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April 20, 2022
Joshua takes me by surprise every time—I always forget what comes after the conquest of Jericho. Why do we never mention Joshua when we mention the Bible books which contain pages and pages of names or places??
Nevertheless, the book of Joshua is a beautiful ending to the journey of the Israelites throughout Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. God was faithful and brought them through EXACTLY as He said he would—what a testimony! I love to look back on the whole story—Abraham, waiting so many years for a son and believing the simple promise that someday his descendants would be an entire nation… the children of Jacob slaving away in Egypt hopelessly… Moses trying to deliver in his own strength and being forced to flee for his life… then God’s time arriving at last and the Israelites miraculously delivered in ways that echoed around the world and still endlessly do, untold generations later; the weary journey through the desert, learning to trust God and obey implicitly—and then—THEN the promised land, and God chasing the nations before them.
My personal favourite part of Joshua, though, is the story of Caleb. Such an underappreciated man. He and Joshua were the only ones to stand up against the nation of Israel to insist on trusting God and obeying Him. He and Joshua were the only ones who survived the journey to Canaan, and when the conquest was through, he was still as in his prime. Then he asked for the mountain God promised him, believing God would deliver the giants into his hand, and fearlessly conquered it…
I love the book of Joshua. I love the lessons that fill these pages—lessons of that happens when you don’t listen to God, and what happens when you do. What happens when you don’t trust God, and what happens when you do trust God. Overall, the book of Joshua could be summed up as this:
“Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the Lord God of Israel.”
Nevertheless, the book of Joshua is a beautiful ending to the journey of the Israelites throughout Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. God was faithful and brought them through EXACTLY as He said he would—what a testimony! I love to look back on the whole story—Abraham, waiting so many years for a son and believing the simple promise that someday his descendants would be an entire nation… the children of Jacob slaving away in Egypt hopelessly… Moses trying to deliver in his own strength and being forced to flee for his life… then God’s time arriving at last and the Israelites miraculously delivered in ways that echoed around the world and still endlessly do, untold generations later; the weary journey through the desert, learning to trust God and obey implicitly—and then—THEN the promised land, and God chasing the nations before them.
My personal favourite part of Joshua, though, is the story of Caleb. Such an underappreciated man. He and Joshua were the only ones to stand up against the nation of Israel to insist on trusting God and obeying Him. He and Joshua were the only ones who survived the journey to Canaan, and when the conquest was through, he was still as in his prime. Then he asked for the mountain God promised him, believing God would deliver the giants into his hand, and fearlessly conquered it…
I love the book of Joshua. I love the lessons that fill these pages—lessons of that happens when you don’t listen to God, and what happens when you do. What happens when you don’t trust God, and what happens when you do trust God. Overall, the book of Joshua could be summed up as this:
“Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the Lord God of Israel.”
March 25, 2026
Really interesting. Historically very rich, and deeply rooted in the culture at the time and the act of establishing a new nation.
It's funny when people act like Christianity is an inherently pacifistic religion, because thus far, there are definitely points where violence is necessitated and even allegedly divinely ordained. Joshua and company deal arguably genocidal levels of death in the act of establishing their civilization.
I think people who say the violence was "symbolic" and not literal are seriously reaching, as it's pretty specific exactly how they went about conquering and looting these cities.
I'm Christian myself, and not using this to condemn or critique Christianity or the Bible. I do find it ironic, however, when people act like every aspect of Bible is timeless and not rooted in specific time periods or cultures at all. I think this is in many ways a way to try to free themselves from seriously interpreting or considering the Bible as a religious epic.
I am also interested in how this may differ from the New Testament, and how it speaks to evolving cultures with evolving needs. Onward!
It's funny when people act like Christianity is an inherently pacifistic religion, because thus far, there are definitely points where violence is necessitated and even allegedly divinely ordained. Joshua and company deal arguably genocidal levels of death in the act of establishing their civilization.
I think people who say the violence was "symbolic" and not literal are seriously reaching, as it's pretty specific exactly how they went about conquering and looting these cities.
I'm Christian myself, and not using this to condemn or critique Christianity or the Bible. I do find it ironic, however, when people act like every aspect of Bible is timeless and not rooted in specific time periods or cultures at all. I think this is in many ways a way to try to free themselves from seriously interpreting or considering the Bible as a religious epic.
I am also interested in how this may differ from the New Testament, and how it speaks to evolving cultures with evolving needs. Onward!
April 9, 2020
Joshua lead the children of Israel after Moses died. He lead them to the promised land. He sent spies to Jericho and was aided by Rehab who was rewarded in that her family was saved but she was also in the line of the descendants of Jesus the Messiah. Joshua was very obedient to the voice of the Lord. There are quite a few exciting accounts in this book:
- The walls of Jericho coming down when they walked around it seven days;
- The parting of the Jordan sea, similar to what took place at the red sea;
- Achons disobedience which led to the defeat of the Israel army, he and his family were put to death;
- The defeat of Amorite Kings, when God rained down stones from heaven and Joshua commanded the sun to stand still.
- Caleb's confidence when he was seventy five and stated that he was more than able to take the mountain, Caleb was a man of great faith.
Joshua did great exploits because according to him, he and his house will swerve the Lord.
Bless the name of Jesus!
- The walls of Jericho coming down when they walked around it seven days;
- The parting of the Jordan sea, similar to what took place at the red sea;
- Achons disobedience which led to the defeat of the Israel army, he and his family were put to death;
- The defeat of Amorite Kings, when God rained down stones from heaven and Joshua commanded the sun to stand still.
- Caleb's confidence when he was seventy five and stated that he was more than able to take the mountain, Caleb was a man of great faith.
Joshua did great exploits because according to him, he and his house will swerve the Lord.
Bless the name of Jesus!
July 1, 2023
It's been a long time since I really delved into this book--and phew! Mostly geographical information, lists of kings/kingdoms, only a little bit of narrative, and then a big speech by Joshua. I suspect (although I've not researched this) that Joshua is partitioned into five sections that mimic the structure of the Torah (Genesis-Deuteronomy), but this makes for a bit of a dull read; also, the King James translation doesn't really bring anything here until Joshua's speech at the end, which is quite beautiful.
February 22, 2025
The book of Joshua picks up where the Pentateuch leaves off. God always has a plan. Deuteronomy already set up Joshua as the successor to Moses and tasked with the mission to lead the children of Israel into the promised land [spoiler alert: he does just that].
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