Hey there, Delilah

Hey there Delilah, I had never given much thought
To the way that you wore Samson down
Or tormented him and took away his might
that one sad night.

Hey there Delilah, your seduction and persistence
had been washed over in flannelgraphs,
never replaced from the days of my youth and now I see.
You're misery.

Oh its all so new to me. (4x)

Bridge
Thousands of coins seem pretty harsh
But you've got plans, and schemes and, O
I'd run from you if we met one fine day.

The Philistines would mock at us
and you would laugh at me because
I was a fool and my strength now has gone away.

Delilah I can promise you
that I have learned a thing or two
and my world will never ever be the same
and you're to blame.

Hey there, Delilah you should know it isn't over
I won't let my daughters learn your ways
and will protect the women and men from your misdeed
O, yes indeed!

Covenant Fulfilled?

Not deeply studied, but tinkered with, slightly is a question that popped up in reading Joshua his morning.


What? ??  Wha? -- Sorry, need a bit more coffee.. barely here.


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Ok, so, I was reading Joshua 23-24, and something just jumped off the page. I am not sure what to do with it yet, but there it was.

14 “And now I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one word has failed of all the good things that the LORD your God promised concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one of them has failed. 15 But just as all the good things that the LORD your God promised concerning you have been fulfilled for you, so the LORD will bring upon you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land that the LORD your God has given you, 16 if you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them. Then the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land that he has given to you.”   

Um, the first part, the bit that I underlined, got me thinking. I have been taught that the Abrahamic covenant was yet to be fulfilled, and the Israel had not never fully inhabited the land. I was also taught to think of the covenant as unconditional and eternal. While I see the purposes for such teaching, I am starting to now wonder how much REAL study of the pertinent scripture, I actually did.


But doesn't this text point to a fulfillment of the promises God made in his covenant? Had not Joshua clearly sealed the deal? Does this mean that God is released from any further obligation in the covenant?


Well, feel free to post your thoughts. The maintenance fellas just installed a whiteboard in my humble office, and now I am left to ponder, what should be the maiden voyage of thought to be splayed upon its surface.


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JB