“Glory to the Precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ”

Psalms 139: 8 - 10 If I ascend into heaven, you are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.

If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

Even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen

Hallelujah 

If we, the bride, the church willingly accept God with a truthful and upright heart, it will be pleasing to God. 

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in the portion of the Bible that we meditated upon in the past days, we meditated that the strength that we, the bride, the church has received we must distribute it to other brothers also.

Next, what we will meditate is that Joshua 18: 11 – 28 Now the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families, and the territory of their lot came out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. 

Their border on the north side began at the Jordan, and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the mountains westward; it ended at the Wilderness of Beth Aven. 

The border went over from there toward Luz, to the side of Luz (which is Bethel) southward; and the border descended to Ataroth Addar, near the hill that lies on the south side of Lower Beth Horon.

Then the border extended around the west side to the south, from the hill that lies before Beth Horon southward; and it ended at Kirjath Baal (which is Kirjath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah. This was the west side.

The south side began at the end of Kirjath Jearim, and the border extended on the west and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. 

Then the border came down to the end of the mountain that lies before the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is in the Valley of the Rephaim on the north, descended to the Valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite city on the south, and descended to En Rogel. 

And it went around from the north, went out to En Shemesh, and extended toward Geliloth, which is before the Ascent of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. 

Then it passed along toward the north side of Arabah, and went down to Arabah. 

And the border passed along to the north side of Beth Hoglah; then the border ended at the north bay at the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the southern boundary.

The Jordan was its border on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, according to its boundaries all around, according to their families.

Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, according to their families, were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz, 

Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, 

Avim, Parah, Ophrah, 

Chephar Haammoni, Ophni, and Gaba: twelve cities with their villages; 

Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, 

Mizpah, Chephirah, Mozah, 

Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, 

Zelah, Eleph, Jebus (which is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kirjath: fourteen cities with their villages. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

When we meditate upon the above-mentioned verses, seven tribes had not possessed the land. Then Joshua made them to survey the land and wrote that in a book and kept and after that they cast lots for them and divided the land.  Now the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families, and the territory of their lot came out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. 

Their border on the north side began at the Jordan, and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the mountains westward; it ended at the Wilderness of Beth Aven. The border went over from there toward Luz, to the side of Luz (which is Bethel) southward; and the border descended to Ataroth Addar, near the hill that lies on the south side of Lower Beth Horon. Then the border extended around the west side to the south, from the hill that lies before Beth Horon southward; and it ended at Kirjath Baal (which is Kirjath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah. This was the west side.

The south side began at the end of Kirjath Jearim, and the border extended on the west and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. Then the border came down to the end of the mountain that lies before the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is in the Valley of the Rephaim on the north, descended to the Valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite city on the south, and descended to En Rogel. And it went around from the north, went out to En Shemesh, and extended toward Geliloth, which is before the Ascent of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. 

Then it passed along toward the north side of Arabah and went down to Arabah. And the border passed along to the north side of Beth Hoglah; then the border ended at the north bay at the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the southern boundary. The Jordan was its border on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, as a pattern.

My dear people, the explanation regarding God using this as a pattern is that Christ is our inheritance. We must receive this inheritance without delay and must accept him willingly. Those who do not possess it in this manner, if God’s purpose is there God will somehow bring them to him and make them stand before him and we can understand this from the pattern that he has given us. That is, in Amos 3: 7 – 15 Surely the Lord God does nothing, unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.

A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken! Who can but prophesy?

“Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say:‘Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see great tumults in her midst, and the oppressed within her.

For they do not know to do right,’ Says the Lord, ‘Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.’ ”

Therefore thus says the Lord God: “An adversary shall be all around the land; He shall sap your strength from you, and your palaces shall be plundered.”

Thus says the Lord: “As a shepherd takes from the mouth of a lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be taken out who dwell in Samaria— in the corner of a bed and on the edge of a couch!

Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,” says the Lord God, the God of hosts, 

“That in the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will also visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground.

I will destroy the winter house along with the summer house; The houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end,” says the Lord.

The explanation of the above-mentioned verses is the judgement of God and from that he separates us for him and saves us. Those who do not correct themselves in this judgement in this manner will be punished and that is manifested. That is why, their portion is divided by casting lots. Those who are in this manner, their inheritance is in the land of the Gentiles. Therefore the deeds of the Gentiles will be there in them. Then, in them the pure spirit of Christ will not be there. Regarding that, every boundary from where it is extending it is written. That is why, while coming from Jordan it goes to Jericho and in this manner when we come to each and every place in the Valley of Rephaim and in this manner it is descending to Arabah. Finally it is written that the border ended at the north bay at the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan.

Therefore, my dear people for the grace of Christ to abide in us we must always be careful and truthfully with an upright heart we must lean on and live and let us submit ourselves for this.

Let us pray. May the Lord bless you all abundantly. 

- To be continued