What we saw last week in the story of Achan was the need for holiness in spiritual warfare. If Israel is not holy – then they will not inherit the land.
If Israel is not faithful to God – if they pursue their own wealth and glory then they will become just like the Canaanites.
We have seen that in the conquest - in Joshua's day – Israel was supposed to be the angel of death bringing judgment upon the wicked, as a picture of the final judgment.
If you are going to serve as a stand-in for Jesus, then you had better be holy!
Tonight we see a curious example of the mercy of God. Curious because the Gibeonites were supposed to die. They are among the condemned tribes. They are supposed to be exterminated. And – as we'll see – there is a strong hint in our text that if Israel had consulted with the LORD, the LORD would have ordered the death of the Gibeonites!
But they didn't! And in his great mercy, God used that in order to bring salvation to the Gibeonites...
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