{"id":463,"date":"2025-11-30T18:49:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amouretsalut.com\/activite-chretienne\/the-fall-of-jericho\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T19:41:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T19:41:57","slug":"the-fall-of-jericho","status":"publish","type":"activite-chretienne","link":"https:\/\/amouretsalut.com\/en\/activite-chretienne\/the-fall-of-jericho\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fall of Jericho"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:70px;--awb-padding-right:110px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:110px;--awb-padding-top-medium:70px;--awb-padding-right-medium:50px;--awb-padding-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-padding-left-medium:50px;--awb-padding-top-small:50px;--awb-padding-right-small:30px;--awb-padding-bottom-small:0px;--awb-padding-left-small:30px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1976px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:40px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:75%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.56%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.56%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:30px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-font-size:40px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;\">The Fall of Jericho<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:1200px;--awb-max-height:800px;--awb-align-self:center;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:66.67%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EgFYL7o0H6A?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0&oida=1\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-right:5px;--awb-padding-left:5px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:75%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.56%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.56%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><h2><strong>Text: Joshua 6:1-6<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 Then the Lord said to Joshua, \u201cSee, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its mighty warriors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams\u2019 horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5 When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse, and the army will go up, everyone straight in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6 So Joshua son of Nun called the priests and said to them, \u201cTake up the ark of the covenant of the Lord and have seven priests carry trumpets in front of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God, the Creator, chose a people\u2014the people of Israel\u2014and through them, He intended to reveal His power, authority, greatness, and love to all humanity. To fulfill this purpose, God allowed the Israelites to be held captive as slaves in Egypt for over 400 years. He delivered them from Pharaoh\u2019s hand with great miracles and wonders through Moses, making His power and majesty known to other nations on earth.<br \/>\nAs Israel journeyed through the wilderness, God performed many signs and wonders in their favor, driving out powerful kings before them. By doing so, He struck fear and terror into the hearts of the other nations, who had heard of Him and His people. The story of Rahab, the prostitute of Jericho, teaches us much about the terror that had already gripped Jericho before the Israelites even arrived to confront them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joshua sent two spies to explore Jericho, and they came to Rahab\u2019s house. She not only sheltered them but also risked her life to hide and protect them from the king of Jericho. Why would she put her life on the line for strangers? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rahab told the spies: \u201cWe (the people of Jericho) have heard all that God has done for Israel, and we know that He has delivered this city into your hands.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Joshua 2:9-11<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9 and said to them, \u201cI know that the Lord has given you this land and that the terror of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10 We have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11 When we heard of it, our hearts melted in fear, and everyone\u2019s courage failed because of you, for the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This passage speaks of a very important event well known to all Christians\u2014the fall of the walls of Jericho. In verse 1, the Bible tells us that the inhabitants of Jericho initiated the hostility by closing their city gates, blocking Israel\u2019s passage to the land God had promised them. Jericho positioned itself as an enemy to God\u2019s plan and would pay the price.<br \/>\nAs a child of God, you must remain at peace in faith and witness how every obstacle raised by the devil, his demons, and those he uses will fall and be destroyed by the power of God, who has promised to complete the work He has begun in your life. Christ never promised us a life without suffering or obstacles. But through trials caused by our enemies, God delivers us and displays His power in our lives\u2014for us to see and for our enemies to witness. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hebrews 11:30 teaches that the fall of Jericho\u2019s walls was a result of Israel\u2019s faith:<br \/>\n&#8220;By faith, the walls of Jericho fell after the army had marched around them for seven days.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We must understand that true and authentic faith comes from God\u2019s promises in a given situation, from His Word, as Romans 10:17 states:<br \/>\n&#8220;So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joshua, the new leader who succeeded Moses, had a habit of seeking God\u2019s guidance in every situation Israel faced (except in the case of the city of Ai). God spoke (He made a promise), the Israelites obeyed by faith, and the miracle happened. The sequence of God\u2019s instructions in this passage is very important. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In verse 2, God declares that He has already handed Jericho, its king, and its warriors over to Israel. From God\u2019s perspective, it was an accomplished fact (in the spiritual realm); Jericho was already delivered. It was His will and His plan. However, for this plan\u2014already accomplished in the spiritual realm\u2014to manifest physically, the Israelites had to collaborate by demonstrating their obedience through an act of faith. God instructed them to march around the city behind the priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant and to sound the trumpets.<br \/>\nThus, it was not their actions that prompted God to decide to bring down the walls. The fall of Jericho was entirely God\u2019s sovereign will. Their obedience (actions) followed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we speak of God\u2019s promises for us today as Christians, we must understand that all His promises to us are already fulfilled in Christ and already exist within us, in our reborn spirit. Everything God has promised, is promising, and will promise is already accomplished in Christ and resides in us (2 Corinthians 1:20).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The faith we have\u2014the active faith (given to us by God)\u2014is not merely an act (work) but is demonstrated through actions. However, we must be cautious: faith cannot be copied, nor can works of faith be imitated. If your faith is based on certain Old Testament practices or on imitating another Christian\u2019s actions to bring God\u2019s intervention in your prayers, you are on a slippery slope toward disappointment. These things, unfortunately, will disappoint you and will not produce the expected results.<br \/>\nFaith is always accompanied by a process. The great advantage for Christians in the New Covenant is that the Holy Spirit, who now dwells within us (unlike believers in the Old Testament), inspires our steps of faith, helps, sustains, and accompanies us. We have faith in the Grace of Jesus. Faith in Grace activates the Holy Spirit and His power, which support us through the process of faith until the promise manifests. It is up to us to collaborate with the Spirit of Christ.<br \/>\nThe Holy Spirit first reveals God\u2019s will in a given situation, guides us, speaks to us, and gives us the strength to carry out the necessary actions for the fulfillment of His promises. This is why deepening our personal relationship with Christ is strongly recommended\u2014to better understand and collaborate with the Holy Spirit.<br \/>\nA minister or a fellow believer may instruct you to do something for your miracle or may receive a revelation, but it is your responsibility to first submit it to the approval of the Spirit of Christ within you before acting. Do not do anything the Holy Spirit has not told you to do, or you will fail. It is by doing exactly what the Spirit tells you, with faith, that results come.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brothers and sisters in Christ, let us remember this:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While in the Old Covenant, people were called to obey God\u2019s commandments (the Law of Moses), in the New Covenant, Christians are called to obey faith in Christ. In the kingdom of Christ, everything begins and ends with faith. Our obedience to faith (in Grace) prepares us and enables us to fulfill God\u2019s greatest and ultimate commandment\u2014the commandment of Love.<br \/>\nAs ministers of God, we must be careful not to constantly preach about \u201cten things to do to receive this or that\u201d or to focus only on the commandments of the Law. We must ensure that we preach faith in Christ, Grace, and all the benefits of salvation. The Spirit of Christ will then help our congregations live according to God\u2019s will.<br \/>\nThis will produce a church filled with saved believers\u2014healthy spiritually, materially, financially, and rationally\u2014wise believers who fear God, love Him, and reflect the character of Christ. Christians filled with the Holy Spirit will bring God\u2019s will and spiritual realities into the physical world.<br \/>\nIt is faith in Grace that saves, heals, and works miracles. 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