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Promise Participation Series Contributed by Steve Ely on Nov 10, 2020 (message contributor) Summary: Promise Land We have been set free . now what? It isn’t enough to break out of bondage unless we learn to move to blessed. In order to do so we must find and live in promise land! PromiseLand 2 - Promise Participation Introduction We have had a good vantage point to reflect on what has taken place in the incredible exodus of over a million slaves who had been in brutal bondage for over 400 years in Egypt. History allows us to see from the perspective of overview. We get all the facts at once. However, can you imagine experiencing it firsthand? Think about each of the miracles they have witnessed. Week after week a plague that buckles the knees of an unchallenged ruler. And after 430 years of bondage, what must have seemed like almost overnight, slaves are now free and not only free, but now wealthy because on the way out of Egypt they plunder the Egyptians. All because they have a promise of their own land that flows with milk and honey. So, they begin the march to their promise. I will state here in the beginning that God is not interested in you visiting your promise. That is all the spies taught us. When Moses sends the spies out to examine the Promised Land they come back after a visit but never inhabit the promise. In order for us to do more than have a promise we must learn these valuable lessons so that we can inhabit and live in promise land. There are many occasions in this journey that today's lesson was taught to this group of slaves who are becoming soldiers. I want to examine two distinct times that I hope we will learn from. The classroom setting begins in the wilderness and the lesson concludes in the Promise Land. Let's see if we can see the contrast and learn. I am convinced that this lesson may be the most missed lesson and the result is it is also the one that when unlearned causes us to miss our promise. So Pharaoh led the chase in his chariot, 7 followed by the pick of Egypt’s chariot corps—600 chariots in all—and other chariots driven by Egyptian officers. He pursued the people of Israel, for they had taken much of the wealth of Egypt with them. Pharaoh’s entire cavalry—horses, chariots, and charioteers—was used in the chase; and the Egyptian army overtook the people of Israel as they were camped beside the shore near Piha-hiroth, across from Baal-zephon. As the Egyptian army approached, the people of Israel saw them far in the distance, speeding after them, and they were terribly frightened and cried out to the Lord to help them. But Moses told the people, “Don’t be afraid. Just stand where you are and watch, and you will see the wonderful way the Lord will rescue you today. The Egyptians you are looking at—you will never see them again. The Lord will fight for you, and you won’t need to lift a finger!” Then the Lord said to Moses, “Quit praying and get the people moving! Forward, march! Use your rod—hold it out over the water, and the sea will open up a path before you, and all the people of Israel shall walk through on dry ground! (Just as a side note - some of us have prayed long enough. Quit meditating and march!) Joshua said to the priests, “Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.” So, they took it up and went ahead of them. And the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses. Tell the priests who carry the ark of the covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the Jordan’s waters, go and stand in the river.’” So, when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them. Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. So, the people crossed over opposite Jericho. The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground. Joshua 4:10-13 (NIV) Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the LORD had commanded Joshua was done by the people, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried over, and as soon as all of them had crossed, the ark of the LORD and the priests came to the other side while the people watched. The men of Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over, ready for battle, in front of the Israelites, as Moses had directed them. About forty thousand armed for battle crossed over before the LORD to the plains of Jericho for war. Related Media SermonCentral Preaching Slide SermonCentral Preaching Slide SermonCentral Preaching Slide
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यहोशू अध्याय 3 भोलिपल्ट बिहानै उठे यहोशू अनि इस्राएलका समस्त मानिसहरू अनि शित्तीम छाडेर हिंडे। तिनीहरूले यर्दन नदी तिर यात्रा गरे, अनि नदी तर्नु अघि छाउनी हालेर बसे। 2 तीन दिन पछि अगुवाहरू छाउनी भएर गए। 3 अगुवाहरूले मानिसहरूलाई आज्ञा दिए। तिनीहरूले भने, “तिमीहरूले पूजाहारी अनि लेवीहरूलाई परमप्रभु तिमीहरूको परमेश्वरको करारको सन्दूक बोकेका देख्ने छौ त्यसबेला तिमीहरू तिनीहरूको पछि लाग्नु पर्छ। 4 तर धेरै नजिक भएर नपछ्याउनु। तिनीहरूसँग दुई हजार हातको पछि रहनु। तिमीहरू पहिला यहाँ आएका थिएनौ। तर यदि तिमीहरूले तिनीहरूलाई पछ्यायौ भने कहाँ जानु पर्ने तिमीहरूले थाहा पाउनेछौ।” 5 त्यसपछि यहोशूले मानिसहरूलाई भने, “तिमीहरूले स्वयंलाई पवित्र बनाऊ। भोलि परमप्रभुले अद्भुत कुराहरू गर्नका निम्ति तिमीहरूको उपयोग गर्नु हुनेछ।” 6 तब, यहोशूले पूजाहारीहरूलाई भने, “करारको सन्दूक लेऊ अनि मानिसहरूको अघि गएर नदी पारी जाऊ।” यसकारण पूजाहारीहरूले सन्दूक उठाए अनि बोकेर मानिसहरूको अगाडी गए। 7 तब परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई भन्नु भयो, “आज म तँलाई इस्राएलका समस्त मानिसहरूको नजरमा महान तुल्याउने काम शुरू गर्नेछु। तब मानिसहरूले जान्ने छन् म मोशाको साथमा थिएँ त्यसरी नै तेरो साथमा पनि छु। 8 पूजाहारीहरूले करारको सन्दूक बोक्ने छन्। पूजाहारीहरूलाई भन, ‘तिमीहरूले यर्दन नदीमा खुट्टा राख्नु पर्छ र पानीमा उभिनु पर्छ।”‘ 9 तब यहोशूले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई भने, “आऊ, अनि परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरको वचन सुन। 10 यहाँ प्रमाण छ कि जीवित परमेश्वर साँच्चै तिमीहरूका साथ हुनुहुन्छ। यहाँ प्रमाण छ कि उहाँले सँच्चै नै तिमीहरूका शत्रुहरूलाई परास्त गरिदिनु हुनेछ। उहाँले कनानी, हित्ती, परिज्जी, गिर्गाशी, एमोरी अनि यबूसी मानिसहरूलाई परास्त गर्नुहुने छ, उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई त्यो भूमि छोड्न वाध्य तुल्याउनु हुनेछ। 11 जब तिमीहरू यदर्न नदी पार गर्छौ सम्पूर्ण संसारका मालिकको करारको सन्दूक तिमीहरूको अघि जानेछ। 12 अब, बाह्रजना मानिसहरू छान। इस्राएलको बाह्र कुल समुहबाट एक मानिस छान। 13 पूजाहारीहरूले परमप्रभुको सन्दूक बोक्नेछन्। परमप्रभु सम्पूर्ण पृथ्वीका मालिक हुनुहुन्छ। जब तिनीहरू पानीमा पस्छन् यर्दन नदीको पानी बग्न रोकिन्छ। पानी बन्द भएर बाँध जस्तै बनिनेछ।” 14 पूजाहारीहरूले करारको सन्दूक बोके अनि मानिसहरूले आफ्नो छाउनी छाडे, मानिसहरूले यर्दन नदी तर्न तिनीहरूको पछि लागे। 15 फसल कटनीको समयमा यर्दन नदी किनार माथि माथि भएर बग्छ। यसर्थ नदी पूर्ण रूपले भरिएको थियो। पूजाहारीहरू, जसले सन्दूक बोकेका थिए, नदीका किनारमा आए र तिनीहरूले पानीमा टेके। 16 अनि पानी बग्न तुरन्तै बन्द भयो। यो पानी नदीको धेरै टाढो अदाम (शरतानको शहर) सम्म एउटा बाँध जस्तो थुप्रियो, यस्तो प्रकारले कि अराबाह समुद्र (मृत सागर) तिर बगिरहेको पानी पुरै काटिएको थियो। मानिसहरू नदी पार गरेर यरीहोको नजीक पुगे। 17 त्यस स्थानको भूमि सूक्खा भयो, अनि पूजाहारीहरू परमप्रभुको करारको सन्दूक बोकेर नदीको माझमा पुगे र तिनीहरू रोकिए। पूजाहारीहरू त्यहाँ पर्खिए तब इस्राएलका सबै मानिसहरू सूख्खा भूमि भएर हिंडेर यर्दन नदी पारी पुगे।