Joshua. I haven't got my peace
about all that killing. One commentator suggests that the towns may have
been infested with a terrible, incurable disease. And of course there
were other gods to be gotten rid of. Though it is said there were still
some left - somehow.
Well
I have just come to the sentence, “And the land rested from war” (Josh. 11:23
And the...).
The
towns of Canaan have been burned down after the inhabitants were killed. “So
Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and
Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions”
(Josh. 11:23 to first .).
How
puzzling. It made me think that Joshua took up the idea of taking over Canaan
for a homeland for the Israelites, but didn't listen quietly as to how to do
it. I have found that when I get an idea from Mind for some action, there is a
second part to the demonstration. I have to ask and listen for the modus
operandi of how to do it, not go off “half-cocked,” so to speak.
This
morning (Sunday 20th October), I was reading the article Lessons
in True Compassion in the October 2019 Christian Science Journal. Speaking of the Children of
Israel and their Exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land, the writer (Gabriela
Mejia) says she found it surprising and comforting that God never left their
side. She says, “Time after time, despite all the doubts and complaints from
the Israelites, God demonstrated His great patience and love by providing for
them and protecting them from harm.”
Hey!
Where is the Golden Rule here. The Israelites had been freed from slavery in
Egypt where they really had a pretty good life, and they go and savagely kill
and burn whole towns and villages.
No
compassion there.
Joyce Voysey
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