those who demand perfect performance?Those who tolerate less-than-perfect performance?Those who would enlarge our tents, and …
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Lesson Guide:"The book of Joshua contains some disturbing scenes. Serious questions are raised by the concept of a divine or holy war portraying a group of people with a God-given mandate to destroy another group."Context:United Nations:Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of GenocideArticle II:In the present Convention, genocid…
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Israel's crossing of the Jordan in Lesson 3 was a miraculous success: We have tried to imagine the logistics of getting thousands of people of all ages, across a swollen river, together with their animals But, in last week's lesson, God accomplished all of that. And this miracle had another effect: It turned out to be psychological warfare, highly …
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Question:Nowadays the Jordan River has almost ceased to exist. What was so special about crossing this river in the time of Joshua?It was spring, when seasonal rains, plus melting snow from Mt. Hermon, put the river at flood stage. Many of the well-known fords were now covered by deep water, swift and dangerous.Questions:Had the two spies returning…
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"Grace is simply receiving what we don’t deserve."Question:Or perhaps is "grace" the usual, natural behavior of a gracious person?"Is it a difficult struggle for God to be gracious?Question:Do we get to decide who "deserves" grace?And should we decide that in this case, grace is "deserved," is it still "grace?"Question:Was God also using psychologi…
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We have recently studied the book of Exodus:Question:As God led Israel's escape through the Red Sea, how many battles did Moses have to win against the Egyptians?Question:How did Moses respond to an unprovoked attack by Amalekites?Question:On this urgent occasion did Moses ask for specific guidance from God?Question:And did this impromptu battle gi…
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Key Verses: Exodus 35-40Key QuestionsWhy does the text emphasize Sabbath again—right before the Tabernacle is built? What does this teach about how we balance action and rest?Why is the spinning of yarn by women mentioned specifically? What might this tell us about valuing unseen or domestic labor as spiritual (35:25-26)? What is the significance o…
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Key Verses: Exodus 32Key QuestionsWhat is more devastating—the loss of the land or the loss of God’s presence? How does this speak to what we truly value in our spiritual lives?Why does Moses ask to see God’s glory—and why does God only reveal God’s “back”? What does this reveal about the limits of human understanding and God’s self-disclosure?What…
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