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T
he Letter of Jude begins with this instruction,
Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our
common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting
you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all
delivered to the saints.
Jude 1:3
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The New Gladiator Games

No one can ignore the amazing access most people have to the
information made available through the Internet. From home computers
to mobile devices we can post, read, and participate in the online world
of digital media. For some, this tool of free exchange of ideas has become
a new type of arena for private excitement and public execution. This is
where ideology champions carry out their combat, cheered on by their
virtual friends in the Social Media Colosseum.
Sadly, Church history is littered with the graves of those who died
for having an “unacceptable faith.” The fruit of this intolerance was
the bloody persecution of those with Church history is
different understanding, doctrines or
littered with the
practices. Instead of copying the practices
of our enemies who were trying to destroy
graves of those who
the work of Christ by throwing the died for having an
Christians into the Roman Colosseum, “unacceptable faith.”
we should learn what it really means to “contend earnestly for the faith
which was once for all delivered to the saints.” [1]
BIO
The Question of Contention Ron Matsen,
C E O / C O O ,
The basic question is, what does it mean and how do Koinonia House
we successfully “contend earnestly” as Jude suggests? With over 40 years in
the pastoral ministry,
Jude uses a Greek word that is only used once in the Ron has taught verse-
New Testament. This word comes for Greek root by-verse through the
Bi b l e , h o s t e d a l i ve
word ἐπαγωνίζομαι, epagōnízomai (ep-ag-o-nid’- 2-hour TV programme
zom-ahee) which means to “struggle, literally (to broadcast across Europe
for more than 2 years,
compete for a prize), figuratively (to contend with an and taught extensively on
adversary), or genitive case (to endeavor to accomplish the subjects of evangelism,
leadership, and end-times
something):—fight, labor fervently, strive.”[2] topics. Although Ron
and his wife are native
There is fine balancing act during any competition. Californians, they moved
to England in 1992
You can either compete against your opponent or and in 2011 immigrated
you co-labor with your teammates. As there are to New Zealand where
t h e y p a r t n e re d w i t h
many articles already written regarding the call for Chuck Missler at the
new ministry base,
1 ibid
The River Lodge.
2 https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?t=KJV&strongs=G75
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all Christians to provide a defense for their faith before the opposition
of the world, I have chosen to write this article about the strength that
can be achieved in the Body of Christ if we learn how to contend as
co-labors instead of combatants.
Having lived in New Zealand I have come to appreciate the fine heritage
this country has in the sport of rugby. When their national team link
arms and contend together they are a formidable powerhouse. I see this
as the strength of the scrum.[3]
A Rugby Scrum, courtesy AllBlacks.com
King Solomon gives us another word picture of this co-strengthening

process, “As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his
friend.” [4] The thrill and benefit of this process should be the sharpening,
not the sparks.
Contention that Leads to Confrontation

The apostle Paul gives an account of a confrontation between Peter and
himself.
Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his
face, because he was to be blamed; for before certain men came
3 Short for scrummage. Defined at https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrum
4 Proverbs 27:17
from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came,
he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the
circumcision. And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with
him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.
Galatians 2:11-13
Here we see that Peter was called out by Paul for his hypocrisy toward
Gentile believers.
What is interesting about this contention is to see how Peter later comes
to the defense of Paul which indicates to me that Peter had a great
admiration for Paul even after his public correction.
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent
that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as
our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto
him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in
them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood,
which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also
the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
2 Peter 3:14-16
Solomon said, “It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a
man to hear the song of fools.”[5] In other words, the lasting fruit of
loving contention among our brothers and sisters in Christ should be
admiration not animosity.
Contention that Leads to Separation

Luke records another confrontation involving Paul. This time it would
be with his ministry partner Barnabas.
Then after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us now go back
and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the
word of the Lord, and see how they are doing.” Now Barnabas was
determined to take with them John called Mark. But Paul insisted
that they should not take with them the one who had departed from
5 Ecclesiastes 7:5
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them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work. Then
the contention became so sharp that they parted from one another.
And so Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus; but Paul chose
Silas and departed, being commended by the brethren to the grace
of God.
Acts 15:36-40
One might naturally conclude that this contention led to the closer
of the relationship between Paul and Mark. The fact is the opposite is
true. Mark was with Paul in his Roman prison. “Aristarchus my fellow
prisoner greets you, with Mark the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you
received instructions: if he comes to you, welcome him),” [6] In his last letter
to Timothy he speaks of Mark with great affections. “Only Luke is with
me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministry.” [7]
I believe this shows great strength of character in these two men of God.
There is no dwelling on past contentions but rather on the loving spirit
of co-labors going forward in the service of their Master, Jesus Christ.
Contention that Leads to Correction

As Paul and Barnabas spread the Gospel among the Gentiles, it caused
a controversy to surface within the early church leadership.
And certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren,
“Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you
cannot be saved.” Therefore, when Paul and Barnabas had no small
dissension and dispute with them, they determined that Paul and
Barnabas and certain others of them should go up to Jerusalem, to
the apostles and elders, about this question.
Acts 15:1-2
As you read the dialogue captured by Luke in Acts 15 you will notice
that a clarification of doctrine and practice was being perfected. In the
end, the first Church council in Jerusalem documented their findings
and sent Paul and Barnabas back to their ministry among the Gentiles.
“Iron sharpened iron.” Mission accomplished.
6 Colossians 4:10
7 2 Timothy 4:11
The Language of Christian Contention

