Not Many Fathers, why Othniel became a Judge

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  • This
  • fictional
  • book
  • embellishes
  • the
  • story
  • of
  • a
  • real
  • Israelite
  • named
  • Othniel.
  • The
  • majority
  • of
  • events
  • detailed
  • actually
  • happened
  • and
  • scriptural
  • references
  • are
  • provided.Othniel
  • was
  • born
  • in
  • the
  • wilderness
  • where
  • the
  • children
  • of
  • Israel
  • wandered
  • for
  • forty
  • years.
  • What
  • was
  • it
  • like
  • to
  • grow
  • up
  • in
  • a
  • period
  • during
  • which
  • all
  • the
  • generation
  • that
  • had
  • enrolled
  • in
  • the
  • initial
  • census
  • died?
  • To
  • experience
  • first
  • hand
  • the
  • crossing
  • of
  • the
  • river
  • Jordan
  • and
  • entering
  • the
  • Promised
  • Land
  • with
  • only
  • two
  • men
  • aged
  • over
  • sixty
  • Joshua
  • and
  • Caleb.Somehow
  • even
  • though
  • Othniel
  • was
  • born
  • as
  • an
  • outsider
  • he
  • drew
  • from
  • the
  • experience
  • of
  • the
  • fathers
  • in
  • his
  • life.
  • How
  • did
  • he
  • win
  • his
  • cherished
  • bride,
  • Caleb's
  • daughter
  • Achsah,
  • and
  • take
  • the
  • city
  • of
  • Debir
  • and
  • go
  • on
  • to
  • become
  • the
  • first
  • of
  • the
  • Judges
  • of
  • Israel
  • after
  • they
  • conquered
  • the
  • Land?There
  • has
  • to
  • be
  • a
  • dad
  • for
  • the
  • birth
  • of
  • a
  • child.
  • But
  • many
  • dads
  • never
  • step
  • into
  • the
  • role
  • of
  • being
  • a
  • father.
  • The
  • difference
  • between
  • being
  • a
  • dad
  • and
  • being
  • a
  • Father
  • is
  • what
  • this
  • book
  • demonstrates
  • with
  • the
  • practical
  • life
  • example
  • of
  • Othniel.
  • The
  • man
  • had
  • a
  • natural
  • dad,
  • Kenaz,
  • but
  • Caleb
  • became
  • his
  • father.
  • Caleb
  • was
  • the
  • man
  • who
  • sowed
  • continually
  • into
  • his
  • life
  • to
  • mature
  • him
  • to
  • such
  • an
  • extent
  • that
  • God
  • was
  • able
  • to
  • use
  • him
  • to
  • lead
  • the
  • Nation
  • of
  • Israel,
  • win
  • wars
  • and
  • maintain
  • peace
  • in
  • the
  • Land
  • for
  • forty
  • years.Caleb
  • had
  • to
  • step
  • to
  • the
  • front
  • and
  • look
  • ahead.
  • He
  • had
  • to
  • see
  • beyond
  • today.
  • True
  • fathers
  • see
  • the
  • PLAN
  • OF
  • GOD,
  • and
  • propagate it.
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