Promised Land

into America faced multiple challenges including conquering the land, battling natives tribes in a bid to secure settlements, while at the same time trying to stay true to their religious, entrepreneurial, and socio-ethical roots acquired in their former lands back in Europe. Through their writings, the soldier, administrator and adventurer John Smith, Poet Anne Bradstreet and Governor William Bradford depict an America whose lands were initially hard to subdue and inhabited by a people wary of…

In the book of Genesis and Exodus God makes covenants with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses in return for obedience of his commands. God promised blessings that consisted of acquiring Promised Land, building a great nation and having children to fulfill his perfect plan. The Abrahamic and Mosaic Covenants are affirmed and re-affirmed on a continued basis but the promises take years to be executed. While Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses obey God’s commands, they are almost never enriched with…

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…

Egypt and because they were did not believe that God was going to keep his promise to them, they ended up in the wilderness for thirty-eight years. The book is broke down into first and second generations. Moses had twelve spies to go seek out the land Canaan, but when they came back the people did not believe, which resuted in the exodus event. When the second generation came along, Moses wanted to make sure that they believed in what God was trying to do for them. He emphasized the need for…

Beginning with Abraham, God had promised to provide the offspring of the Patrairchs the land of Canaan. God said to Abraham in Genesis 17:8, “I will give to you, and your offspring after you, the land where you are now an alien, all the land of Canaan.” It is through Moses that God forms a covenant with the descendants of Israel. In the Book of Joshua it is shown that breaking the…

The Following 15 years, the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement played a crucial role for constitutional change, equal wages, access to social service benefits and land rights. The year between 1960 and 1970 were very pivotal for the Indigenous Community. In the year 1962 the Commonwealth Electoral Act was passed which provided all the Indigenous people the right to enrol and vote for the federal elections. During…

the Holy Land. As Holy Land Christian pilgrimage sites such as Jerusalem and parts of Palestine are known. These expeditions were carried out at the request of the Pope, who granted indulgences to the participants. The start of the cross dates from 1095 and its completion occurs in the late thirteenth century. The word "crusade" comes from the cross that fighters wear on his chest, a symbol of the Christian religion. Economic: -This company promised glory, fame, fortune, and new land to…

expel the enemies of god.” According the Christians the Holy Land resided in Jerusalem. The current inhabitants of Jerusalem were “the Turks and Arabs.” The Turks and Arabs were primarily Muslim and not Christian. They were seen as a problem to the current Pope. Pope Urban II then gave a speech to the men of Franks. Pope Urban II stated that the people living in the Holy Land were not behaving as if they were living in a Holy Land of God. He told his followers a variety of vivid details about…

differences. After forty years of wandering throughout Moab, the Israelites finally made it to their promise land. There were many battles to be fought to gain control over their land. They would regroup for more assaults on fortresses and cities. They established cities and made a land for themselves. But with the land came invaders and outside influences on the Israelites. During the land of Canaan, while the Hebrews were establishing a nation, they had to fight off the influences of the…

The crusaders went to the Holy Land many times. There were eight major Crusades, all of them were a failure except the very first one. The crusaders wanted to take back the Holy Land from the Muslims. The Crusades were a curious mix of God and warfare, two of the chief concerns of the Middle Ages (pg 289). The Crusades were based on the idea of a holy war against the infidels or unbelievers (pg 291). The Pope convinced a lot of people to go to the Holy Land to fight for it back. The crusader…