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If you had the opportunity to bind your children to Jesus, why wouldn’t you do so?

So they answered Joshua and said, “Because your servants were clearly told that Yahweh your God commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; therefore we were very much afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing. And now, here we are, in your hands; do with us as it seems good and right to do to us.” So he did to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, so that they did not kill them. And that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the altar of Yahweh, in the place which He would choose, even to this day. (Joshua 9)

The same goes for cities:

Then the priests and Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, the gates, and the wall. (Nehemiah 12)

And nations:

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen. (Matthew 28)

The case in Nehemiah is particularly interesting. Both the civil and religious spheres encircle the city in song and with trumpets:

So I brought the leaders of Judah up on the wall, and appointed two large thanksgiving choirs. One went to the right hand on the wall toward the Refuse Gate. . . . The other thanksgiving choir went the opposite way, and I was behind them with half of the people on the wall, going past the Tower of the Ovens as far as the Broad Wall. . .

Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and the children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard afar off. (Nehemiah 12)

This reminds us of Jericho. And this underscores that the dedication of a family or city or nation to Jesus is an inescapable concept: you will either be dedicated to him in obedience and service, or in destruction.