Joshua: GOD's Chosen Warrior

by Josh Austin

Joshua is undoubtedly one of the strongest characters in the Bible, being a courageous warrior and humble servant of God.

He served as a slave, a spy, an assistant and a military leader in his time, but maintained his unique relationship with God throughout his life, which makes him a role model for any Disciple of Christ today.

His story begins on Moses's side on Mount Sinai, where it is believed that he had the honor of witnessing God's incredible delivery of the Ten Commandments. He was then selected as the commander of Israel's first battle after the Exodus, which he executed with strength, faith and obedience to God.

When the Israelites approached the borders of the Promised Land, Joshua was one of the twelve spies sent out to survey the land, and one of the only two spies who believed that, through God's power, they were able to conquer it. The inhabitants of the terrifying giants and the high walls of the royal cities in Canaan did not cause Joshua to fear, but rather inspired him to be strong and courageous, ready for war.

Through Joshua's story we are able to learn the discipline, obedience, patience and strength that it takes to become resourceful servants of God's Kingdom, which prepares us for the supernatural kingdoms and powers that we are required to conquer today.

These are some of the questions that you will be able to answer after reading through this
- Who appointed Joshua as the leader of Israel?
- Why was Joshua allowed to enter into the Promised Land?
- How did Joshua lead his nation across the Jordan River?
- Why did Joshua kill men, women, children and animals in Canaan?
- How did Joshua conquer the cities of Jericho, Ai and Gibeon?
- Who did Joshua sign a peace treaty with in Gilgal?
- What did the Israelites eat and drink on arrival in their new land?
- And many more!

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Genres: Amazon

44 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 5, 2014

Reviews

[Skylar · Rating 2 out of 5]

SO MANY inaccuracies, which is impressive because the author is going by the plain meaning of the text. But the writing itself is not bad, so I give it 2 stars. An example of the inaccuracies: he states that 2.5 of the tribes (and even names them) are going to leave their wives, children, and animals on the desert-side of the Jordan river. Ok, that's right. He says it's to put them in the mood to fight? HUH? The women, children, and animals of the 9.5 other tribes (or 10.5, depending on how you count them) are with them. So it's obviously not to help them fight. It's straight in the text that those 2.5 tribes asked to have their portion of land be on the "wrong" side of the Jordan River. This is a huge deal, so Joshua has to ask Gd whether they can do that. Gd gives permission, and that is why the women, children, and animals are left behind. They have been given homes. The others still have to fight for their homes and don't have anywhere to leave those "inconvenient for war" people and animals. Later, he comes back to this when they're crossing the Jordan River, and is all surprised that "all the people of Israel cross" so that means even the women and children are with them! That is assuming that the women and children left behind came with the tribes instead, and they didn't. They remained home on the other side of the Jordan. But yes, there were women and children because, as I said before, those women and children weren't left behind in the first place. UGH.

Also? Achan's family. It's not clear whether his family was executed or not. Maybe they were called to escort him. Or maybe they were killed with him. The text doesn't say. I'm willing to give the author a little more leeway on this one, but still reading what he wants to read.

Those were my 2 pet peeves.

[Eric · Rating 3 out of 5]

Protecting the Covenant

This was a brief commentary on Joshua and how he served the Lord faithfully and with conviction. I am not thrilled with the notion of God requiring Joshua to battle and to perform what seems very wicked and vile deeds. But in the end Joshua brought the Israelites to the promise land and pleased God greatly.

[Melinda Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent and informing

Excellent and very informative compared it to the account in the book of Jasher I would recommend this book to all

[Benjamin Barnes · Rating 5 out of 5]

In the Shadow of Moses

Joshua is a very interesting Soldier of God. This book was very nice in relation to refreshing my memory of his life!