Tasting of the Inheritance
(Paid Version) The Fourth Sunday in Lent- Joshua 5:9-12; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32
Joshua 5:9-12 1
Our Old Testament reading completes the transition from the children of Israel’s wandering in the wilderness to the arrival in the promised land. Israel celebrated Passover on the appointed day, eating unleavened bread as was the pattern. At this point in the great story, they are through wilderness. Moses, their leader, has died before t…