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Joshua chap 22 1-33 -

Hyung Jin Nim started Sunday’s sermon by reading Joshua 22. After 7 years of battles to conquer the promised land the 12 tribes were settling down in the lands designated for them, but there was a central point for the nation where ritual offerings could be made, the tabernacle in Shiloh. Providence works through a central point. All Israelite men were commanded to go back 3 times per year to participate in the meat and sin offerings.

The religious leaders were expecting that the Messiah would rule over the kings of the earth, but Micah 4 refers to other kingdoms at the same time worshipping their own “gods.” Freedom is a critical aspect of the mechanism of love. While the culture in God’s Kingdom will be Judeo-Christian, there still will be freedom of belief.

In Matthew 19, Jesus said to go to speak to your brother if you have a complaint. In Joshua 22, the ten tribes hear of 2 tribes of Reuben and of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, building a new altar separately on their land on the west side of the Jordan river and thought these tribes were making their offering at a new location on their own land. They were ready to go to civil war. Fortunately, the ten tribes sent representatives to the tribal leaders of Reuben and Gad to find out the truth.
Richard A. Panzer Newsletter
Ph.D., President World Peace and Unification Sanctuary - USA

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