Confronting Og

Joshua 12-14; 1 Corinthians 7 

“And the territory of Og King of Bashan, one of the last of the Rephaites, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei. He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan…Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the Israelites conquered them…”

Joshua 12:4-6

Og, King of Bashan, was a thirteen-foot giant of a man who was feared throughout the region he controlled. His territory included Hermon, the highest mountain in the region of Israel. Og was a Rephaite, a race of people who, like the Anakites, descended from the Nephilim (Genesis 6:4). Og represented the strongman that Jesus later said had to be bound in order for his possessions to be plundered (Luke 11:21, 22). Today, there are many least reached peoples living in regions and cities that are controlled by spiritual strongmen, not unlike Og. The battle is the Lord’s. He invites us to join him and do our part in faith like Moses, the servant of the Lord. The Og’s of this world can be bound and their territory freed from demonic oppression so they can know the mercy and saving power of God.

Will we, like Moses and Joshua, face the Og’s of our generation?

“Lord Jesus, you came to set the captives free. I pray for our cities and nation that they will be released from the strongman and know your saving Gospel, for your glory.”