Learning to disagree in an agreeable manner with our co-labors in Christ
is an artform that we can all benefit from to one degree or another.
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that
which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto
the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are
sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and
anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with
all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving
one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Ephesian 4:29-32
We all need to be mindful that the world is watching us. This is

especially true when we mud wrestle each other in the open arena of the
internet. Jesus made this very clear. “A new commandment I give to you,
that you love one another; as I have
loved you, that you also love one We all need to be
another. By this all will know that mindful that the world
you are My disciples, if you have love is watching us.
for one another.”[8]
Paul’s prayer for his friend Philemon sums it all up for me.
I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord
Jesus, and toward all saints; That the communication of thy faith
may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing
which is in you in Christ Jesus.
Philemon 1:4-6
I believe that Paul is stating that in order for the communication of our
faith to be effective we need to have love and faith toward ALL SAINTS.
May God keep us in the center of His mercy as we share the message
of Jesus Christ to the whole world.
8 John 13:34-35
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DEUTERONOMY:
THE VALUE OF TRUST
Dr. Chuck Missler
Founder, Koinonia House
and Koinonia Institute
I
n last month’s issue, we began an investigation of Deuteronomy, the final
book in the Law of Moses. In this article, we will continue in the first
chapter of that incredible book.
Deuteronomy is a record of the words that Moses spoke to the people
of Israel just prior to their entering the Promised Land. In fact, the first
line of the books states, “These are the words,” giving Deuteronomy is
Hebrew title Devarim - “Words.” The original adults who fled Egypt
have all passed away, and a new generation has risen up. God is going
to give them great victory against their enemies in Canaan, but many
temptations are also going to face them. Moses gives the Israelites one
last sermon to reiterate God’s instructions for them.
Here we will pick up with verse five, in which Moses begins to speak
to the people.
On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare
this law, saying, The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying,
Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: Turn you, and take your
journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places
nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the
south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto
Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
Deuteronomy 1:5-7
As we squabble about the borders of Israel today, it’s worth remembering

that in Joshua 1:4, the LORD promised Israel their land would extend
to the Euphrates. David did succeed in conquest to the Euphrates
(2 Sam 8:3), but the Israelites did not actually inhabit all those
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lands. David controlled the Israelite When people want to

territories, which paid tribute. In a talk about the West
sense, their boundaries reached to Bank ask them, “Which
the Euphrates and in a sense they river did you have in
didn’t. The prophecies that deal with
mind?” Jordan is not
Israel’s full ownership of all land to
the Euphrates will be fulfilled in the the boundary that God
Millennium. When people want to originally marked out
talk about the West Bank ask them, for Israel.
“Which river did you have in mind?” Jordan is not the boundary that
God originally marked out for Israel.
Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land
which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
Deuteronomy 1:8
Fulfilling Promises
This command should not have shocked the hearers. God had been
promising the same land for centuries. God had covenanted to give it
to Abraham in Genesis 15 and 17. We really need to understand that.
God promised the land to Abraham and repeated that commitment to
Isaac and Jacob in Genesis 26:3 and 28:13-15. These three patriarchs,
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, are mentioned seven times in the book of
Deuteronomy. Moses is leaving the Israelites no doubt about the nature
of God’s promise. It was gracious, and most of all, it was permanent.
God is the God outside of time. He doesn’t experience the passing of years
like we do, and a few centuries or millennia can’t dim His perspective.
He does not forget His purposes, and He will see them accomplished.
We find this covenant with the patriarchs underscored throughout the
historical and prophetic books, throughout the psalms, and throughout
the New Testament.
I’ve been shocked to learn that most churches have no grasp of Israel’s
continued importance. Many denominational churches espouse a brand
of theological presumptions called “replacement theology” with the view
that the Church has replaced Israel. This contradicts a multitude of Old
Testament prophecies, and it rejects Paul’s explanation of the situation
in Romans 9-11. If God has dumped Israel in favor of the Church, then
He can’t be trusted. There are promises He made to Israel throughout
the entire Bible, and replacement theology denies those promises.
The denominational churches may not intend to do so, but they are
attacking the character of God when they suggest God has kicked aside
the physical descendants of Abraham or the land of promise.
Even when the Israelites have committed every evil under the sun, and
God declares He will punish them, the prophets repeatedly finish their
prophecies with promises of restoration and healing. Even when the
people of Israel are nothing more than dead bones, God shows them in
Ezekiel 37 that He will bring them back to life and breathe His Spirit
into them.
And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your
graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, And
shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in
your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken
it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
Ezekiel 37:13-14
From the time of the patriarchs, and especially from the time of Moses,
every Israelite was supposed to realize that he and his descendants stood
in a position of blessing. God’s inviolable promise to take possession
will occur 18 times in the book of Deuteronomy. Moses gives the
Israelites serious warnings as well, but their fundamental position is
one of inheritance. That blessing is continually promised in the psalms
and prophets. God’s promises to Abraham were unilateral, and He will
not renege.
Moses speaks blessing to the Israelites from the very beginning of his
sermon:
And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear
you myself alone: The LORD your God hath multiplied you,
and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
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(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many
more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
Deuteronomy 1:9-11
If any nation ever had doubt about God’s intentions or His ability to
fulfill His ancient covenant with Abraham, Israel had only to look at her
present condition. The people of the nation had become so numerous
that they were like the stars. They had grown from a family in Egypt to
a virtually innumerable host, according to God’s word in Genesis 15:5.
The nation’s growth alone proves that God’s intentions and ability to
fulfill those promises are operative here.
There are certain phrases we find that Moses repeats in this sermon.
“The God of your fathers” in verse 11 is a common title of the Lord in
Deuteronomy, and “the LORD your God” occurs more than 250 times
in the book. Moses’ purpose here is to separate the Living God from
some abstract pagan concept. The oldest of these Israelites were teenagers
when they came out of out of Egypt, but their parents had fled a pagan,
idol worshiping culture. They were not ignorant savages, mind you. The
Egyptians were civilized with brilliant architectural skills and highly
developed social and political structures. They had art and music and
laws, historians and priests. However, they served pagan gods. The Living
God is distinguishing Himself from these abstract Egyptian gods, and
He is a God who likes to make and keep His promises.
This also makes the Hebrew God distinct from Allah, by the way. Allah
is presented in the Koran as the unknowable one. He’s capricious, and
he can do anything. That means he’s not trustworthy. The God of the
Old Testament delights in making and keeping His promises, which is
a different concept altogether. The “LORD God of your fathers” is a very
key thought all the way through the book of Deuteronomy.
Time to Delegate
In fact, God’s fulfillment of His promise to Abraham has produced so
great a number of Israelites that they have been a burden to Moses - one
too great for him to handle.
How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden,
and your strife?
Deuteronomy 1:12
Leading the people of Israel during the past 40 years has been a big
operation. This isn’t just a family. There are roughly two million people
here in the desert. They were always too large for Moses to govern
effectively, which Exodus 18 dealt with. Moses had to appoint officials
under him - military leaders, scribes, administrators, judges and so
forth - in order to properly lead the enormous group of people that
had descended from Jacob’s 12 sons. Moses continues to promote the
principle of delegation here:
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your
tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. And ye answered me,
and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
Deuteronomy 1:13-14
Understand what he’s doing, Moses is recapping the concepts that

