Tag: Canaanites
Biblical Principle #166: Israel Sent Spies into Canaan
Biblical Principles List Principle Israel sent 12 spies into the land of Canaan. Explanation Having left Mount Sinai, Israel was headed for the land of Canaan. GOD told Moses to send a spy from each tribe (except Levi) to scout out the land and bring back a report. 1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses,…
Biblical Principle #139: God Assured Israel’s Victory in Canaan
Biblical Principles List Principle God assured Moses of Israel’s victory throughout Canaan (if they obeyed Him). Explanation As GOD concluded His initial message to Moses at Mount Sinai, after having spoken the Ten Commandments to all of Israel, GOD told Moses: 23 For My Angel will go before you and bring you in to the…
August 25 – GOD Will Avenge His People
Reading Eze. 25:1-17; 26:1-16; 30:1-26; 31:1-18 Devotional In today’s reading, Ezekiel prophesies of the coming punishment upon the lands of Egypt, Ammon, Edom, Philistia, and Assyria. There are four primary reasons given for the punishment of these peoples: Their pride Their idolatry Their wickedness Their persecution of GOD’s people Israel In the past month or…
August 20 – GOD Equates Israel, Judah to Prostitutes
Reading Eze. 23:1-23:49 2 Chron. 36:13a 2 Kings 25:1 Jer. 52:4 Devotional Parental Caution: Today’s reading contains very graphic descriptions of two sisters who engaged in prostitution. I recommend you read Eze. 23 by yourself before deciding to read it with children. In today’s reading, GOD uses an extremely graphic illustration of two sisters who…
August 4 – Destruction Coming for Egypt, Philistines
Reading Jer. 46:1-28; 47:1-7 Devotional Judah had been oppressed by two enemies—Egypt and the Philistines. GOD gave a prophecy to Jeremiah concerning the coming destruction upon both of those lands at the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. 1 The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the nations. 2 Against…
July 11 – Manasseh Leads Judah to Sin
Reading 2 Kings 20:21b; 21:1-9, 16, 10-15 Devotional When Hezekiah died, his son Manasseh became king at the young age of 12. Hezekiah had walked closely with GOD and done tremendous good in leading Judah back from idolatry. Sadly, all the good that he did was undone by his son Manasseh. Manasseh reigned 55 years…
July 9 – Isaiah Warns Judah Against Trusting in Egypt, Ethiopia
Reading Isa. 18:1-7; 19:1-25; 20:1-6; 30:1-33; 31:1-9 Devotional Now that Israel has been taken to Assyria, GOD continues His warnings to the nation of Judah through the prophet Isaiah. GOD tells Judah not to put their trust in the people of Egypt or Cush (Ethiopia) to save them because those plans will fail. In fact,…
July 8 – Israel Falls
Reading 2 Kings 17:3-5; 18:9-11; 17:7-41; 18:7b-8 Devotional Today we read of the end of the northern tribes of Israel in 723 B.C. GOD had given the people numerous opportunities to return to Him and save themselves, but they refused to repent. As a result, Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked king Hoshea and all of…
June 15 – Amaziah in Judah; Jeroboam II in Israel
Reading 2 Kings 12:21b; 14:1-6; 13:20b-25 2 Chron. 25:5-24 2 Kings 14:15-16, 23-24 Devotional Amaziah, son of Joash, became king in Judah after Joash was assassinated. He was 25 years old and reigned 29 years. Amaziah did what was right before GOD, but not completely, as David had done. He followed the example of his father…
June 8 – GOD Defeats Moab with Water
Reading 2 Kings 8:16-17 2 Chron. 21:2-4 2 Kings 3:6-27 2 Chron. 20:34; 21:1, 20a, 6, 7, 11-17, 8-10 Devotional Ahab’s son Joram reigned in Israel during the latter part of Jehoshaphat’s reign in Judah. The king of Moab rebelled against Joram, so he asked Jehoshaphat to go to battle with him, as well as…