_Their heart melted _. .. _ because of the children of Israel._ DIVINE CONTROL OVER ALL Kings and princes, captains and nobles, are most perfectly under the control of God; not only their counsels and operations, but their very spirits are subject to the influence of His secret and all-pervading do... [ Continue Reading ]
_Make thee sharp knives and circumcise._ THE CIRCUMCISING AT GILGAL Even those comparatively unenlightened people must have realised that there was deep spiritual significance in the administration of that rite at that juncture. On more than one occasion they had heard Moses speak of circumcising t... [ Continue Reading ]
_Encamped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover._ THREE SUCCESSIVE DAYS In one of his sonnets, Matthew Arnold tells of an interview he had on a day of fierce August sunshine, in Bethnal Green, with a preacher whom he knew, and who looked ill and overworked. In answer to the inquiry as to how he fared, “... [ Continue Reading ]
_Nay; but as Captain of the host of the Lord._ THE WARRIOR CHRISTIAN I. The special significance of this vision to Joshua. “The Lord’s host” does not primarily allude to those Israelite armies encamped beside the overflowing waters of the Jordan, but to other and invisible hosts encamped all around... [ Continue Reading ]