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- tabletalkmagazine.com
Redemptive Judgment | Tabletalk
On the seventh day, they circled the city once more as before, only this time they circled it seven times, and then with one loud voice, they shouted—and the walls of Jericho fell down. Scholars note the intentional parallel to the creation days; only in this case the emphasis is upon de-creation. There was to be no Sabbath rest for the enemies of God at the end of this sabbatical week, but for Israel, it was the climactic beginning of their entering into the Sabbath rest of the land of Canaan (Heb. 4).- tabletalkmagazine.com