"Today I Have Removed From You The Shame Of Egypt."

Hello! and happy holy and family day to all of us, GUYS.  Today's first-thing-first:

THE GOOD NEWS (06 March 2016)

"Then YAHWEH said to Joshua: 'Today I have removed from you the shame of Egypt.'  So the place is called Gilgal up to this day. 

The Israelites encamped in Gilgal where they celebrated the Passover  on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month in the plains of Jericho.  On the following day, they ate of the produce of the land: unleavened bread and roasted grain on that very day.  And from that day on when they ate of the produce of the land, the manna ceased.

There was no more manna for the Israelites, and that year they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan." - Joshua 5:9-12 

Manna From Heaven

(From that day on, they ate of the produce of the land.  See commentary on Exodus 16 for the explanations concerning the manna and legends about it.

Fruit Of The Land Of Canaan

Then begins a new era.  Up to this time, the religion of the Israelites had been that of a nomadic people.  Now begins a deep crisis which will last until King David's time, with the Israelites trying to adapt themselves to their new situation as farmers and city-dwellers and gradually evolving a kind of religion suitable for this new situation.  The text goes even further: the time of the journey, the time of the march towards the Promised land is over; the people have entered this land.  The manna, nourishment for the journey, no longer falls and the people satisfy their hunger with the fruit of the country.  So it will be at the end of time when all humanity will have reached the FATHER and HIS kingdom, no longer will the Church give people bread for the journey - what they will have is the eternal presence of GOD.)