The Walls Will Fall
“And the seventh time it happened, when the priests blew the trumpets,
that Joshua said to the people: “Shout, for the Lord has given you the city!
And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet,
and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat.”
(Joshua 6: 6; 20)
Jericho. Joshua’s stronghold was immense and well-fortified. The city was built on a tall mount of land, surrounded by an earthen embankment. It had two walls, the outer one was 6 ft thick, the inner one was 12 ft thick, with a space in between. The walls were so thick that chariots could race on top.
Our Jericho’s are just as intimidating. Sickness, despair, fear, negativity, anxiety, anger, bitterness, barrenness, addictions.
Jericho must fall for you to move into your promised land.
God said to Joshua, “receive the city I have taken for you,” not “go take the city.” God has already won the ground for you. The Commander of angel armies has gone ahead of you and won the victory on your behalf. Your part is to take it.
“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.”
(2 Corinthians 10: 3-4)
Definition of a stronghold – a conviction, outlook or belief that attempts to interfere with the truth. A false premise that denies God’s promise.
The word “trumpet” is ram’s horn in the original Hebrew. The ram’s horn was blown to celebrate a victory already won. The silver trumpet was used to call the people to assemble (Number 2 10:2)
Every battle is won in the spiritual realm before it manifests in the physical.
Your weapons of war are praise, worship, the Word, and prayer.
Joshua knew the walls would come down on the seventh day, but nowhere does it say that he told the Israelites that. They were told to just march and keep on marching.
Sometimes God does the same with us. He guarantees the wall will come down, but He doesn’t say when. And so, you walk, and walk, and walk…
Sometimes there are six days of weary trudging around the walls, but the seventh day will come, and the walls will fall.
Your Jericho will come down. Blow your ram’s horn!
