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Up front, I generally agree with you Andy about this point of "unwalled villages" concerning Ezekiel 38 &39.
I have been buried in Biblical history as never before in the past few years. God gave us His Word and all that it contains, for a reason. I know we here, know that.
So at the moment, I'm looking very closely at Abram and Lot leaving Ur and going to Canaan. I'm looking at Lot's choice as allowed by Abram, what is East side of the Jordan and Abram then took Canaan, from the West side of Jordan to the Mediterranean and Egypt. So much history later, when the Israelites, led by Moses came "home" to Canaan, two and a half tribes, for the same reason as Lot; lots of cattle and the Eastern Jordan valley was well suited (lush) for them, chose to not cross Jordan. They were the Reubenites, Gadites and half of Manasseh. I guess that was somewhat of a side note. Sorry, I always have a difficult time nut-shelling anything.
So on to the Canaanites. I'm looking at each tribe. They were of course, all involved in the most offensive (to God and our senses) "worship" and passing their children through the fire.
So on to specifically to this thread, the Perizzites. I was absolutely this evening not even remotely thinking about Ezekiel 38-39. But a site that I had never been to came up in a search. Concerning Perizzites:
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I apologize ahead if this site is not good. I have not the time tonight to really check it out. But I just thought the above quote was interesting. What if Ezekiel 38:11 is not talking about literal or physical walls?
Just a thought I found interesting.
Issachar
I have been buried in Biblical history as never before in the past few years. God gave us His Word and all that it contains, for a reason. I know we here, know that.
So at the moment, I'm looking very closely at Abram and Lot leaving Ur and going to Canaan. I'm looking at Lot's choice as allowed by Abram, what is East side of the Jordan and Abram then took Canaan, from the West side of Jordan to the Mediterranean and Egypt. So much history later, when the Israelites, led by Moses came "home" to Canaan, two and a half tribes, for the same reason as Lot; lots of cattle and the Eastern Jordan valley was well suited (lush) for them, chose to not cross Jordan. They were the Reubenites, Gadites and half of Manasseh. I guess that was somewhat of a side note. Sorry, I always have a difficult time nut-shelling anything.
So on to the Canaanites. I'm looking at each tribe. They were of course, all involved in the most offensive (to God and our senses) "worship" and passing their children through the fire.
So on to specifically to this thread, the Perizzites. I was absolutely this evening not even remotely thinking about Ezekiel 38-39. But a site that I had never been to came up in a search. Concerning Perizzites:
The word “Perizzites” means “unprotected; an unwalled village.” The Perizzite spirit seeks an unguarded opening in your life or an unguarded moment, and it wants to squat there. It can do a lot of damage when we leave an opening unprotected. Ezekiel 38:10-11 says, “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil scheme. You [the evil army] will say, ‘I will invade a land of unwalled villages; I will attack a peaceful and unsuspecting people–all of them living without walls and without gates and bars” (NIV). Joshua was warning the Israelites that when they enter the land, they were not to let their spirits go unprotected. In other words, don’t get careless or drop your guard. The devil in Job 1:10 watched for an opening in the life of Job, but God protected Job’s person, his job, his family, his possessions, and his influences. These are the areas the Perizzite spirit looks to attack.
I apologize ahead if this site is not good. I have not the time tonight to really check it out. But I just thought the above quote was interesting. What if Ezekiel 38:11 is not talking about literal or physical walls?
Just a thought I found interesting.
Issachar
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