Book Of Joshua Commentary

As we take a look at the genre of the Book of Joshua, the historical narrative of the move into the land of Canaan begins to form and shape the foundation of what is to become the nation of Israel. The factual accounts of the timeline in the history of Israel point to how they were able to move forward under the leadership of Joshua after the death of Moses. Just as in the past relationship of God and Moses, we see that God has promised to continue that relationship with Joshua as he leads the Israelites to take possession of the land that God had promised. What we can take from the story is to see how God is directing the lives and events for the restoration of mankind, through the call of Abraham and the Mosaic covenant for the redemption of his people to the individual stories that support the metanarrative as a whole. What we don’t see is how the historical events can provide …show more content…
To understand the point of the author as to what it meant for the people at that time. We can note that God was with them as they move into their promises, but also understand that the promise was for the Israelite people in the fulfillment of their destiny to become a nation. But we can contextualize some messages from the passage in our lives, but looking at the attitude of God and his people. God promises to be with them and I believe that promises transcended time to us and lets us know that God will be with us as well. Just as he tells Joshua to stay in the Book of the Law and to meditate on it day and night. So we are to meditate on God’s word also day and night. Just Joshua and the people of Israel relied on God for provisions and provide movement of people and events to move forward, we also should depend on God to meet our needs and provide a way out of no way to advance his purpose for our lives and the completion of his