Worthy Brief - 3/17/2026
Friend, choose the lamb, enter the promise!
Joshua 4:19 Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they camped in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho.
Joshua 5:10 Now the children of Israel camped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight on the plains of Jericho.
When Israel came up out of the Jordan River, Scripture marks the moment with precision: it was the tenth day of Nisan. This detail is not incidental -- it is deeply prophetic. It was on this very same day, forty years earlier, that each household in Egypt was commanded to choose a lamb for Passover (Exodus 12:3).
The day that began redemption now marked the beginning of inheritance.
God was revealing a pattern: what He starts in redemption, He completes in fulfillment. The crossing into the land was not disconnected from Egypt -- it was the continuation of what began under the blood of the lamb. Deliverance and promise are inseparably linked.
Before Israel ever left bondage, a lamb had to be chosen.
Before they could enter the land, the timing brought them back to that same reality. The God who brought them out by the blood was the same God bringing them in by His promise. Redemption was not the end -- it was the beginning of a journey that leads to inheritance.
This points us directly to the greater fulfillment in Yeshua, the true Passover Lamb. Just as Israel had to choose the lamb in Egypt, each of us must personally choose Him -- salvation is not automatic; it is received. The blood must be applied, the Lamb must be embraced, and just as their journey into promise was anchored in that act of redemption, so our inheritance in God flows from our response to Him.
You cannot enter God’s promise apart from the Lamb, and revival follows this same pattern. It does not begin with activity or momentum- - it begins with returning to Him. When the foundation of redemption is forgotten, it becomes difficult to walk in the inheritance, but when a people remain anchored in the Lamb, they position themselves to see God faithfully fulfill every promise He has spoken.
God’s timeline is never random -- He aligns moments across generations to reveal His purposes. The same day that once marked deliverance now marked possession, declaring that the work of redemption was still active, still unfolding, and still leading His people forward. The God who redeems is the same God who faithfully brings His promises to fulfillment.
Friend, this is the hour to choose the Lamb again with fresh devotion. Revival will not be sustained by activity alone -- it will be sustained by a people anchored in the sacrifice of Yeshua. Do not move forward into promise while neglecting the foundation of redemption. Return to the Lamb. Honor the blood. Build your life on what He has done. When the Lamb is central, the promise is secured. If we remain rooted in Him, we will not only come out of bondage -- we will enter fully into everything God has prepared, carrying revival and ushering in the harvest for His glory.
George & Baht Rivka (Currently in Tennessee)
Please pray for our son, Obadiah, and his team on the mission field in Ethiopia.
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