The Winner!
What does it take to win? In sports it takes dedication, practice, and hard work. Spiritual victories take dedication too. And something else: obedience. You can enjoy spiritual victories if you keep looking to God for guidance and then live by his Word.
Joshua is a book about victory and defeat. Moses, who led the Israelites out of slavery, has died. Now under a new leader, God’s people must invade a heavily populated land. At Jericho and Ai, Israel learns the importance of obedience. It takes 10 years, but finally Canaan is subdued and the promised land is divided among Israel’s 12 tribes.
One Size Advice Fits All
• Success principles summarized, Joshua 1:9
Shouts Stun Jericho Citizens
• Report from the front lines, see Joshua 6:12–21
Sinner Welcomed by God’s People
• Woman’s past forgiven, report in Joshua 6:22–25
Capital Punishment Debate Resolved
• Legal principles defined, see Joshua 20
Joshua Says, Choose
• Retiring leader’s challenge quoted in Joshua 24:15
Preview
• Joshua’s name means “The LORD saves.”
• Only one man who was a slave in Egypt lives to enter Canaan: Caleb (Joshua 14:6–15)
• Joshua casts lots to divide the land to let God choose which tribe settles where.
As the Israelites are at war in Canaan, the capital city of Crete is destroyed by fire. • Several board games are carved on the flat roof of a temple in Kuma, Egypt.