Numbers 13:30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. 31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
Obviously, Caleb is referring to the giants in the land of Canaan, who caused the other ten spies to be so terrified when they beheld their enormous size. And now, forty-five years later, when most normal retirees will be receiving social security, Medicaid, and other benefits, from the government, Caleb is going to pick a fight with some iron pumping giants, because, according to what he is saying, he has lost no strength whatsoever, nor has he aged at all for the last 45 years.
[Patriarchs & Prophets pp 378] God brought the Israelites from Egypt, that He might establish them in the land of Canaan, a pure, holy, and happy people. In the accomplishment of this object, He subjected them to a course of discipline, both for their own good and for the good of their posterity.
She is referring to diet, exercise, and faith in God, by which Caleb was certified as following God wholly. In other words, Caleb obeyed the commandments of God, he cooperated with God’s ideal for diets and foods, and the physical aspects of his being weren’t neglected, because following God wholly, is holistic in nature whereby every aspect of our being is to be brought into harmony with God’s ideal.
Joshua 14:13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance. 14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!