Joshua 5 Isaiah 59

Joshua 5
- The kings of Ammorites and Canaanites melted when they heard God has dried up the Jordan so the Israelites could cross on dry land.
- God told Joshua to circumcise the people a second time with flint knives.
- How is possible to be circumcised a second time?
- All the males who came out of Egypt had died.
- The males born in the wilderness had not been circumcised
- God told the men in the wilderness that they would not see the promised land because they did not obey God.
- Joshua circumcised those who were born in the 40 years in the wilderness
- They stayed in Gilgal until all the men were healed.
- It was named Gilgal because God had "rolled away the reproach of Egypt" in them. Gilgal means to roll
- They celebrated the Passover in Gilgal.
- The day after Passover they ate food from the land and the manna ceased the next day.
- Joshua saw a man with a sword by Jericho and the man said he was the commander of the army of the Lord.
- Joshua fell on his face and worshipped.
- The commander of the Lord's army told Joshua to take off his sandals because the place was holy.

Isaiah 59
- God's hand is not shortened or ear dull, but iniquities have created a separation between me and God
- My sins have hidden God's face from me so he does not hear
- My hands and tongue are defiled with blood, iniquities, lies, and wickedness
- No one can go to the law justly or honestly
- They rely on empty pleas and conceive mischief
- They hatch viper eggs and spin webs
- Men cannot make clothes from spider's webs
- Their feet run toward evil and are quick to shed blood
- Desolation and destruction are their highways
- They do not know peace or justice
- That is why justice doesn't overtake us.
- That is why when we hope for light but get darkness and gloom
- That is why we grope like a blind man along a wall
- We hope for justice and salvation but we cannot find it.
- Our sins testify against us
- We know our transgressions and when we deny the Lord
- We speak revolt and conceive and utter lying words
- Righteousness stands far away
- Truth is lacking
- He who departs from evil makes himself a prey (What does this phrase mean?)
- God saw this an it displeased him that there was no one to intercede.
- God's own arm brought him salvation and His own righteousness upheld him.
- He put on breastplate of righteousness, helmet of salvation, garments of vengeance, and a cloak of zeal
- He will repay the evil deeds of his enemies.
- They will fear the name of the Lord from the west to the east.
- He will come like a rushing stream or the wind
- The Lord declares that a Redeemer will come to Zion to those in Zion who turn from transgression
- God makes this covenant, "My Spirit is upon you and my words will not depart from your mouth or your children's mouths from this time until forevermore"
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