- "Our family is loving it! We had to make the point with our children that the reason God was asking the Israelites to kill EVERYONE in Canaan was because the people who lived there sacrificed their children to Molech. We went into detail about how we would feel if a people group were doing such a thing now. How the environment you are surrounded by impacts your lifestyle. Therefore, the Hebrews would have begun to kill their own babies to a false God. After explaining that, things made better sense. Also, we had to explain that God told them what the blessings were repeatedly if they obeyed, but went into greater detail with what He'd do if they failed to obey because we all are forgetful people. For instance, how often do we have to tell our kids to "take out the trash", "clean your room", "do your homework", etc. That was the same thing God was doing. Good conversations."
- Susan
- "I also have been struck by how many times God essentially says to the Nation of Israel, “follow my commandments and things will go well for you; fail to follow my commandments and a lot of really bad things will happen to you”( Challa paraphrase) . It seems He reemphasizes that over and over again but still, we see individuals and groups of people consistently failing to obey. Interesting."
-Dan
- "I really like reading the Bible this way. I've done "read thru" programs before but never chronologically. For some reason this new perspective highlights things differently. Kind of like staring at an unfinished crossword puzzle and not finding any pieces, then moving around to the other side of it and finding a bunch of them because your angle is different."
-Kent
- It's amazing that all of the surrounding nations have heard about God’s power through Israel. People even come surrender themselves. God is doing amazing things in Israel. And yet, years later, and even centuries later, we see the Jews in horrific circumstances. How can such a blessed, God-protected nation experience events like the exile to Babylon? We clearly see that God is not a respecter of persons. He wants all people to worship Him, and there are no exceptions. When God's own people do not worship, they also experience death and judgement.
- Children's Staff
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