had been laid out in the Torah. Many of the things that Moses iterates
in Deuteronomy are a review of things that happened in Exodus
and Numbers.
So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made
them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over
hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and
officers among your tribes. And I charged your judges at that time,
saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously
between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is
with him.
Deuteronomy 1:15-16
This is not incidental. It’s critical, and Moses is concerned about choosing
these wise men in the future, to make sure they’re solid and will be
impartial in their judgments:
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small
as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the
judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it
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unto me, and I will hear it. And I commanded you at that time all
the things which ye should do.
Deuteronomy 1:17-18
It’s interesting what God is trying to do through Moses. The whole point
of their conquest of the land in the first place was for Israel to establish
the land in righteousness. That was one of their objectives. They were
to eradicate the entirely corrupt people groups in the land and replace
those wicked tribes with a nation that followed after righteousness and
holiness. Why? Ultimately the Israelites are purposed to be a light for
the whole world. God repeatedly stated that all the nations of the world
would be blessed through Abraham (Genesis 18:18, 22:18, 26:4), and
ultimately, the Messiah would come through Israel:
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel:
I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be
my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Isaiah 49:6
Many people overlook this. The eschatological implications will show

up in Deuteronomy chapter 28.
Of course, it took faith for Israel to conquer the land, but it will
take even more faith for the leaders to administer justice in the land.
They will encounter continual opposition. The heroics of one day are
easy, but constant day-by-day diligence and enduring year-by-year
faithfulness are the heroics of a totally different and vastly more critical
nature. That’s what Moses wants to deal with here.
Embracing Fear Means Failure

Moses continues to review their history. He is going to remind them
of their failure at Kadesh Barnea, which resulted in the 40 years of
wandering. He does this as a warning against future failures:
And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great
and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain
of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we

