Joshua 6:16
‘And the seventh time it happened, when the priests blew the trumpets, that Joshua said to the people: “Shout, for the LORD has given you the city!”’
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In the 1950s, archaeologist Dame Kathleen Kenyon led a major excavation at Jericho. They discovered that the massive mud-brick walls of ancient Jericho had fallen down. But they didn’t fall outward or get torn down—they had crumbled straight down, forming a kind of ramp. This confirms the Bible account which says the walls of Jericho “fell flat” (Joshua 6:20). The ramp formed by the fallen walls enabled the Israelites to march up into the city. The original Hebrew actually means the walls collapsed “beneath themselves.” That’s exactly what archaeologists found.
Even more amazing is what earlier German archaeologists discovered between 1907 and 1909. They uncovered a small section of the wall that hadn’t fallen—right where some homes were built into the wall itself. This matches the story of Rahab, the woman whose house was built on the wall and who was spared during the battle.
All these findings line up perfectly with the Bible’s account, proving once again that God’s Word is true, detailed, and reliable.
Between you and your promised land, there will always be a wall of Jericho. These Jericho walls represent issues that are so crucial that until you have conquered them, you cannot move forward or enjoy God’s blessings in your life. You either have to defeat them, or they are going to try to stop you.
Jericho was the strongest city in the Promised Land and the first that had to be conquered by Joshua as the Israelites journeyed to their promised land.
Jericho’s huge stone wall was so thick that chariots could ride on top of it. But in Joshua chapter six, God set the pattern to let us know that praise can bring down any wall of resistance no matter how formidable.
God told Joshua to tell the people to march around the great walls of Jericho for 6 days, one time a day, and on the seventh day, they were to march around seven times. On the seventh day, on the seventh time around, God told them to release a shout. On that seventh day, on the seventh time around, after the priests blew the trumpets and the people shouted in praise to God—all of a sudden, the thick walls of Jericho that had stood between them and their promised land came tumbling down.
In the same way, whatever walls of resistance you may be confronted with today—as you lift up a shout of praise—in this season, praise will establish our victory over every enemy of our destiny and cause us to break forth into glorious manifestation of God’s promises in our lives.
PRAYER:
Lord, I thank You for granting me the grace to keep praising You in the face of every opposition and resistance. By Your power, every wall of Jericho resisting my progress will surely come tumbling down today in Jesus’ Name.
QUOTE:
The tests you are going through in life today are not for your destruction, they are for your testimony. – WORDBITE 222.
Shalom!
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