We credit Jacob as a God-wrestler, but as we bury Rachel in Bethlehem, I wonder if she wasn’t also in a lifelong tussle with a holy God?
Tag: idolatry
They had traded faith in a living God for faith in a created thing.
God knew the temptation His people would face, that’s why He asked them to destroy the enemy completely.
“Joshua said to the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: Long ago your ancestors, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River, and they worshiped other gods.” (Joshua 24:2 NLT) Wait, did you catch that?…