came to Kadeshbarnea.
Deuteronomy 1:19
Before they got to Kadesh Barnea, they had to travel through more than
100 miles of brutal desert wilderness. This waterless wilderness would
create hunger in their hearts and would give them a motivation to get
to the Promised Land. Taking them through that route gave God an
opportunity to demonstrate His fatherly provision, to show them His
ability to care and provide for them - which He did in many ways. This
was vital, remember, because they had come out of Egyptian paganism.
They needed to learn to put all their dependence on the God of their
fathers. They would be absolutely useless in the Promised Land if they
didn’t learn that lesson. The combination of these - the hunger for the
land and the confidence in God’ power - were necessary if the Israelites
were going to accomplish the goal God had for them.
Moses continually admonished the people not to be afraid. This gives
us some feeling for the enormity of the task before them. The task was
big, therefore the preparation had to also be big. Yet, after all that,
the Israelites were fearful, and that generation did not get to enter the
Land. They were forced to wander in the desert 40 more years, until a
generation of Israelites arose willing to trust the LORD. Only Joshua
and Caleb trusted God, and out of all that older generation, they were
the only ones preserved to inherit the Promised Land.
And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites,
which the LORD our God doth give unto us. Behold, the LORD
thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the
LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be
discouraged. And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said,
We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land,
and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into
what cities we shall come.
Deuteronomy 1:20-22
Notice that it was the people’s idea to send in spies. It wasn’t an act
of unbelief, necessarily; it can be seen as a move of good stewardship.
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God didn’t require the spies, but He also doesn’t reject their plan. Israel
therefore sent out 12 men, one from each tribe. When the spies returned,
two of them, Joshua and Caleb, gave a good report. They brought back a
bunch of grapes that was so large they had to carry it on a staff between
their shoulders. These are called the grapes of Eshcol, and we even see
a symbol of Joshua and Caleb bearing this huge bunch of grapes as the
logo of the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. That picture of Joshua and Caleb
has become an idiom for bounty in the Promised Land.
The other ten spies, however are shaken up because they also find giants
in the land. That’s the way it’s translated in our Bibles. The Hebrew word
used in Numbers 13:33 is Nephilim - “fallen ones” - the same word used
of the angel-human hybrids in Genesis 6. They did happen to be large
in size, but that isn’t the frightening part. These “giants” were only partly
human. To understand what Noah’s Flood was all about, we have to
recognize that these strange hybrids had become prevalent on the earth
in the years after Adam. They grew to be so numerous that God had to
wipe out all mankind to eliminate the corruption. Noah and his family
were saved on the ark because Noah was righteous, but also because he
was “perfect in his generations” according to Genesis 6:9. Of course,
it didn’t end there. Genesis 6:4 tells us that “and also after that” these
things happened. The Nephilim are “fallen ones” because their fathers
were fallen angels. It was Satan’s attempt to contaminate the bloodlines
of the human race to prevent the emergence of the Messiah.
The Nephilim were very large, and despite Joshua and Caleb’s
encouragements, the other ten spies are terrified. They refuse to trust
in God’s power, and they discourage the Israelites.
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one
of a tribe: And they turned and went up into the mountain, and
came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. And they took
of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto
us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which
the LORD our God doth give us. Notwithstanding ye would not go
up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:
Deuteronomy 1:23-26
In other words, ten of the twelve gave such a negative outlook of their
prospects, the Israelites didn’t have the guts to take God at His Word.
When you and I read the story, we say, “My goodness. What’s wrong with
these people?” They had watched God send plagues on the Egyptians
and then split the Red Sea to allow their escape. They had eaten manna
provided to them supernaturally. They had drunk water produced from
a rock. Why would they lose faith?
It’s easy for us to judge the Israelites while we’re on the sidelines.
God will find a new way, every day, to also ask us “do you trust me?”
We are no different than the Israelites. We are constantly faced with the
decision to fear the wind and waves of our lives, to fear the giants in
our way, or to trust in God’s power and deliverance. The problem that
the Israelites had was that they didn’t trust God, and we often have the
same problem. As we start to look at these people, let’s be careful that
the shoe doesn’t fit us.
And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated
us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us
into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. Whither shall we go
up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people
is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to
heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
Deuteronomy 1:27-28
We’re told in Deuteronomy 3:11 that the bed of Og king of Bashan was
13 feet long. The Anakim, the sons of Anak, were Nephilim, although
after the Flood they were typically called Rephaim. There were several
tribal names of groups that all appeared to be Nephilim in different areas.
We see them mentioned in a variety of places, like Genesis 14:5 and
Deuteronomy 2:11 & 20. They include the Rephaim (which means “the
dead ones”), the Emim, Horim and Zamzummim. Anak and his seven
sons were called Anakim. They’re encountered repeatedly in Numbers,
Deuteronomy and Joshua.
Satan Strikes, God Parries

Satan has repeatedly attempted to thwart the plan of God, and messing
with the human bloodlines was just one form of attack. Yet, every time
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Satan throws a punch, God blocks it:

• Satan attempted to corrupt Adam’s line in Genesis 6, but God
sent the flood and saved Noah’s family.
• As God revealed His plans through Abraham, Abraham was
singled out by Satan in Genesis 12 and 20 to lose Sarah.
However, God intervened, and Isaac was born through Sarah.
• A famine hit the earth in Genesis, threatening to starve
Abraham’s descendants, but God sent Joseph to Egypt to
provide for them.
• Pharaoh attempted to destroy all Hebrew males in Exodus 1,
but the midwives refused to murder the babies. Even after he
let them go, Pharaoh pursued the Israelites, but his armies were
destroyed in the Red Sea in Exodus 14.
• When God told Abraham that his descendants would come
back to the land of Canaan after four centuries, Satan had
four centuries to lay down a mine field. The Rephaim are that
minefield. That’s why God instructed Joshua to wipe out every
man woman and child in Canaan.
• When God revealed His plan through the line of David, then
David is singled out by Satan:
• In 2 Kings 11:1-2, queen Athaliah tried to kill all the king’s
sons, but Joash was rescued by his father’s sister.
• In 2 Chronicles 21:16-17, the Philistines and Arabians carried
off all the king’s sons but the youngest, Ahaziah (Jehoahaz).
• During the Persian Empire, Haman tried to wipe out all
the Jews. God gave Esther favor as the king’s wife, and she
succeeded in intervening for her people.
• In the Matthew 2:13-18, Herod killed the babes in Bethlehem,
but God warned Joseph to flee to Egypt.
• In Luke 4:28-30, the people of Nazareth tried to throw Jesus off
a cliff, but He walked safely back through them.
• A supernatural storm threatened while Christ was on the sea in
Mark 4 and Luke 8, but Jesus took authority over the storms.
• Finally, Jesus was killed on the cross, but in doing so He

