{"id":2784,"date":"2024-05-24T19:02:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/jericho-symbolism-bible\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T22:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T22:46:17","slug":"jericho-symbolism-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/jericho-symbolism-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Jericho in de Bijbel: Wat de naam betekent en de spirituele betekenis van Jericho"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Jericho is the first city Israel took in the promised land, and in the Bible it stands for a gift: a city handed to God&#039;s people before they had struck a blow. Its walls fell at a shout (Joshua 6), Rahab found mercy there amid judgment, and Jesus stopped there for a blind beggar and a tax collector. The whole story turns on a verb in the past tense. Before Israel had walked once around the walls, the LORD told\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jericho is the city God gave Israel before a blow was struck: its name, its walls, Rahab, Jesus&#039; visit, the Jericho prayer and what archaeology found.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[79],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-2784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-history"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18987,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/is-jerica-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":2784,"position":0},"title":"Is Jerica in the Bible? 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