Rev. Thomas Eckstein, pastor of Concordia Lutheran Church in Jamestown, North Dakota, joins host Rev. AJ Espinosa to study Joshua 21.
Everything unfolds according to plan in Joshua 21. Eleazor & Joshua make good on the promises given through Moses and Jacob: the Levites are given cities, scattered throughout Israel. Yet even while Levi is punished like Simeon, God mercifully allows each Levitical order to live within certain regions with the rest of their relatives.
As He does so, He ensures that no Israelite is left without nearby spiritual shepherds. He also shapes the whole land of Israel into a giant tabernacle that points ahead to Christ our incarnate Lord. This peculiar shape and its fuzzy borders teach us: Love is far greater than rights—we are merely caretakers of what ultimately belongs to Him, not us.
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