fulfilled all righteousness, saving the world and conquering sin
and death once for all.
Satan is not through. He tries to devour the Messiah in Revelation 12,
but he fails. He will certainly attempt to destroy the woman - to destroy
the children of Abraham and so prevent the return of the Messiah.
Of course, he will fail then too.
As we look at Deuteronomy, let me give you something to think
about. What do the Golan Heights, Hebron and the Gaza Strip have
in common? These were the areas in which Joshua and the Israelites
failed to exterminate the Rephaim. While the people of Israel did take
the Holy Land under Joshua, there were places in Joshua and Judges in
which they did not completely eradicate the Canaanites. Strongholds
of the enemy remained in the land, and if we look at a map of Israel,
we see that those are the areas still in dispute today.
Strongholds that
Israel failed to Golan
defeat completely
(Book of Judges) Jenin
Nabulus
Ramallah
Jerusalem Jericho
(Beth Yerah, House
Gaza of the Moon God)
Territories
remaining in
dispute today
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Jenin, Nabulus, Ramallah, Jericho, Jerusalem and Gaza are all places
where Canaanite holdouts remained. This is not merely a physical issue,
whether or not the descendants of
those ancient Canaanites still exist. The real war is not
There is something supernatural between Hamas and the
going on here. These are areas Knesset. The real war in
that were not cleansed physically Israel is a spiritual war.
and spiritually. The real war is not
between Hamas and the Knesset. The real war in Israel is a spiritual war.
Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you,
according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; And in
the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God
bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went,
until ye came into this place.
Deuteronomy 1:29-31
Embracing Trust Means Victory

God is a tender, loving Father. He has provided for His people. As Moses
speaks to the children of Abraham, the people simply need to remember
their own recent past to be confident in their future. By simply looking
back at their own lives, they can see how God has protected them and
sustained them. They didn’t need to be afraid, because the Lord intended
to fight for them! Their parents were perpetually convinced that God
brought them into the desert to destroy them. They sat in their tents,
murmuring and wringing their hands about it, as though God couldn’t
hear them. God hears us! Yet, God had always intended to fulfill His
promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob through them. The whole issue
here in Deuteronomy is “Do you trust the Lord or not?” That’s the thrust
of Moses, reminding his people of what God has done for them so far.
Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God, Who went
in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents
in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in
a cloud by day. And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and
was wroth, and sware, saying, Surely there shall not one of these
men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give
unto your fathers
Deuteronomy 1:32-35
That’s very interesting. Notice this. The people had murmured and said
that, “God brought us out here to kill us.” In the end, God agrees with
them, saying, “Well, that wasn’t what I had in mind, but that’s the way
it’s going to be.” He didn’t forsake Israel, but He let that particular evil
generation die in the desert. He waited until they had perished, and
then He brought their faith-filled children into the Promised Land.
They said, “He brought us out here to kill our children,” but they got
it backwards. Their children are now listening to Moses, anticipating
the fulfillment of God’s promises in them. The unbelievers didn’t just
die naturally. There were plagues and earthquakes and snake bites and
slaughter as a direct result of their repeated wickedness.
The word fathers or forefathers occurs 21 times in Deuteronomy, and
this terminology is used to stress Israel’s relationship to the covenant
promises. That’s why the link is so important; this is their connection
to the commitments of God.
While God swore to exclude every warrior of the rebellious generation
from the Promised Land, Caleb and Joshua and the younger generation
were able to inherit the blessings of God’s promises to their fathers.
Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I
give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because
he hath wholly followed the LORD.
Deuteronomy 1:36
Are we wholly following the Lord? Do we trust God with all our hearts?
Do we view the giants in our lives as mere dust piles because we are
focused on God’s love and faithfulness? Are we confident that He is
able to conquer every enemy that rises up? Caleb and Joshua were, and
God blessed them for it. We all feel fear at times. That’s not the issue.
The issue is, what do we choose to do with that fear? Do we hide in our
tents, murmuring doubt and unbelief, or do we shove our fear behind
us and purposely fix our eyes on the God and His faithfulness?
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Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also
shalt not go in thither. But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth
before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause
Israel to inherit it.
Deuteronomy 1:37-38
Finishing Strong Moses was taken out

