The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in Joshua 15:1,
"The allotment for the tribe of Judah, clan by clan, extended down to the territory of Edom, to the Desert of Zin in the extreme south."
In a section of this book, which can be daunting to follow with the tribal references and geographic specifics provided for the distribution of the promised land, I am reminded of something quite important about Scripture.
The Bible is different than all the other so-called religious books of the world. The Bible stands alone as a collection of volumes that contain factual information that reflect times and places. Real times and real places where real events occurred.
The Scriptures are not simply a collection of statements of wisdom and religious thought, ethical considerations, liturgies and theology. To be sure, the Bible is all of these things. But those who spend time in the Scriptures find themselves in the midst of God revealing himself, manifesting himself throughout its pages in the context of time and space. Real time and space.
Listed in Joshua are numerous geographical landmarks that provide boundary lines of how the land was distributed following Israel's possession of it. Real people in real places at specific times in world history. It is all recorded right here in its pages. We should expect no less from a body of literature that contains the accounts of God's activities and the revelation of himself.
Put very simply, the Bible is real. It is precisely in contexts such as we find in the book of Joshua, where dates and places can be documented and verified - demonstrating the veracity of the Scriptures.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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