Obedience is always required.

Are rules only applicable when given or enforced by certain people?  Are you to only follow the rules set by your parents, school teachers, or employers when they are around?  Or what happens when a new teacher or boss comes, do the old rules not apply? This week in my Old Testament class, I learned about the death of Moses and how Joshua then led the children of Israel into the promise land.  I then studied some of what transpired after they got there.  

An underlying theme in the scriptures is that obedience to the commandments of God and His prophets is always required.  If we are expecting help from above, then we need to be doing what has been asked of us.  It did not matter that Moses was no longer the prophet, obedience to the same rules and commandments were required of the children of Israel under Joshua as when Moses was the prophet.  

In my opinion, one of the coolest examples of what obedience can bring is when the walls of Jericho fell.  Joshua and the army of Israelites are required to march around Jericho a certain number of times for so many days while also carrying the ark of the covenant. They were then to all shout at a specific point. After completing these instructions, the walls of the city fell and the people inside destroyed. All of this occurred because of obedience.  Regardless of how absurd what was required sounded, obedience brought a miracle.

    (Battle of Jericho by Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld) 

Also, obedience was required regardless that is was now Joshua who led the Israelites, not Moses.  I am grateful that God is constant and that what is required of me does not change, obedience to all His commandments and prophets.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jericho