MAKE ROOM FOR THE NEW

MAKE ROOM FOR THE NEW “You will have such a surplus of crops that you will need to clear out the old grain to make room for the new harvest” Leviticus 26:10. In the book of Leviticus in the Bible, God said to the Israelites who had for the past four hundred years experienced slavery, with no clue of what freedom is, what to do with it, or what it looks like, to start making room for the new. God was telling them that they should be prepared for what is coming. The preparation should be so detailed that they would need to not only clear out the old but also make room for the ‘new’ that freedom brings over the slavery mentality. Hiroo Onoda and World War II Hiroo Onoda was a Japanese soldier who, during World War II, was saddled with the responsibility of securing Lubang Island in the Philippines. He was ordered to do all he could to hamper enemy attacks on the island, including destroying the airstrip and the pier at the harbour. Onoda's orders also stated that under no circumstances was he to surrender. He was to take his own life instead, an assignment he took to heart and executed excellently well.