of the ballgame right at
It shocks us to realize that God’s
judgment was extended even to
the main event because
Moses! Moses reminds them that he blew it.
God was upset at him for his own bad behavior. That’s why he says “the
Lord was angry with me for your sakes.” Moses is not blaming the people,
but the people did create a situation which moved Moses to blow it.
God told Moses to speak to the rock to provide them water at Meribah
in Numbers 20:7-13, and instead Moses struck the rock. God took that
act of disobedience so seriously, He prohibited Moses from entering the
Promised Land. After leading that griping, complaining people for 40
years in the desert, Moses himself didn’t get to enter into the land. He
was allowed to see it from a hilltop, but he was denied entrance. He was
taken out of the ballgame right at the main event because he blew it.
Ben Franklin said “well begun is half done.” That’s a good little proverb,
but half done is still half done. Not only do we need to start well, but
we need to finish well. One of the most discouraging things we see as
Christians is when a big Christian leader stumbles and falls. It’s incredibly
important that we push through to
One of the most the finish line. We are saved through
discouraging things the blood of Jesus, not by our works.
we see as Christians is However, in His seven letters to the
when a big Christian seven churches in Revelation 2-3,
leader stumbles Jesus repeatedly offers rewards to
and falls. the “overcomer.” Overcoming is
incredibly important. The fruit of
our lives is at stake. The lives of other people are at stake. Our rewards
in Heaven are at stake. Moses was saved, but he didn’t get to enter the
Promised Land he’d worked so hard to reach. Let’s get to the end of our
lives and be able to say, “I fought the good fight. I finished the race.”
Of course, even with the knowledge that he will die in the desert, Moses
doesn’t just lie down. His primary job is now to encourage and strengthen
Joshua and the Israelites for the task ahead.
Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your
children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and
evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they
shall possess it. But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into
the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
Deuteronomy 1:39-40
The Heart of Faith

Moses is still reminding the Israelites of their past, and this verse is full
of interesting insights. The children were not held responsible for the
cowardice of their parents. They were assured possession of the land
while the parents were sent back to the desert. The author of Hebrews
later points to the wilderness strewn with the corpses of that faithless
generation as a grim reminder. There are consequences for lacking
confidence in God’s power. God provided for the Israelites. He did
huge miracles on their behalf. He wanted to bring them into the Land,
but He had to let the faithless parents
die in the desert. He could not pollute
When we fail to
the land with unbelievers right from appreciate the power
the beginning. and love of God, we’re
poking a finger in
When we fail to appreciate the power His eye. That’s
and love of God, we’re poking a finger in
disturbing stuff.
His eye. That’s disturbing stuff. We get
enamored with grace, but we fail to realize some of these implications.
God loves us completely, and He has tremendous patience with us. That’s
why it is such an incredible insult to suggest He doesn’t love us. He gave
us everything. He gave us His Son. All eternity is ours because of God’s
self-sacrifice. How can we be so cruel and foolish to think for a moment
He doesn’t love us or that He can’t be trusted? Trusting God is loving
God. If we trust Him, though, that also means we trust Him enough
to obey Him. Real trust says, “I know Your way is best.” Deuteronomy
will really make us conscious of our responsibility for obedience.
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It’s also interesting to note that the It’s also interesting to

age of responsibility in the case of note that the age of
the Promised Land was 20-years-old. responsibility in the case
Those 19-years-old and younger were of the Promised Land
able to enter the land, according to
was 20-years-old.
Numbers 14:29. Those older died in
the desert. When we think of the Jewish practice of bar mitzvahs, we
think of age thirteen as the age of accountability. However, God gave the
Israelites a free pass if they were younger than 20. I’m not implying that
we apply that today, because the age of accountability is a big theological
question. However, in this case, those that were 19 and younger were
able to enter the land. (Although, they still had to suffer through 40
years in the desert because of their parents’ bad choices. That’s another
real-world reality we all face.)
Of course, the disobedience of the parents continually got them in
trouble until the end.
Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the
LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD
our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man
his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill. And the
LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for
I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
Deuteronomy 1:41-42
God told them to take the land, and they were afraid, so He said, “Forget
it.” Then, they decided they’d go up and fight after all. God said, “Don’t!”
but they tried anyway. They weren’t good at following directions, and
they got decimated. Even when they got ready and went out to fight,
they were still in rebellion. Rebellion just never ends well.
So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against
the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into
the hill. And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came
out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in
Seir, even unto Hormah.
Deuteronomy 1:43-44
They were in Negev, the southern portion of Canaan. Negev means

south, and it speaks of the desert area to the south. “Seir” is an early
name for Edom.
And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would
not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. So ye abode in
Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.
Deuteronomy 1:45-46
So they blew it! They wouldn’t go when God was with them, and then
when He wasn’t with them, they were foolish enough to go, and they
got clobbered.
The Bible is an incredibly consistent book. Trust and obedience are
always the keys to blessing. We might have times when we suffer
because of the decisions of others. We might have to be patient and wait
on God’s timing. We might have hard times in the desert while God
takes us where we need to go. However, in the end, patient trust and
obedience in God’s love for us will bring us to a place of great blessing.
Wherever you are in your walk, don’t be discouraged. God really does
love you, and He will be faithful to fulfill His promises to you too.
We are no different than the Israelites. We can fall in all the same ways
that they fell, but we can also have victories in the incredible ways that
God gave them victories. Jesus quoted Deuteronomy often for a reason.
As we read through Deuteronomy, we are not merely reading the final
sermon of Moses, we are reading the heart of God. Let us keep our own
hearts soft toward our Heavenly Father, that we might be like those who
entered the Promised Land.
... To be continued.
Part 3 will appear in the October 2017 issue of the Personal Update.
This excerpt was adapted from Dr. Chuck Missler’s Expositional Commentary on the book of
Deuteronomy. Available from https://resources.khouse.org.
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SPEAKER ARTICLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND

