For five years they, the incoming Hebrews into Canaan under Joshua and Caleb were battling the people of Canaan driving out the migrants that were squatting in the land, the Amorites, Hittites, people from Mesopotamia, the various groups like Hurrians and Egyptians that grabbed lands in Israel and farm or live there.
Colonization of Canaan was by the
Egyptians who had tax collectors at city centers and some police systems. The Amarna Corpus is over 370 cuneiform letters
written in Akkadian and published by W. Moran and others that were found at the
capital built by Ikhnaton the hippie pharaoh of Egypt. Egypt was in decadence after 1380 and
later when he ruled. Joshua entered the land in the days of his grandfather,
Thutmosis IV and while he was still alive, Joshua and Caleb entered the land. The Amarna Corpus complain that the
SA.GAZ people, the ha-bi-ru = Hebrews
were attacking them. The letters were written to Egypt to asked them to come and
help them against these people. So one should divide the Corpus in two
groups. The early corpus and the later corpus. The early corpus deals with the
entry of Israel or war-texts. The later corpus dealt with peace-making texts
and weddings and gifts between countries. They date to the time of Amenophis
III and Amenophis IV = Ikhnaton, the hippie. The art portrayal of the time of
Ikhnaton was very realistic instead of romantic as before. They displayed the
overweight problems of the royal couple. They showed intimate scenes. In one
scene one can see Ikhnaton crawling on his stomach to worship the monkeys!
Darwin would have been very happy and agnostic Naturalists. The retirement of Caleb was in 1405 BC
described in Joshua 14. Caleb said that he was now 5 years fighting in Joshua
14:10. At Hebron the name was before
Kirjath-Arba. He was a great man among the Anakims. Anakims were people of the
ankh. It is the Egyptian sign for live and ankh-ites are Anakims..
Did you experience recently in your
churches strange situations? The Generation X is coming to
power all over the world. The Baby Boomers is too old now. It is Generation X
time. They are Baby Busters. Nuclear family
kids. Rebellious, individualized, hate instutional rules and regulations. Says
sociologists this week. Now that you know, do not blame the
church. Or the pastor. They cannot help to be born in a nuclear family. South Africa leadership proves that
Generation X can be serious about religion and spiritual things. Give them a
chance. The Spirit will keep His church. What we saw in people like Seth Pierce
from Union College, Ettienne McClintock of Australia, Chester Clark, Abundant
Life Youth Evangelism program at Dundee, Kwazulu-Natal South Africa, is that
the Spirit can change. Rebellion is trimmed. Individualized
learns to become social. Hating rules and institutions becomes loving God and
His precepts and commandments and loving the church!