여호수아의 죽음을 앞두고 여호수아 23장

죽음을 앞둔 여호수아는 이스라엘 백성들에게 유언을 남겼고, 나는 세상의 모든 사람이 가는 길로 간다고 했습니다. 하나님을 배신하면 죽음, 약속을 어기면 멸망을 예고하면서 잠이 든 모양입니다.

 

이제 나는 늙고 나이가 많다

1. A long time afterwards, when the Lord had given rest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years, 2 Joshua summoned all Israel, its elders and heads, its judges and officers, and said to them, " I am now old and well advanced in years. 3 And you have seen all that the Lord your God has done to all these nations for your sake, for it is the Lord your God who has fought for you. 4 Behold, I have allotted to you as an inheritance for your tribes those nations that remain, along with all the nations that I have already cut off, from the Jordan to the Great Sea in the west. 5 The Lord your God will push them back before you and drive them out of your sight. And you shall possess their land, just as the Lord your God promised you.

 

 

6 Therefore, be very strong to keep and to do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, turning aside from it neither to the right hand nor to the left, 7 that you may not mix with these nations remaining among you or make mention of the names of their gods or swear by them or serve them or bow down to them, 8 but you shall cling to the Lord your God just as you have done to this day. 9 For the Lord has driven out before you great an strong nations. And as for you, no man has been able to stand before you to this day. 10 One man of you puts to flight a thousand, since it is the Lord your God who fights for you, just as he promised you 11 Be very carefrul, therefore, to love the Lord your God. 12 For if you turn back and cling to the remnant of these nations remaining among you and make marriages with them, so that you associate with them and they with you, 13 know for certain that the Lord your God will no longer drive out these nations before you, but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good ground that the Lord your God has given you. 

 

 

여호수아는 나이가 많고 늙어서, 장로를 불러놓고 얘기를 합니다. 일종의 유언이겠죠. 그는 하나님이 한 일을 기억하라고 하고 율법을 지켜 행하라고 합니다. 그리고 하나님과의 언약을 지키라고 하고요 배신하면 멸망한다고 합니다. 하나님이 한 일을 기억하고 율법을 지키라는 것이 모세의 말을 잘 들으라는 소리로 들리네요.

 

여호수아 22장 읽기

제단 하나 세웠을 뿐인데 난리가 난 여호수아 22장

 

 

 영적 경고와 회상

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."

 

14절이 참으로 인상적입니다. 그는 이제 세상의 모든 길로 가려고 한다고 합니다. 모세는 죽기 전 이 길을 마친다고 하였는데 여호수아는 죽음을 목전에 두고 세상의 모든 사람이 가는 길로 간다고 했습니다. 마치 이 차원을 끝내고 다른 차원이라도 가는 양 뉘앙스가 그렇게 느껴집니다.