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Sunday, August 22, 2021

Sunday Meditation: Which God Will You Serve?

Joshua gives the Israelites a choice.

 

Joshua addressed all the people:

“If it does not please you to serve the LORD,

decide today whom you will serve,

the gods your fathers served beyond the River

or the gods of the Amorites in whose country you are now dwelling.

As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”

       -Joshua 24:15

 

Points for meditation:

(1) Joshua is a cognate version of the name Jesus.  Joshua was the warrior leader who led the Israelites across the Jordan River to take back their homeland.  We generally think of Christ’s typology as prophet (Moses), Priest (Aaron), and King (David), but does the typology extend to warrior (Joshua)?  And if so, how is Christ a warrior?

(2) Why is this reading paired with John 6:60-69 in today’s lectionary, where Jesus shocks the disciples with his “hard” declaration?



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