TODAY'S BIBLE TWEET

BIBLE TEXT: “And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the Lord was with them. And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy. And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family. And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.” (Judges 1:22-26 KJV)

BIBLE TWEET: It is he who knows and shares with others the way into Bethel, which means “the house of God,” who will, along with his family, be saved and shown mercy.

BIBLE TAKEAWAY: Bethel’s sole spared Canaanite soon left with his family to go to live with the Hittites, because he was never really an Israelite, just as all today who eventually go out from the house of God were never really part of the people of God. (1 John 2:19)