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Believers, did you know that the Hebrew name Caleb (Kelev) means "dog" in English? It was the name that the Jews used for non-Jews (Gentiles.) Remember our Saviour told the Syrophoenician woman in Matthew 15:26– “ It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs."  Not to worry! He loved us so much that today, all non-Jews who believe are His bride! The name also symbolises devotion to the Lord. No insignificant details in His word.  Caleb was one of the 12 men sent to do a recon of the land of Canaan. He was one of the two (with Joshua) who believed the report of the Lord concerning the possession of the Promised Land by the children of Israel. See his words upon their return from the mission in Numbers 13: 30 "Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.” 31 But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they ...

Believer, recall that the Scriptures (Old Testament) serve as types and pictures for us today. See this 1 Corinthians 10:6- " Now, all these things serve as types and pictures for us—lessons that teach us not to fail in the same way by callously craving worthless things" Christ Himself gives us one such typology in John 3:14-17: the bronze serpent that Moses lifted up in the wilderness for the salvation of the Israelites from the sting of the fiery serpent and its deathly effects is a type of Christ lifted up for our salvation from the sting of death (sin nature) and its deathly effects (acts of sin that lead to death.) Like the bronze serpent, Joseph is a type of Christ: Joseph was a son beloved by his father, just as Christ is God's beloved Son. Joseph was sent on an assignment to his brothers by his father, just as God sent His beloved Son to the Jews at Christ's First Coming as the Son of Man Joseph the dreamer who saw his family bowing down to him in a dream was ...