March 30, 2011 – Sirach 46 – 47

Here, we continue our brief history lesson for the reader.  It is interesting to read about them discussing their ancestors.  It sounds a lot like we would write about someone like George Washington or Abe Lincoln.  They look back and take them as an example as how to live their lives.  Sirach has been a book trying to teach the reader how to live, what to do or not do, and as it concludes, it looks back through history and picks the important people as examples of what it has been teaching throughout the book.  I am really looking forward to getting to read about Joshua and his conquest.  It is such a hard to understand part, the destruction of the cities in the land God gives Israel.  I am looking forward to spending some time with it.