• 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

Joshua 6:2

Ephesians 2:8

You didn’t earn it

Deuteronomy 9:6

Ephesians 2:8,9

And yet there are conditions

Joshua 6:3

Matthew 7:23

• Can a just God kill millions of people?
  • God killed to punish for sins, not arbitrarily.
    • Genesis 6:5; 19:20
    • Leviticus 18:24-25
    • Deuteronomy 9:5
  • 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.
    • Matthew 19:33-34
    • Ezekiel 18:20
    • Ezekiel 33:11
    • Jonah 4:11