Joshua 6

 So i was reading the other day about the fall of the walls of Jericho in the Bible in the book of Joshua.  For the first time it hit me just how absurd this miracle is.  I've seen pictures of castles and tried to get in my head how all this worked.  The Bible described it as city that was massive with one set of walls within another set of walls.  People literally had houses built onto the walls and lived there.  See Rahab and her family for the aftermath.  A lady who also by the way was recorded in Jesus genealogy.(Matthew 1:5).  Now here's the crazy part about the way the walls came down.  God caused the people of Jericho to be terrified of the people of Israel.  The Israelis lived in tents .  Do the math: Tent dwelling people > the heavily fortified city.  That sound u just heard was me doing Scooby Doo's "Arrroooo"  of confusion.  "Do what now?"  But wait there's more Priests and then soldiers march around this city for 7 days and only the priests are allowed to make any noise they get to blow on Ram's Horns.  Now follow me here this just keeps getting weirder.  Think about it it's hard to get a group of adults to do anything quietly much less march anywhere for 7 days.  No one in Jericho shoots a bow or even throws a spear.  For 7 days those crazy Israelis march around this heavily fortified city.  The people of Jericho were terrified of them!!!  did i mention that?  I mean this sea of humanity came to your doorstep and just basically go on a walkabout around your city that has massive stone walls.  they don't even say anything just keep playing those crazy ram horns the whole time.  for 6 days they do this then the 7th day they walk around 7 times.  That doesn't even make sense.  They expect to defeat your city too.  had to be weird and unnerving.  Honestly think about it from Jericho's perspective.  They should be laughing at the strategy being used against them but no they're too afraid.  There's no Siege engines, no catapults, no javelin throwers.  ask any world of Warcraft fan if this will be a wise strategy.  They'll laugh at you.  No one in Jericho even thought to go kill this wacky bunch at night after they've marched around the town.  It defies all logic.  7 days people walking, rams horns playing, no other noise.  Last day they walk around 7 times and the priests sound a long blast and the people shout.  "do what now?"  Then the walls of the massive city collapse all except for Rahab's house.  Maybe i have a strange sense of humor but to me seeing one lonely house just hovering where walls have just fallen all around it for no other reason than people shouted at it after they've just walked for 7 days to me that would be funny.  Here's another cool thing, not a single Israelite died!  Ok if i'm gonna go to war i wanna be on God's side.  The instructions were absolutely absurd but it worked and no one died.  Kinda gives new meaning when you sing "my Savior He can move the mountains My God is mighty to Save."