Territory Taken Over

Joshua 12-14; 1 Corinthians 7

“These are the kings of the land whom the Israelites had defeated and whose territory they took over…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…”

Joshua 12:1, 4, 5

We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but our struggle is against “the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms” (Ephesians 6:12). The kings whom Joshua faced worshiped and received their strength from the powers of darkness. This symbiotic relationship between earthly leaders and spiritual powers can still exist today. As we pray for least reached peoples, we, too, have the gospel of peace as our weapon; we have the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, the resurrected Lord of all. Og was a Rephaite giant who was no match for the angels of the living God.

Will we pray for the victory of the cross to be proclaimed in every tribe, language, nation, and region of the earth that every spiritual giant would fall before the Lord of all the earth? 

We, too, have been given the land, but will we possess it by faith, gospel witness, and humility?

“Lord Jesus, liberate every nation for your glory.”