This Land Is Your Land

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…

factual statement than the alternative. This is due to the relationship God has with the Abrahamic family in these books and what the definition of “family god” makes the most sense of being. With family god meaning a god that caters to a specific family it is plain to see that the God of Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy, and Joshua at least does this. Even though he affections more than Abraham’s lineal descendants, he caters the world to them. In order to prove this statement to be better…

crusades. Some people think that they were based off of a strong and unbiased religious faith to reclaim the holy lands. Others thought that the Pope and his advisors were trying to grow their country economically and politically. In my opinion, it’s the latter. The thought of the crusades being based off of economical growth is supported by these facts: the church was trying to spread its lands (Doc 1), many men were only in the crusades for the wealth and prosperity (Doc 3), the crusaders were…

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…

Rahab The life story of Rahab is one that is unique. Her story is found in Joshua 2:9-13 and Joshua 6:17-25. She was a woman who was a prostitute. She lived in Jericho, which was the Promised Land and assisted the Israelites in Capturing the City. She is lauded as an example of living by faith while being justified by her works. In Joshua 2:1 When the Hebrews were encamped at Shittim in the Jordan Valley opposite Jericho, ready to cross the river ,we find out that Joshua sends secretly two spies…

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 agreement with God forfeited…

count: Unit 3: The D-History As we continue this rigorous journey of understanding the Old Testament, we come to the Deuteronomic or Deuteronomistic History. The D-History, for short, is the section of the bible that focuses on the history of Israel entering the promise land until the exile and shows the exile was caused by the unfaithfulness towards what was laid out in the book of Deuteronomy (“Meta”). Unit Three focuses on five main parts: the land, conquest and settlement, the rise of…

old, Joshua’s replaced Moses as leader of the Israelites. Joshua came after the older faithless generation who God had commanded to conquer the promise land (Cannon) failed to obey as God had commanded. Upon the death of the last of the unbelieving generation Joshua was allowed to lead the younger generation across the Jorden into the Promised Land. Joshua’s success in his conquests came as product of his obedience and submission to God as well as submission to his instructor. When God spoke,…

Have You Ever Stood On Holy Ground? This past Sunday our pastor preached a sermon and mentioned this thought toward the beginning. Since then I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. Both Joshua and Moses encountered God in awesome ways. When they did they were told to remove their sandals because the ground they were standing on was “holy ground”. But what made that ground holy? Was it holy before this encounter? Or did it become holy only because of this encounter? Is the ground still…

claimed to be their holy city. All three religions claimed jerusalem to be their holy city, because they believed in the same God. Although they were called the “holy wars”, they were nothing but holy. In fact most of the leaders went to war for more land, not for their religion. The crusades were very important, because it helped shape the religions we have today. It also taught people how to stand up, and fight for their…