<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\nJoshua 5:1<\/b><\/a><\/span>\u00a0As soon as all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan for the people of Israel until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and there was no longer any spirit in them because of the people of Israel.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The idea of a\u00a0melted<\/b>\u00a0heart is a complete loss of strength and resistance. The Canaanites were stunned and terrified by the Israelites and the God who was with them. \u00a0\u201cFor the Canaanites, the events of the preceding days were a horror story. They had been terrified enough by seeing the Israelite hordes\u2014some two million strong\u2014spread out along the eastern bank of the Jordan. It was obvious that the Jews intended to invade the western lands. But the water was at flood stage. The people could not cross. There seemed to be time to get ready. Suddenly the waters ceased flowing, the people crossed over, and a battle was imminent. The suddenness of the crossing terrified everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0The miraculous passage through the Jordan was not only a testimony to Israel, but also to the Canaanites. It was an additional warning to them that God\u2019s judgment was on the way, coming through the armies of Israel. Rahab had already reported to the Israelite spies that the Canaanites knew of, and were terrified by, the great things God had done for Israel (Joshua 2:9-11<\/span><\/a>). The miraculous crossing of the Jordan added to their dread that judgment was coming from the LORD, Yahweh, the covenant God of Israel. (Guzik)<\/p>\n
How dreadful is their case, who see the wrath of God advancing towards them, without being able to turn it aside, or escape it! Such will be the horrible situation of the wicked; nor can words express the anguish of their feelings, or the greatness of their terror. Oh that they would now take warning, and before it be too late, flee for refuge to lay hold upon that hope set before them in the gospel! God impressed these fears on the Canaanites, and dispirited them. (Henry)<\/p>\n
I wonder how many people on their death bed, lay in fear of their approaching death. They realize their life has been all in vain and shortly now they will come into judgment. They come with nothing into this event. They have lived a life that has rejected God, God\u2019s Word, and Jesus Christ. They have no hope. Their end is very near and though they could repent, they do not. Rather fear and distress guide them into eternal torment. How sad is this? They come face to face with eternity without Jesus Christ to receive them, no hope of eternal life, no joy of meeting Jesus face to face, no peace of mind. Their last breath will be in worry, fear, helplessness, hopelessness, and void of any peace.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Joshua 5:1\u00a0As soon as all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan for the people of Israel until they had crossed over, … Continue reading “57. c. Joshua 5:1\u00a0\u00a0“<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194941"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194944,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194941\/revisions\/194944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}