- Conquering the Promised Land (Joshua)
- Summary of the book of Joshua
- Notable events
- The land promise is fulfilled. Joshua 21:43-45; 23:14-16
- Joshua 24:32 – Joseph’s bones are finally laid to rest in Shechem.
- Joshua 5:11-12 – God’s supply of manna finally ceased once they were able to eat from the fruit of the land of Canaan.
- Jericho (Joshua 2, 6)
- No stronghold can withstand the punishment of God.
- Rahab shows that God rewards faith wherever it is found.
- Joshua 2:1-11
- Rahab is in the lineage of David and therefore Jesus.
- Hebrews 11:31; James 2:24-25 – She is remembered for her faith over 1,000 years later.
- God can “give” something with conditions.
- Joshua 6 – God gave them the city, but they still had to go and take it.
Jericho
Salvation
God gives it
You didn’t earn it
And yet there are conditions
- Can a just God kill millions of people?
- God killed to punish for sins, not arbitrarily.
- God forewarned people and tried to get them to repent and avoid punishment.
- Noah - II Peter 2:5
- Ezekiel – Ezekiel 33:7-11
- Jonah – Jonah 3:4
- The eternal perspective is what really matters.