Chris Corlett
Deputy Provost and member of the
Koinonia Institute Advisory Board.
TRANSGENDER POLICY
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his past summer I sat down to lunch with two retired teacher colleagues.
After reminiscing about what one friend described as the “Golden
Years of Public Education” our conversation turned to our kids
and their grandchildren. When I was asked by one of my friends,
“Who will be your daughter’s next teacher?” I responded, “Her mother.
We are homeschooling her.” After a brief pause they asked the question
every homeschooling parent has heard, “Why?” My answer was short
and said everything I needed it to say without really saying anything
at all. “Public education is not what it used to be.” This article serves
as an opportunity to provide to you, my gracious reader, a more
thorough insight into my response while addressing one facet of today’s
evolving public education system.
Today’s public schools are not Today’s public schools
yesterday’s public schools. are not yesterday’s
public schools.
Issue
Both the velocity and the ferocity with which the LGBT agenda
has infiltrated our public schools are remarkable. When I left the
public classroom in 2006, this issue was barely on the radar screen.
Within a decade, the topic is among the top few issues facing
administrators and education professionals today. The ever-changing
statutory and regulatory environment caused by evolving definitions
and competing political parties creates an uncertain foundation
upon which to develop policy. School districts are generally
averse to litigation and prefer policies that avoid costly legal
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What follows is a review of some of the pressures Chris Corlett,
influencing public policy in our public schools today. Deputy Provost,
Koinonia Institute
Chris Corlett is a long-
Title IX time KI member who
serves in several volunteer
Title IX refers to a Federal law enacted by the capacities. Among his
activities, Chris is the
92nd United State Congress amending inter alia Academic Advisor to
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of the Koinonia Institute
A d v i s o r y B o a rd . He
1965 and it states in part: relies on his journey and
perspective as both a
“No person in the United States shall, on the KI member and as an
basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, experienced educator
to advise the KIAB on
be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to reliable teaching strategies
discrimination under any education program or and techniques as well
as emerging technologies
activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” and research. Throughout
his professional career,
This opened doors in the 1970’s to new opportunities he has balanced the
advice found in Jeremiah
for woman including participation in interscholastic 6 : 1 6 ( “c o n s i d e r t h e
sports. What followed is decades of interpretation old paths”) with that
found in Matthew 9:17
and regulation regarding the implementation of (“don’t put new wine in
this law by several government agencies. In a “Dear old wineskins.”) Chris
tempers his advise and
Colleague Letter” dated May 13, 2016 issued jointly actions by balancing
be the United States Department of Justice and the his respect for tradition
with the opportunities
United States Department of Education the following to proclaim the Truth
guidance appears: using new technologies
and opportunities. He is
eager to hear from you at
“As a condition of receiving Federal funds,[2] dp.chrisc@khouse.org
a school agrees that it will not exclude, separate,
deny benefits to, or otherwise treat differently on the basis of sex
any person in its educational programs or activities unless expressly
authorized to do so under Title IX or its implementing regulations.
The Departments treat a student’s gender identity as the student’s
sex for purposes of Title IX and its implementing regulations.
(bold-faced added) This means that a school must not treat
2 My Gracious Readers will see a parallel between this and the Trump administration’s withholding of Federal
monies from so-called sanctuary cities. For news breaking on the day that I write this article: http://www.
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/chicago-sues-trump-administration-sanctuary-cities-
rahm-emanuel-jeff-sessions-a7880061.html
a transgender student differently from the way it treats other students

of the same gender identity. The Departments’ interpretation is
consistent with courts’ and other agencies’ interpretations of Federal
laws prohibiting sex discrimination.”[3]
The Trump administration on February 22, 2017 rescinded the Obama
administration’s guidance.[4]
Put yourself in the shoes of the Board of Education member required
to vote on a resolution or policy regarding transgender issues. Consider
the law firms retained by school districts which advise on how best to
comply with statutes and regulations. The language in this government
letter is neither ambiguous nor ambivalent. Many school districts
characterized the letter as requiring schools to be as open minded as
possible on the issue of transgender student rights. A conservative
approach fiscally has a progressive consequence socially. And a more
fundamental issue is raised by the
boldface sentence. Any resistance A conservative approach
to the accommodation of gender fiscally has a progressive
identity priorities is tantamount to consequence socially
3 https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201605-title-ix-transgender.pdf
4 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-lgbt-idUSKBN161243
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gender discrimination from which our current heated rhetoric hurls

accusations of phobia and hate.
Dignity of All Students Act

The New York State legistature passed the Dignity of All Students Act
(“DASA”) which took effect on July 1, 2013. Applicants for any New
York State education certification are required to complete six hours of
training.[5] This law “seeks to provide the State’s public elementary and
secondary school students with a safe and supportive environment free
from discrimination, intimidation, taunting, harassment, and bullying on
school property, a school bus and/or at a school function.” The guidance
found in the aforementioned “Dear Colleague Letter” confirmed
and complemented this legislation. When the Trump administration
rescinded this letter and its guidance, the New York State Education
Department on March 27, 2017 issued its own guidance. Chancellor
Betty A. Rosa said, “We must reaffirm our commitment to providing
educational sanctuaries, where students are free to learn regardless of
their race, ethnicity, language spoken at home, immigration status,
sexual orientation or any other basis. We must embrace all children as
our own, with warmth and compassion.” New York Attorney General
Eric Schneiderman said. “Our message is clear: school districts have a
duty to protect the rights of their students – no matter the draconian
policies coming out of Washington. I’m proud to continue to partner
with Commissioner Elia and SED to ensure this message is heard loud
and clear around the state.”[6]
Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act

