Tag: spiritual warfare

In the Old Testament, Joshua brought Jericho to crashing defeat as the Israelites simply obeyed the Lord’s instruction to march around its seemingly inpenetrable walls encompassing the city in total silence for seven days. The walls did not fall until the seventh day. What was successfully begun on the first day was not accomplished until the last. So it is with believers today. “We reap in due season if we faint not.” When Israel placed God’s battering-ram, i.e., the power of the Holy Spirit, against the walls of Jericho, the city was compelled to fall, even though that did not occur until the end of a week. But ultimately, the wall had no other choice. It had to fall, when they simply obeyed the Lord’s instruction, which was relayed to them by their God-anointed and appointed human leader. The principle is still true today.