Day with the King, A

Jericho

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Participants: Cecily Harker (Host), Natalee McLean (Host), Dr. John Hammond, Pr. Rick Ferret

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00:01 Hello there. Happy Sabbath.
00:03 Come on in. We're about to meet with the King.
00:05 ¤ ¤
00:54 Hello everyone. Hello Auntie Nat
00:56 Hello Auntie Cecily are you
00:58 excited about our worship time today?
01:00 Oh yes I am. And I know the girls and boys here are excited
01:03 about all the children who are watching at home. Aren't you?
01:05 Yes. Now Auntie Nat, I know you want to say a big hello to
01:10 someone who watches our program each week.
01:13 Yes I do. I want to say a big hello to Kevin from Galway.
01:16 Hi Kevin.
01:19 Auntie Nat, where's Galway?
01:21 Ah Galway is in Ireland. Isn't it wonderful. We have kids from
01:25 all around the world joining us. If you're joining in on our
01:27 worship time drop us a line to
01:30 to tell us where you are from. Our address is on the screen
01:33 as to how to contact us. Quick, write it down now.
01:36 Yes we'd love to hear from you. We can't forget to say hello
01:40 to Teddy too. Hello Teddy. It's always nice to have you on the
01:44 lounge with us. Now Bethany would you like to say a prayer
01:47 for us to ask the Lord to be with us in our worship time?
01:51 Yes. Dear Father. Thank you for bringing us safely through
01:55 another week. Thank you for the Sabbath. In Jesus' name. Amen.
01:59 Thanks Bethany. How was your week Auntie Nat?
02:03 I had a great week Auntie Cecily I'm so grateful for God's care
02:06 over my family. How was your week?
02:08 I had a really good week but I always enjoy coming to the
02:11 Sabbath. That's just my favorite day of the week. Now we've got
02:16 our blessing box here. Let's have a look and see how we can
02:20 bless somebody else this week. Anna, would you like to open it
02:24 and read a blessing to us?
02:26 Yes. Visit someone in their home who needs encouragement.
02:31 That's a very thoughtful thing to do. Thank you Anna. Do you
02:36 sometimes visit someone who needs encouragement? Anna when
02:40 you're feeling down what cheers you up?
02:43 When friends encourage me with kind words.
02:46 Oh yes, that's a very nice thing to do isn't it? And how much
02:50 better if we could do that for someone else. We know that that
02:53 would make them feel better too. Yes, encouraging one another
02:57 with kind words is a wonderful blessing.
03:02 I think you have a blessing for us, too, Aunt Cecily to share
03:04 with us.
03:05 I do. Remember last Sabbath we spoke about God preparing a
03:09 place for us in heaven. Now today I want to talk to you
03:13 about how we can prepare for the heavenly promised land. Later in
03:18 our Bible study we're going to learn about how God fought a
03:24 battle for Joshua by bringing down the walls of Jericho. One
03:28 of the main ways we can prepare for heaven is to give our hearts
03:34 to Jesus and to surrender our wills to Him. When we do this,
03:38 God fights our battles for us. As we journey and grow with Him
03:43 we don't need to fear. Just as God sent his angels to pull down
03:48 those walls for Joshua, God will send His angels to protect and
03:52 guide you in your Christian life. I want to leave you with
03:56 another beautiful promise from the Bible, found in
03:59 2 Chronicles 20:15. It says Do not be afraid nor dismayed
04:05 because of this great multitude for the battle is not yours but
04:10 God's. So we encourage you to give your heart to Jesus and to
04:15 believe in God's promises.
04:16 Amen. Thank you Auntie Cecily for sharing that with us. Jesus
04:21 really wants us to give our hearts to Him. Oh Pastor Rick.
04:25 Thank you so much for coming in and sharing your talent with us
04:29 and blessing us with your music.
04:31 Thanks Auntie Nat. Children can
04:33 we sing When We All Get to Heaven?
04:35 Yes. Aw great.
05:12 Pastor Rick can we please sing Trust and Obey?
05:17 We certainly can.
06:01 Pastor Rick can we please sing Rahab Believed?
06:07 Yes, that's a lovely song.
