Joshua, Caleb and Eleazar

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“David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep and was laid unto his fathers” (Acts 13:2626Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. (Acts 13:26)). “It came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died” (Josh. 24:2929And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old. (Joshua 24:29)). “Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him” (Josh. 24:3333And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim. (Joshua 24:33)). These men and others like them served their generation, fell on sleep and now await their resurrection. The enemies they faced still existed and had to be faced by the next generation. And so it is today. We learn of Joshua’s generation: “Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua” (Josh. 24:3131And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the Lord, that he had done for Israel. (Joshua 24:31)). Then what? The beginning of Judges answers the question. “After the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites?  ... The Lord said, Judah shall go up.  ... And Judah [and Simeon] went up  ... and the Lord delivered the Canaanites  ... into their hand.” But sadly, “Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean  ... neither did Ephraim drive out  ... neither did Asher.” Are we serving our generation by the will of God? Or are we not?