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Today we hear the famous story of the fall of Jericho, which at God's command was preceded by the marching around the city for 7 days. The city was devoted to destruction, meaning that this was God's judgement upon them. Right after this amazing victory, Israel learned through a man named Achan that keeping treasures devoted to destruction makes oneself devoted to destruction.
The continuation of Psalm 69 also has several verses appropriate to Jesus and a verse quoted in Romans 11. This psalm is appropriate for us to pray at times of deepest need.
Paul, Luke, and the other companions arrive in Jerusalem. On the way, Paul has heard the prophecies that he should not go to Jerusalem. He receives advice from James and the others which turns out to be disastrous in the end. Should Paul have followed the advice he was given by prophecy. My opinion is that he did the will of God which had already been revealed to him before those prophecies. In other words, the information in those prophecies that Paul would be arrested and beaten was from God. The interpretation that Paul should not go there was added by people, and Paul was right in not following their advice.
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