So that’s why the spies selected Rahab’s house! It was built on the wall of Jericho! Over and out! Rahab has found a way to spare the lives of the two spies. Now how will the spies spare Rahab? After all, she was a cursed Canaanite. And to complicate things further, “her house was on […]
Jericho must fall. Israel can’t move inland while the possibility of an attack from the rear exists. The Israeli Mossad evidently has a long history! “Joshua…sent out two men…to spy secretly, saying, ‘Go, view the land, especially Jericho’” (Jos 2:1). If only there had been just two spies to search out the land 40 years […]
Read More… from March 22, 2023 — A Cursed Woman In A Cursed Profession In A Cursed City
The Christian life is a fight. Courage is crucial because everything worth having must be fought for. “Be strong and of good courage.” This we read not once but four times in Joshua 1 (vv 6, 7, 9, 18). Although the words strong and courageous are related, there is a difference. I’ve seen strong men […]
Let’s hope we’re actually standing on the promises, and not just sitting in the premises. There are certain walls in a house that are designated as load-bearing because they are essential to the support of the whole structure. Similarly, we may call God’s promises load-bearing. On the foundation of these promises rests the entire plan […]
Read More… from March 20, 2023 — Promises That Hold Up God’s Universe
You’ve noticed: “Moses My servant is dead.” But it should be just as obvious: you’re not—yet! Like a great bell tolling, the name of Moses will ring more than 50 times throughout the book of Joshua. “Moses the servant of the Lord” (Jos 1:1) may be gone, but his service to God and His people […]
“Rest is not quitting our busy career; Rest is the fitting of self to one’s sphere.” —J.S. Dwight The land of Israel was to be a place of rest for the people of God, the point made by the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews. Of course now it is not a place but […]
Read More… from March 16, 2023 — An Overview Of The Book (Part 2)
“Faith is an affirmation and an act That bids eternal truth be fact.” —Samuel Taylor Coleridge The book of Joshua is a vital link in the history of faith. The Pentateuch tells of the long process by which God called a man out of Chaldea, and then called a nation out of Egypt. The rest […]
Read More… from March 15, 2023 — An Overview Of The Book (Part 1)
“Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua” (Jos 24:31). The fact that Joshua is the Hebrew form of the Greek name Jesus would be merely a curiosity if that were the only connection. But the more we delve into the life of Joshua, […]
There is no greater mission than the one Joshua faced—until we meet his namesake, Jesus! Welcome to the book of Joshua! Parts of it are action-packed. Everywhere are historical landmarks. These 24 chapters provide the vital link between Israel’s going out, or exodus, from Egypt, recounted in Moses’ 5-volume Pentateuch, and their coming in, or […]