New York State Senator Daniel Squadron sponsored bill S61A (known
as the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act[7] or “GENDA”)
which “prohibits discrimination based on gender identity or expression
and includes offenses regarding gender identity or expression under the
hate crimes statute.” This bill merges any resistance to the LGBT agenda
with the dreaded label of hate crime. This bill has lost some momentum
5 http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/certificate/dasa-applicant.html
6 http://www.nysed.gov/news/2017/guidance-rights-immigrant-students-and-dignity-all-students-act-now-
available-20-languages
7 https://www.nysenate.gov/issues/genda
perhaps due to the many other developments in both our national and
state capitols. California Governor Jerry Brown in 2013 signed the first
state legislation of this kind which “gives students the right to participate
in sex-segregated programs, activities and facilities based on their self-
perception and regardless of their birth gender.”[8]
Other Developments
A Board of Education of a New York State school district faces protest
and petition to remove from its “Wall of Fame” a Tennessee senator who
received in 2008 this recognition from his school. “He has trivialized
LGBT youth suicide, labeled homosexuals as a ‘dangerous and deadly’
community because he ignorantly claims only they can transmit HIV/
AIDS, and has attempted to pass the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill which would
prevent any type of non-heterosexual discussions in schools. His beliefs
are unacceptable for modern day society and certainly don’t set a good
example for future generations.”[9]
According to Planned Parenthood, the narrative about “the birds and the
bees”[10] is inadequate in today’s complex conversation about sexuality.
“When it comes to gender, ideas about what it means to be a girl or
a boy are everywhere, and these ideas have a big influence on your
preschooler. Learn how to teach your kid that their gender doesn’t limit
them, how to talk about different kinds of families, how to know if your
kid is transgender, and more.”[11] The link contains
information on a new narrative which relies on
themes including properly naming body parts and
avoiding gender stereotypical patterns. And the
advice recommends starting this conversation at
the earliest of ages.
The Minnesota Department of Education
released on July 24, 2017 its Toolkit for Ensuring
8 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/12/calif-
transgender-bill/2645435/
9 https://www.change.org/p/vestal-board-of-education-remove-stacey-
campfield-from-the-vestal-hall-of-fame
10 For the record, I have never received this talk, gave this talk or even claim to understand the analogy.
11 https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/parents/preschool/how-do-i-talk-with-my-preschooler-about-
identity
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Safe and Supportive Schools for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming

Students. The Department website describes it as a “(t)oolkit to help
school districts and charter schools create school environments where
transgender and gender nonconforming students are safe, supported and
fully included, and have equal access to the educational opportunities
provided to all students.”[12] About the toolkit NBC news reports[13]:
“The 11-page ‘toolkit’ includes guidelines for the use of proper
pronouns and preferred names — suggesting that teachers stop
using the term ‘boys and girls,’ and instead use ‘students’ and
‘scholars’ — and tackles the hot-button issue of access to restrooms
and locker rooms that correspond with a student’s gender identity.
Authors propose single-user restrooms be available for any students
who do not want to share a restroom with transgender and gender-
nonconforming students.”[14]
Information on the Gender Unicorn
– along with other trans-student
resources – is available at http://
www.transstudent.org/gender.
I prefer to leave an investigation
into this to you gracious reader.
This purple puppet created
quite a stir within the Charlotte
Mecklenburg School system[15] and
this author lacks sufficient direct
knowledge or reliable reporting to
confidentially summarize what is
taking place there. Suffice it to say
that the Gender Unicorn appears
to be influencing professional
development programs and public policy decisions albeit on a small
scale for now.
12 http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/about/adv/active/sstacc/
13 http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/minnesota-department-education-approves-transgender-
toolkit-n785246
14 The author endorses as a public policy the availability of single-user restrooms for any student who prefers
this.
15 http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/education/article96192472.html
Conclusion
This author has long supported parental choice regarding the education
of children. Choices include public schools, private schools, parochial
schools and parental (home) schools and often combinations thereof.
As fall brings about a new school year, I urge all parents to make
deliberate, prayerful and informed decisions regarding their children’s
education. I hope this article contributes to the information on which
that decision is based.
The Parental Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution has
been reintroduced in the United States Senate. This amendment proposes
to add parental rights specifically and explicitly to the text of the United
States Constitution, thereby protecting parental liberty “to direct the
upbringing, education and care of their children.”[16] Educate yourself
about this Parental Rights Amendment and engage your representatives
in your priorities.
Get involved in your local politics by running for a school board position.
The Teaching and Learning Institute states its mission is “(t)o increase
the number of candidates who are willing to run for their local school
board. These candidates should be committed to family values based on
a traditional Judeo-Christian belief system.”[17]
And be in prayer for your family, your community, and your government.
3
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through
God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
5
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth
itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity
every thought to the obedience of Christ;
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
I look forward to hearing from you and I can be reached at

chrisc@khouse.org.
16 https://parentalrights.org/Amendment/
17 http://www.teachingandlearninginstitute.org/interactive/
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