Learned At Church

The power of scripture can be thought this way; always new and shiny, expressing multiple meanings depending upon time read or multiple doctrines expressed by the particular author-prophet. This inspires an elevated way of reading and exploring scripture.
 
Like this phrase,  "If you want something to last forever, you treat it differently. ... It becomes special because you have made it so." F. Burton Howard
 
12    Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token: joshua 2:
 
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The promise or covenant given by a true token by Rahab, blest her, her family, and surely her people. She courageously sought and lived this promised token. May we desire and commit as she did.
 
"Now is the time to adjust your own spiritual oxygen mask so that you are prepared to help others who are seeking the truth." This a modern day promise, Rahab desire, stated by elder Andersen. Then this caution: "Be sure to adjust your own mask before helping others.”
 
 
Tim Asay