Then the LORD said, “Do not fear them, for I have given them into your hand. Not one man of them shall stand before you.” So Joshua came upon them suddenly, having marched all night from Gilgal. And the LORD made them afraid before Israel, so they struck them with a great blow in Gibeon and they pursued them toward the way of the ascent… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Fear
Adam and the First Garden
Where in the Bible …is Resurrection
Recalling Adam and the first garden, with its two trees of death and life in the midst (Gen 2:9), the evangelist poetically places Jesus’ cross in the midst (John 19:18) of his account of the Garden of Gethsemane (John 18:1) and the Garden Tomb (John 19:41). It is upon the cross, then, that John presents Jesus as the new Adam, whose own tree of cursing… Read more »
Milestone 2: The Tribal Patriarchs of Israel Delivered from Death on the Third Day
Where in the Bible …is Resurrection
“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 »