Joshua
Overview:
Key Scriptures: 11:23; 21:41-43; 24:15
Chapters 1-12: Military Campaign (marching around Jericho) Chapters 13-21: Tribal Territories Alotted Chapters 22-24: Covenant Matters (last words; final address)
Purposes:
- To show the transition between Joshua and Moses
- There is no success without a successor.
- To show how God was faithful to give Israel its land
- To show how Israel had to work to possess the land
Messages:
- God is faithful to keep his promises
- God’s promises are maintained by faith and obedience
- God gives grace for both faith and obedience (working with the grace of God; His grace enables faith and obedience in us)