kingdom of God continues though the servants of God die. That is the witness of Judges 1. Joshua died, but ‘Yahweh said, ‘I have given the land into Judah’s hand’ ’ (v. 2). Joshua died, but ‘Yahweh gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand’ (v. 4). Joshua died, yet ‘Yahweh was with Judah so that he possessed the hill country’ (v. 19). The point should not be lost on contemporary Christians. Your help is in the name of the Lord, not in the name of your favorite Christian hero. Even when
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