06:53 Thanks Pastor Rick. Singing praise to God in song is just
06:58 such an enjoyable part of our worship. Now it's story time
07:02 again with Dr. John. I wonder what he has for us this time?
07:07 Hello boys and girls. I'm Dr. John and welcome back to story
07:12 time and welcome to all the boys and girls watching everywhere.
07:17 You know long ago our missionaries had to travel
07:21 by boat. Today we can just get on an airplane and go to Fiji
07:25 in four hours, New Guinea is three hours, Samoa in four and a
07:30 half hours. It's so easy. But they used to go by boat and
07:34 we never had a boat. One hundred years ago they decided that they
07:39 would build a special boat to go to the mission fields. And they
07:46 asked somebody to make a model and this here is the original
07:52 architect's model of the Melanesia. Melanesia means black
07:58 people or black places and this boat was to sail. This is one
08:04 hundred years old. My mother found it in the ceiling of a
08:11 house that was being demolished. And she got up and had a look
08:15 around and she saw the mast lying in the corner and she
08:19 thought what's that. And it was the Melanesia. This boat is 100
08:23 years old. You know it used to have a hole in the roof and boys and
08:26 girls used to put pennies in. This boat used to go round all
08:31 the churches. It doesn't look very good because when I got it,
08:35 it was broken in two and I had to glue it back together and a
08:39 very clever man called Mr. Ray Full, he's done all these
08:43 twiddly bits, steering wheel, toilet, this is a cooking stove,
08:48 and this was the cabin and this was the winch and everything
08:53 works. It had a motor underneath and this boat sailed everywhere
08:59 right around the Pacific. It had a wonderful story. It has been
09:05 sunk three time. The first time it was sunk when somebody went
09:11 to the toilet, and here's the toilet here, and underneath was
09:17 a plug. And he was playing around and undid the plug and in
09:23 the morning when they got up and looked at the boat at the dock
09:28 all they could see was the top of the masts. That person who
09:33 went to the toilet wasn't very popular. It sailed to the
09:39 Solomon Islands, it sailed to New Guinea, it sailed to Fiji,
09:44 it sailed to Samoa. It sailed all over the Pacific. They
09:49 wanted a boat that didn't have too much underneath so it would
09:53 catch on reefs and it had to be this long and it had to be that
09:58 wide but it was known to be a bit of a roller. The second time
10:02 it sunk was during the war when the Japanese took it and we
10:07 don't know the story but they fired a cannon at it and it
10:12 made a hole and it sank. Many years ago my grandfather went
10:16 to the Solomon Islands and this is where he got this walking
10:19 stick because they are such good carvers. When he was rowing back
10:24 to the boat it was way out in a lagoon. There was a long, long
10:28 rope attached to the front of the boat and as he was rowing
10:33 as he was rowing Pastor Turner was standing up in the front of
10:37 the boat and he had his arms crossed as though he was the
10:40 captain of the sea and my grandfather was rowing the boat.
10:43 And he could see the long rope going to the coconut tree and he
10:48 knew it would catch Pastor Turner about there. At the last
10:53 minute my Grandpa ducked his head and Pastor Turner said
10:58 What's that. What are you doing? And my grandfather just said
11:03 one word. Shark. And he said that Pastor Turner got back to
11:08 the boat before the rowing boat did. He was so frightened of the
11:13 shark. You know this boat sailed so many times, it was so faithful.
11:17 We're going to hear about the man who was the captain and
11:21 finally it got sunk the third time. It was sold and it went
11:27 to a company in Fiji and he was trying to sail it from Fiji,
11:31 Suva to Condaver Island is it got into a big storm. Anchors
11:36 wouldn't hold and it started to drift backwards and it went
11:40 onto the rocks and it was sunk for the third and the last time.
11:46 So many people learned to love the Lord Jesus because when they
11:51 saw the Melanesia coming along into a lagoon, they said God's
11:56 people are here with us. We want to hear about Jesus and they
12:01 loved this boat. And that is the story of the Melanesia.
12:05 Thank you boys and girls. Thank you boys and girls.
12:08 Hi boys and girls. Welcome to our Bible study. Have you got
12:12 your Bibles ready? I hope you have. Come and join us as we
12:16 read along together. Cecily, could you please say a prayer
12:20 for us to open up our study.
