Posts Tagged: Spies

The Seven Trumpets Sound Terror and Hope

Where in the Bible Is End Times

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Now on the seventh day they rose up early as dawn arose and they marched around the city. This was according to the pattern: seven times on that day they marched around the city, only seven times that day. Then on the seventh time the priests blew the trumpets. So Joshua said to the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given the city to you…. Read more »

Joshua’s Battle Against Jericho

Where in the Bible Is End Times

The Story of a Whore Who Becomes a Bride The name of the great city “Jericho” brings to mind the greatest single battle recorded in the Old Testament. After crossing the Jordan and entering the land of promise, Joshua and all Israel camped in Gilgal. Joshua erected twelve stones taken from the riverbed as a memorial to represent the twelve tribes of Israel who crossed… Read more »

“Joseph…said to them, ‘You are spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land!’…So he put them (Jacob’s sons) all together in prison three days. Now Joseph said to them the third day, ‘Do this and live, for I fear God’” (Gen 42:9, 17-19)Genesis 42:1-22 The drama of Joseph’s confrontation with his brothers, who had come to Egypt seeking bread in a time… Read more »

There is an evident pattern of remarkable deliverances from a decree of death, whether pronounced by God or the king, taking place on the third day. This theme runs through the entire Old Testament. This section will survey the suffering and glory pattern by such a deliverance as seen in the accounts of Isaac, Joseph’s brothers, the spies of Joshua, the Gibeonites, David, Daniel, and… Read more »