“And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.”
Joshua 22:33 KJV
Soon after the return of Reubenites, Gadites and half the tribe of Manasseh, to their land east of the Jordan, after they had risked their lives for all the other tribes to get their inheritance, satan planned a civil war to destroy them. God and His leadership intervened and averted a great disaster. These two and a half tribes built a replica altar on their side, to serve the God of Israel. The other tribes quickly judged and misunderstood their good intentions as rebellion, and were about to war against them, in their zeal. Then Eleazar and the elders went to the accused tribes and reconciliation was made. In Christ, we beware of doctrine that divides, negative reports and strife, unwise counsel that causes believers to bite and devour one another by bitterness, arguments, backbiting, jealousy and divisions. The root of bitterness defiles and weakens the Church. If one believer is affected, the whole Body suffers. Praise God, satan can never destroy the Church, because God has made peace through the Blood of His cross, by Christ, to reconcile all things to Himself. Let’s not be filled with a wrong zeal, but with the very love of God towards all in the Church. Amen!
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