12:22 Yes, let's bow our heads. Dear Father in heaven, thank you for
12:26 our Bibles. Please help us to understand what we read today.
12:30 We pray for a special blessing on the children and families
12:34 who are watching with us. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
12:39 Amen. Thanks Aunt Cecily. Now last Sabbath we spoke about
12:43 Joshua and the children of Israel and how they went into
12:47 the promised land. Bethany what did God do so they could go into
12:51 the promised land? What did He do with the River Jordan?
12:53 He opened the Jordan River.
12:55 He did, didn't He, so that they could just walk straight through
12:59 on the dry river bed didn't He. Yeah. All right. Now Anna you're
13:03 going to read our first reading today. Let's begin our story in
13:06 Joshua 6:1 as to what happens now.
13:09 Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of
13:14 Israel. None went out and none came in.
13:17 Thanks Anna. Now Auntie Nat's got a little bit of background
13:20 here about the city of Jericho. It was in lockdown. You know
13:24 they saw those children of Israel cross the River Jordan
13:28 and they were terrified. You know, the city of Jericho, it
13:32 was a very wealthy city. It was very large. It's walls were very
13:36 high and very thick. And the people of Jericho worshipped an
13:41 idol called Astaroth who was the goddess of moon. And this was
13:46 the worst of idol worship in the land of Canaan. They did awful
13:51 things. The people of Jericho knew what God had done for the
13:55 Israelites and a lot of the countries round about knew and
13:59 there was only one person who decided to follow the true God
14:03 and who was that? We talked about her last week. Rahab.
14:07 Rahab. Isn't that amazing. Of all the inhabitants of Jericho,
14:11 Rahab was the only one that reached out and believed in the
14:15 Israelites God. Okay. But you know what? The rest of the
14:19 people in Jericho chose not to do that even though they knew
14:22 the great things that God had done. So, Matthew, we're going
14:26 continue reading and find out what happened. Can you please
14:30 read Joshua 6:8-9.
14:34 So it was, when Joshua had spoken to the people that the
14:39 seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before
14:42 the Lord advanced and blew the trumpets and the ark of the
14:45 covenant of the Lord followed them. The armed men went before
14:49 the priests who blew the trumpets and the rear guard came
14:52 after the ark, while the priests continued blowing the trumpets.
14:56 Mmm. So how many priests were glowing the rams' horns. Seven.
14:59 Seven. And we have a ram's horn right here and we're going to
15:02 talk a little bit about that later on. There were also some
15:07 armed men of the Israelite army ready for war. And there was a
15:11 piece of furniture that went with them. What was that?
15:13 The ark of the covenant.
15:15 The ark of the covenant. Now Kate we have got an Ark of the
15:18 Covenant there which we've showed on previous studies.
15:21 Would you like to lift that blue cloth to show the children at
15:25 home? Wow. Isn't that beautiful? Okay, Kate, you can put the
15:29 cloth back on now. Wherever that ark went in the travels, the
15:34 blue cloth was always over the ark. Bethany, can you please
15:38 read Joshua 6:10-11.
15:41 Yeah. Now Joshua had commanded the people saying, You shall not
15:45 shout or make any noise with your voice nor shall a word
15:49 proceed out of your mouth until the day I say to you shout. Then
15:54 you shall shout. So he had the ark of the Lord circle the city
15:59 going around it once. Then they came into the camp and lodged
16:03 in the camp.
16:04 Thank you Bethany. So they were not to make a sound when
16:08 marching around that city. The only noise was the trumpets
16:13 blowing and the marching of feet. How many times did they
16:17 have to walk around the city of Jericho just on that first day?
16:20 Yes Matthew. Once. Okay Kate can we continue reading from
16:26 Joshua 6:14.
16:27 And the second day they marched around the city once and
16:30 returned to the camp. So they did six days.
16:34 So for six days they marched around the City of Jericho once
16:38 each day. Do you think it must have looked a pretty strange
16:41 sight? (Murmur). I think it did. And do you know what? The people
16:46 in Jericho who were looking down from the walls of their
16:48 fortified city, I don't think they could make head or tail of
16:51 what was going on. It was probably a bit of a mystery to
16:54 them and I would say they were getting more terrified by each
16:58 day. Okay, Caleb, let's see what happens on the seventh day. Can
17:01 you please read Joshua 6:15-16 and 20.
