Special Spoils
“And Achan answered Joshua and said, “Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and this is what I have done: When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garment, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. And there they are, hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, with the silver under it.”” Joshua 7:20-21 NKJV Literally, spoils are assumed free and unattached valuables; but they can become potential IEDs (improvised explosive devices), if not specially handled. For example, the spoils that Achan coveted were secretly free but openly forbidden by God. Although these spoils were beautifully attractive and intimidatingly alluring in the secret, they were eventually responsible for the irreversible detonation of Achan and his entire family. Likewise, it is foolishness that makes sinners query the usefulness of sin in the secret; and then fall into its temptations. Unfortunately, Achan and h...