Post Making Something out of Nothing As the leader of the people, Joshua waits until the end of the process of dividing the land before receiving his own inheritance. Just like Caleb, he requests and is… Read More
Post Moses’ Final Moment: Gazing at the Holy Land As the leader of the Jewish people, Moses involved himself with all matters of concern to the nation. He led them out of Egypt, taught them the Torah, acted as… Read More
Post Sacrifice for the Holy Land After the Children of Israel fight and conquer parts of the Land of Israel, the land is then divided up into tribal allotments. The allotments were allocated through divine lottery… Read More
Post Every Individual can Change the World In this verse, Moses reminds the people that how they behave will directly impact their ability to live in the Land of Israel. He tells them that if they faithfully… Read More
Post The Covenant at the Plains of Moab As the People of Israel stand at the plains of Moab, ready to enter the Promised Land, Moses leads them in reaffirming their covenant with God for all generations. The… Read More
Post The Golan Heights: Indispensable Part of the Holy Land Joshua chapter 12 summarizes the wars fought by the Children of Israel to take possession of the Promised Land. In this chapter, we are also reminded of the wars that… Read More
Post The Land, People and Torah of Israel After the Children of Israel defeated the city of Ai, the Book of Joshua records the ceremony that took place at Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal. They were commanded to… Read More
Post The Ten Commandments: a Microcosm of the Bible After a brief introduction and a review of how the Children of Israel ended up at the banks of the Jordan River ready to inherit the Holy Land at the… Read More
Post The Bibles Words are Forever Relevant In the midst of his farewell speeches to the Children of Israel, Moses charges them to “take to heart these instructions with which I charge you this day” (Deuteronomy 6:6)…. Read More
Post What can we learn from a grape? Chapter five of Isaiah presents one of the most famous parables in the Bible, known as the song of the vineyard. In it, Isaiah gathers the people together to pass… Read More