PROCLAMATION
“Now these
are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed
their land on the other side of Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the
river Arnon unto Mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east … all the kings
thirty and one.” Joshua 12:1-24 (KJV)
EXPLANATION
These are
the words of God which were revealed to and written by Joshua under the
influence of The Holy Spirit of God. In this twelfth chapter, Joshua
records the kings, and the land over which they reigned, which the Israelites
fought and were victorious over. (Joshua 12:7-24) After defeating Jericho and Ai, Joshua and
the Israelites were victorious over the kings of thirty-one lands. (Joshua
12:24) As the Israelites conquered these lands in successive battles
as they went from victory to victory over their enemies. This was how Joshua and the Israelites took possession
of the land that was promised to them.
APPLICATION
It is easy
for us to be negative and to focus upon the bad times, and upon our
losses. However, some of our losses were to teach us a lesson, (2
Corinthians 12:7) or they were our punishment for our disobedience. (Joshua
7:2-5 and 7:12) The Lord God has promised us the victory through
Jesus, The Christ. (1 Corinthian 15:57) All we have to do is believe
in Him and obey His Holy Word, and we will be victorious. When The
Lord God is with us, our enemies will not be able to stand against us. (Joshua
1:5) He will fight our battles for us. (2 Chronicles 32:8) We
will be victorious if we do all things His way. If we believe and
pray; trust and have faith in Him; read, study, and live The Holy Word, then we
will enjoy victory after victory, in this life and the next one. The
Lord God is omnipotent! He already has the victory over the world.
(1 Chronicles 29:11, Psalm 98:1, and Isaiah 25:8) As believers we are born again, and whatsoever
is born of God can overcome the world, and that is the most important victory
of all. (1 John 5:4)
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