“From mud, through blood, to the green fields beyond.” Deuteronomy Pt.1

THOUGHTFUL THOUGHTS 23.10.26  BY JOHN DUNNING.

“From mud, through blood, to the green fields beyond” was an unofficial motto of the Royal Tank Regiment, as it points to the rewards after struggling through the hardships of the world wars. 

That motto could have been adopted by the Israelites who reached the point of entering the Promised Land after 38 troubled years that they had gone through to reach the border of the Promised Land. Apart from 3 people, everyone who left Egypt died off before the crossing point entering the Promised Land, and even one of those three was only allowed to view the Promised Land from afar, from a mountain top. I put it like that so you can see just how momentous this point in the story really was, for all those involved.