From: Jeff Taylor <ornerymk@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 4:47 AM
Subject: sexual child abuse; notice verse 16 "Early the next morning..."
To:
larry_brown@ntm.org,
dan_kreider@ntm.org,
michael_sullivan@ntm.org,
marv_ketcham@ntm.orgGentlemen,
If Paul was the chief of sinners, then I am the superchief.
This sinner asks you to please consider Joshua's response below. He
got up early the next morning and dealt with the problem.
It's not even 5 a.m. in Sanford, Florida, this morning. It's time to
act with courage.....like Joshua.
36 lives were lost at Ai. Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of lives have
been destroyed/severely damaged by New Tribes Mission.
Sincerely,
Jeff Taylor
Joshua 7
New International Version (NIV)
Achan’s Sin
7 But the Israelites were unfaithful in regard to the devoted
things[a]; Achan son of Karmi, the son of Zimri,[b] the son of Zerah,
of the tribe of Judah, took some of them. So the Lord’s anger burned
against Israel.
2 Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth Aven to
the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the region.” So
the men went up and spied out Ai.
3 When they returned to Joshua, they said, “Not all the army will have
to go up against Ai. Send two or three thousand men to take it and do
not weary the whole army, for only a few people live there.” 4 So
about three thousand went up; but they were routed by the men of Ai, 5
who killed about thirty-six of them. They chased the Israelites from
the city gate as far as the stone quarries and struck them down on the
slopes. At this the hearts of the people melted in fear and became
like water.
6 Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown to the ground before
the ark of the Lord, remaining there till evening. The elders of
Israel did the same, and sprinkled dust on their heads. 7 And Joshua
said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord, why did you ever bring this people across
the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us?
If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan! 8
Pardon your servant, Lord. What can I say, now that Israel has been
routed by its enemies? 9 The Canaanites and the other people of the
country will hear about this and they will surround us and wipe out
our name from the earth. What then will you do for your own great
name?”
10 The Lord said to Joshua, “Stand up! What are you doing down on your
face? 11 Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I
commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things;
they have stolen, they have lied, they have put them with their own
possessions. 12 That is why the Israelites cannot stand against their
enemies; they turn their backs and run because they have been made
liable to destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you
destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction.
13 “Go, consecrate the people. Tell them, ‘Consecrate yourselves in
preparation for tomorrow; for this is what the Lord, the God of
Israel, says: There are devoted things among you, Israel. You cannot
stand against your enemies until you remove them.
14 “‘In the morning, present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe the
Lord chooses shall come forward clan by clan; the clan the Lord
chooses shall come forward family by family; and the family the Lord
chooses shall come forward man by man. 15 Whoever is caught with the
devoted things shall be destroyed by fire, along with all that belongs
to him. He has violated the covenant of the Lord and has done an
outrageous thing in Israel!’”
16 Early the next morning Joshua had Israel come forward by tribes,
and Judah was chosen. 17 The clans of Judah came forward, and the
Zerahites were chosen. He had the clan of the Zerahites come forward
by families, and Zimri was chosen. 18 Joshua had his family come
forward man by man, and Achan son of Karmi, the son of Zimri, the son
of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was chosen.
19 Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord, the God
of Israel, and honor him. Tell me what you have done; do not hide it
from me.”
20 Achan replied, “It is true! I have sinned against the Lord, the God
of Israel. This is what I have done: 21 When I saw in the plunder a
beautiful robe from Babylonia,[c] two hundred shekels[d] of silver and
a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels,[e] I coveted them and took them.
They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver
underneath.”
22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and there it
was, hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath. 23 They took the
things from the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites
and spread them out before the Lord.
24 Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the
silver, the robe, the gold bar, his sons and daughters, his cattle,
donkeys and sheep, his tent and all that he had, to the Valley of
Achor. 25 Joshua said, “Why have you brought this trouble on us? The
Lord will bring trouble on you today.”
Then all Israel stoned him, and after they had stoned the rest, they
burned them. 26 Over Achan they heaped up a large pile of rocks, which
remains to this day. Then the Lord turned from his fierce anger.
Therefore that place has been called the Valley of Achor[f] ever
since.
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