This week, we're finishing up Duet., reading chapter 31 and 30. This strikes me...Moses is handing Joshua the leadership and he makes this promise:
31:6 "Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."
That reminds me a New Testament promise that God makes for us as the writer of Hebrews quotes this promise:
13:5 "Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,
"Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.""
Interesting! We have the same promise that Joshua had when he was about the lead the Israelites into the Promise Land?
And we have to be content with what we have? That's a very hard thing to be!
This blog chronicles the questions, affirmations, and interesting happenings that arise from studying the Torah each week. I study with a group of very interesting folks at Mars Hill church in Grandville, MI. We read the materials from First Fruits of Zion (www.ffoz.org) and discuss together. This is my second year of exploring the Very Words of God in the Torah Cycle.
