God Defeats Your Enemies | Historical Books | Joshua 10:16-28

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🗓️ 22 January 2025

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How does God respond to his enemies? Why do the Israelites stand on the necks of the kings? In today's episode, Jensen shares how Joshua 10:16-28 points us forward to King Jesus, who defeated our enemies on the cross. Read the Bible with us in 2025! This year, we’re exploring the Historical Books—Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings. Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Joshua 10:16-28

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0:00.0	Let's break this down. For every 10 minutes you spend in your Bible each day, you spend
0:06.2	1,430 minutes a day outside of it. So, the question is, do you feel equipped to engage with
0:15.7	today's culture, where you spend the majority of your time? The truth is if you're a Christian, you're an outsider.
0:24.0	But that's what God has called you to be,
0:26.1	and he wants you to live this way joyfully.
0:29.8	But not all outsiders are created equally.
0:33.0	You can discover how God has uniquely called you
0:36.3	to engage with today's culture in Keith and Patrick's
0:39.4	new book, Joyful Outsiders. Find more information and start reading today at joyful outsiders.com.
0:53.1	Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:58.6	I'm Jensen Holt McNair.
1:01.8	The second half of Joshua Chapter 10 continues the narrative of the battle against five kings who tried to attack the Israelites unlikely ally Gibbon. The Israelites
1:12.7	have just won an astounding victory, ending in a miraculous act of God. Their victory is so
1:19.3	complete that we read in chapter 10 verse 21, no one uttered a word against the Israelites.
1:26.7	No one wanted to stand up against them, to speak out
1:29.5	against them so clear was God's presence and power among his people. And before we go on,
1:36.3	this is a gentle reminder that if at any time you're wondering, what's going on with all this
1:41.1	violence? Go back to Patrick's episode from January 16th to explore
1:46.7	that topic head on. But today, after the close of this massive battle, our focus is on the
1:54.0	five kings of these cities, the kings who conspired together to attack Gibbyan, who led their
2:00.3	armies into battle only to suffer
2:02.2	complete defeat. And we find these kings hidden in a cave. Joshua orders that they be
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