12/15/2023 0 Comments Battle of jericho![]() The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the army, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city! The city and all that is in it are to be devoted to the Lord. Here is what the text said would and did happen once the city’s barrier of protection had been breached: That certainly makes her a worthy addition to the genealogy of Jesus ( Matthew 1:5).įar more serious is the omission or outright lie these retellings pass on to little ones when it came to the fate of the people of Jericho. ![]() She also was apparently willing to sell out her whole town in order to make good with the invaders. In the words of the great philosopher Deadpool, Rahab would “bump fuzzies for money”. The Bible App for Kids mentions her but conveniently leaves out her profession. VeggieTales probably cut for time the part about the two spies being sent to get a read on Jericho’s defensive posture and how they were hosted by a woman named Rahab. On a lighter note, I love it when children’s renditions leave out the more sexual components of Scripture. I take it that it is fairly obvious that these G-rated depictions don’t exactly square with the hard-R reality of the Bible. Perhaps they were excited that the ensuing blood bath could now begin! And now for the rest of the story I can’t help but notice how pleased and happy they appear once God had busted down the wall. ![]() So well, you are going to have to leave.” This may be the most charming and innocent depiction of genocide I have ever encountered. One of the most telling lines of this short film is when Larry, here playing our hero Joshua, tells a couple of guards on the wall that, “God has given us this land for our new home. VeggieTales presentded their take on Israel’s famous military conquest of Jericho in Josh and the Big Wall. are, “the most successful faith-based children’s franchise of all time…having sold over 75 million videos, 16 million books, 7 million CDs, and 80 million music streams.” The evidence for this was humbly on display in an April 2019 press release celebrating a new partnership between the entertainment property’s parent company, Big Idea Content Group, and the juggernaut of conservative Pentecostal media, Trinity Broadcasting Network. Of course, the popularity of this video and YouTube channel pales in comparison to the colossal success of VeggieTales. As a parent, you can trust our animated characters to keep your kids entertained and educated about Christianity.” Personally as a parent and a combat veteran, I’m struggling with the words “fun” and “joyful” and “entertaining” when describing, in this case, an act of war. ![]() This and other videos are meant to, “teach your children…Christian Bible stories through animations, songs, (and) nursery rhymes in a fun (and) joyful learning process. ![]()
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