The BOOK – Walls of Jericho

The walls of Jericho had to come down for the Israelites to conquer the Promised Land, for Jericho was the key to southern Canaan. Children of God were confident and knew their leader will lead them into the city. The Fall of Jericho is seen in Joshua 6.

When you read this chapter or the entire book, you can see God first giving promises, and then gives them steps to achieve it and keeping it. Here also God promised Joshua that this city is going to be in the hands of Joshua. He further gives those steps how to take the city. In human imagination the steps might go as an idiotic idea, but that is what God will do to shame the so called intelligent. They were asked to round the city one time daily for 6 days with their mouth shut. On the 7^th day they were asked to round 7 times, where 6 times they should be silent. On the 7^th round they should shout according to the trumpets and then God will give the city to them. They listened to it and when they started shouting, the walls around Jericho city fell and they went and conquered the city. Rahab and her family were saved because of the fact that she protected the spies who went to get information about the city.

Archaeological department and others may explain that the fall of Jericho was no miracle but a simple scientific fact. God knew that a certain vibration would destroy the wall. Miracle remains that the wall fell. You can search the proof through YouTube. God accomplished the destruction with or without scientific means. 

God put an invisible band around the foundation of that city wall and tightened it, and when God does that to the foundation of any structure, national or personal – beware. It is easy to listen to God’s word instead of getting ideas from worldly intellectuals. When your hear Gods word, step by step you does things which will be simple, but will get victory even in the midst of highest persecution.

God gives us victories through ways that seem utterly foolish to us. Even the message of Cross is foolish to people. But those who believe in God and take that step will see God’s glory in their life. “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God” – 1 Corinthians 1:18.

It is easy to leave the guidelines God gave for us to live and mock it as foolish. But the time when you start your life with God and have personal relationship with him, You will understand the real taste of the salvation which Christ has given. Amen.