{"id":54840,"date":"2019-05-04T22:56:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T19:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=54840"},"modified":"2019-05-04T22:56:58","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T19:56:58","slug":"consequences-of-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/consequences-of-commitment\/","title":{"rendered":"Consequences of Commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"acf":{"old_id":"54840","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33992,"related_cahpter":"211","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Book of Joshua follows the contours of Moses\u2019s career, showing Joshua as a second Moses, completing the task of his master: delivering the children of Israel to its land, and cementing our loyalty to the God who delivered us from Egyptian slavery and settled us in our own land. There is a splitting of the sea, a crossing onto dry land, the establishment of a covenant, war with local tribes, and an eventual distribution of land. And at the very conclusion of the Book (just as at the end of the Book of Deuteronomy), we are treated to a Farewell Address, this time by Joshua to the gathered people. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And what does he tell everyone? After summarizing the history of our descent into slavery and our liberation, he offers us a stark choice: follow the false divinities our ancestors served across the Euphrates, or the idols of the local Arameans. \u201cBut I and my household will serve the Lord (Joshua 24: 15).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enthused by the speech, the people swear their allegiance as well: \u201cWe too will serve the Lord, who is our God (Joshua 24: 18).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead of professing delight, Joshua issues a stern warning. There are consequences to pledging allegiance to this passionate and demanding God. God will hold us to our commitments, expecting loyalty, follow through, and a rigorous social code of morality and justice. Backsliding is not an option.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This timeless reality \u2013 that there are consequences to commitment \u2013 is articulated at the very launch of our life as a nation. Pledging ourselves to a higher cause is not a passing fancy, and it binds us across the ages. \u00a0To link ourselves to a venerable path of ethics and compassion, noble as it is, requires fortitude, persistence, and ongoing determination. Failure is not an option; yet we have paid a desperately high price for falling short. Just as Joshua warned us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And our response? To aim high. To recommit to the same lofty goals. 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