17:05 But it came to pass on the seventh day that they rose early
17:10 about the dawning of the day and marched around the city seven
17:15 times in the same manner. On that day only they marched
17:18 around the city seven times. And the seventh time it happened
17:23 when the priests blew the trumpets, that Joshua said to
17:27 the people, Shout for the Lord has given you the city. So the
17:32 people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets and it
17:36 happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet and the
17:41 people shouted with a great shout that the wall fell down
17:45 flat. Then the people went up into the city, every man
17:48 straight before him and they took the city.
17:51 Mmm. So how many times did they walk around the city of Jericho
17:56 or march around the city of Jericho on that seventh day?
18:00 Seven times and at the end of the seventh circuit they were
18:05 to speak and use their voices and shout and those rams' horns
18:11 blowing and those wall came down!. Wow. Do you think with
18:16 those rams' horns, there were seven of them all blowing at the
18:19 same time and all shouting, do you think that would have made
18:23 a lot of noise? Yeah. We've got some special footage of that.
18:26 James, can you show us that please.
18:42 Wow. So as you mentioned that was just Mr. John blowing that.
18:46 Just one person. Could you imagine seven at the same time?
18:50 That would have been a lot of noise wouldn't it? Do you know
18:53 what? All the children of Israel had to do was obey the
18:57 instructions of God and God and the angels pull... God sent his
19:01 angels, His mighty angels to pull those walls down. That's
19:06 amazing isn't it? God can do such wonderful things. Now J J
19:11 I'd like you to read Joshua 6:23 please and let's see what
19:15 happened to Rahab.
19:16 And the young men who had been spies went in and brought out
19:20 Rahab, her father, her mother, her brothers and all that she
19:26 had. So they brought out all her relatives and left them outside
19:31 the camp of Israel.
19:32 So did Joshua keep the promise that spies made to Rahab? Yes.
19:37 Yes he did. They honored Rahab's faith that she had in their God
19:42 and rewarded her for keeping the two spies safe. Now Aunt Cecily
19:47 you're going to go to Hebrews 11 and read 30-31 and there are
19:52 two faith statements there. Could you please read that
19:55 for us.
19:56 The first one is: By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after
20:01 they were encircled for seven days. And then, By faith the
20:06 harlot Rehab did not perish with those who did not believe when
20:12 she had received the spies with peace.
20:15 So faith played a big part, didn't it, in the lives of the
20:18 people we've just read about. There were some more
20:21 instructions that the Israelites had to obey when taking the city
20:24 of Jericho. Anna, can you please read Joshua 6:18-19.
20:31 And you, by all means, abstain from the accursed things, lest
20:37 you become accursed when you take the accursed things and
20:41 make the camp of Israel accursed and trouble it. But all the
20:46 silver and gold and vessels of bronze and iron are consecrated
20:50 to the Lord. They shall come into the treasury of the Lord.
20:55 So the Israelites, they were not to take any treasures from the
20:59 city of Jericho for themselves. All the treasures were for God's
21:03 storehouse. If they did take anything for themselves it would
21:07 put a curse on the whole camp. Let's look at our Torch Light,
21:10 Mrs. White's writings, and see what they shine on the verse.
21:14 Matthew, you're going to read that for us today.
21:16 Can you do that? Thank you.
21:22 The Israelites had not gained the victory by their own power;
21:27 the conquest had been wholly the Lord's;... That which could not
21:32 destroyed by fire, the silver and gold, and the vessels of
21:36 brass and of iron, was to be devoted to the service of
21:39 the tabernacle.
21:40 Thank you Matthew. So because God had fought the battle for
21:45 them, all the treasures belonged to God alone and were to be used
21:51 for the sanctuary service. But something happened. Joshua, in
21:57 his excitement over the successful battle of Jericho
22:02 forgot to consult God when making plans to overtake the
22:06 town of Ai. The Canaanites of Ai defeated them and 36 people died
22:12 Let's read what Joshua does. Bethany can you please read
22:18 Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face
22:22 before the ark of the Lord until evening. He and the elders of
22:27 Israel and they put dust on their heads.
