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    Today's bible study led me to Hebrews 2:9-18.  This passage is titled in my bible "Jesus Briefly Humbled".  At first, it may sound a little confusing because it talks about a period where Jesus was made "a little lower than the angels".  This is a passage about Jesus' incarnation.  The fact that Jesus became a human being and did not give up his deity, but he gave up his position in heaven to come to earth.       To understand this, it is important to realize that Jesus existed before he was born in Bethlehem.  The Bible gives us many glimpses of Jesus in the Old Testament.  One that I think of is in Daniel 3:25.  Danie's friends were thrown into a pit of fire.  It was so hot that those who threw Daniel's friends in died because of the heat of the flames.  Yet, Nebuchadnezzar states when he looks into the fire "Look! I see four men loosed and walking about in the midst of the fire without harm, and the appearance of the fourth is like a so

   In Joshua 9, Joshua and the Israelites have entered the promise land and are beginning to take possession of their inheritance from the Lord.  They have already destroyed Jericho and neighboring Ai.  It says that the people of Gibeon feared Israel and "acted craftily and set out as envoys, and took worn out sacks on their donkeys and winskins, worn out torn and mended" Joshua 9:4.  In other words, they wanted it to appear as if they had been traveling a long time.     They did this in order to deceive them and in order to make a treaty with them.  So, it says in Joshua 9:14 that Joshua made peace with them and "did not ask for the counsel of the Lord."  Later, they arrive at Gibeon and realize their mistake, but by then it is too late.  These people end up becoming a snare to Joshua and the people of God and lead them into idol worship.     I could be wrong here, but one of my observations in this passage is that it appears to be that Joshua and the leaders