“When The Trumpet Sounds”

 “Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.” (Joshua 6:1)

“13And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

14And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

15And the captain of the LORD’S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.” (Joshua 5:13-15)

Because of Joshua’s faith in God, God provided him with a holy host of soldiers to pave the way.

The Army of God circles the city once each day for the next six days. At the front of this procession are seven priests with trumpets of Ram’s horns, the Shofar. Behind the priests is the Ark of the Covenant.

On the seventh day they circle the city seven times, each time sounding the trumpets. On the final trip around the wall of Jericho the trumpets sound and the people shout. The walls of Jericho falls flat.

The army had surrounded the city; when the walls fell they went up into the city and utterly destroyed it. Every man, woman, old, and young were killed by the sword. With a notable exception, the harlot Rahab.

The summary is this, God abhors sin, and he had punished Israel for their sin in the wilderness. This punishment was known to the people of Canaan from those in highest station all the way down to the lowest station in life (Rahab). Any of them could have repented and God would have in his grace saved them, but they didn’t. Their idols did nothing to save them.

That is the way of the world now. God, through his son Jesus has been warning sinners for thousands of years, yet many ignore it. Repent of your sin, believe and have faith in God, though his son Jesus will save you for everlasting life.

Stay tuned…