22:29 So Joshua in his distress and grief lay on his face before
22:34 the ark of the covenant all day. Let's see what happens. Kate,
22:39 can you read Joshua 7:10-12 please.
22:43 So the Lord said to Joshua, Get up! Why do you lie thus on your
22:48 face? Israel has sinned and they have also transgressed my
22:53 covenant which I commanded them. For they have even taken some of
22:57 the accursed things and they have both stolen and deceived
23:01 and they have put it among their own stuff. Therefore the
23:05 children of Israel could not stand before their enemies but
23:08 turned their backs before their enemies because they have
23:12 become doomed to destruction. Neither will I be with you
23:16 anymore unless you destroy the accursed from among you.
23:20 Oh dear. So God is informing Joshua that there is a sin in
23:24 the camp and that someone has brought treasures from the city
23:28 of Jericho to use for their own personal use. Now what did God
23:32 say? He said not to steal anything from the city of
23:34 Jericho, didn't he? He wanted it all in His sanctuary. God
23:38 warns Joshua that he will not be with them until the man is
23:43 found who stole God's first fruits. You know what Joshua
23:47 eventually found out that the man's name was Achan. Let's see
23:52 Achan tells Joshua. Caleb, can you please read Joshua 7:21.
23:56 When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garments,
24:01 two hundred shekels of silver and a wedge of gold weighing
24:06 fifty shekels. I coveted them and took them and there they are
24:11 hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent with the silver under
24:15 it. So Achan was the only one of
24:18 over a million people who had disobeyed. He had coveted
24:22 meaning he wanted and stole what was not his. He didn't just
24:27 steal from anyone. He actually stole from God. He put the whole
24:32 encampment in danger and Achan actually died for his sin. Let's
24:36 read our memory verse. We're going to go to Luke 12:15. And
24:42 for the children at home, Luke is in the New Testament.
24:47 Luke 12:15-Take heed and beware of covetousness for one's life
24:56 does not consist in the abundance of things he possesses
25:02 So God does not want us to covet He wants us to be content with
25:06 what we already have. Thank you boys and girls for reading along
25:11 with us. We have a devotional available that goes into more
25:14 depth on what we have studied today. Here is how you can
25:17 get that.
25:18 Hey boys and girls. Like Auntie Nat said, you can download our
25:22 devotionals free from our website at
25:25 www.adaywiththeking.com.
25:28 Hey Nick, don't forget about Teddy.
25:31 Oh yes, while you're there you can visit Teddy's blog. He's
25:35 posted some videos of his intense training for the show.
25:39 Boys and girls, we want to hear from you. Send us an e-mail at
25:42 dwk@3abnaustralia.org.au on how you're enjoying the show. So hop
25:44 online today.
25:45 Thanks Nick and Sarah. Boys and girls we'd love to hear from you
25:50 Auntie Nat can you tell us what we're going to study about next
25:54 Yes. Next Sabbath we're going to study about something that
25:58 stands still. I wonder if you can work that out. We look
26:01 forward to studying that with you next week. Auntie Cecily,
26:04 shall we go over our memory verse that we learned in our
26:06 Bible study today.
26:08 Yes. Boys and girls are you ready to do that. Let's read
26:10 Luke 12:15-Take heed and beware of covetousness for one's life
26:19 does not consist in the abundance of the things he
26:24 possesses.
26:25 Guess what Auntie Nat? We've nearly finished out worship time
26:30 again already.
26:31 Ahhh. Our time will go so quickly.
26:34 Kate, what did you learn about the King this week?
26:38 That Jesus wants us to give Him our hearts so we can prepare
26:42 for heaven.
26:43 Ah, yes He does. He doesn't want anyone to miss out.
26:47 Boys and girls are you ready to sing our blessing song to the
26:50 children at home? Yes. Okay, let's do that.
26:53 Let's turn around.
26:55 ¤May God bless you and keep you and fill your heart with love¤
27:10 ¤May God guide and protect you and watch you from above¤
27:21 ¤As Sabbath after Sabbath we greet the day of rest¤
27:31 ¤The day the King of glory has sanctified and blessed¤
27:41 ¤Good bye my friends till we meet again¤
27:46 ¤For another day with the King¤
27:53 Good bye, good bye. See you next Sabbath.
27:55 ¤ ¤


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