{"id":23963,"date":"2026-08-04T05:57:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T12:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=23963"},"modified":"2026-08-04T06:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T13:03:23","slug":"deuteronomy-critical-intel-on-surviving-the-wilderness-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2026\/08\/04\/deuteronomy-critical-intel-on-surviving-the-wilderness-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Deuteronomy\u2013 Critical Intel on Surviving the Wilderness of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"media-description media-description--first\"><strong>The title says it all. This physical life which we must traverse<\/strong> en route to the Promised Land of our spiritual inheritance in the kingdom of Elohim is every bit as difficult as the physical wilderness the children of Israel trudged through for 40 years. 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