MAIN LINE JOIN THE PRAYER, BIBLE LECTURE AND QUIZ CALL: Dial: (641) 715-3865 Access Code: 609238# http://tesolministry.com/elearning/ http://tesolministry.com/ http://www.blogtalkradio.com/prayerwarrior777/ LISTEN HERE: Hosted by: PRAYER777 Phone Number: (724) 444-7444 Call ID: 120423 MODULE JOSHUA A. Joshua: Book of Conquest Joshua is the Book about a land and a people. It is about the act of conquering and the victory of the Israelites in the Land of Canaan. The land is an inheritance promised by God, waiting to be occupied. The people are the elect nation of God, facing human obstacles in the way of taking the land. The obstacles are the occasion for battle, a holy war, designed by God to oust the idolatrous, polytheistic people, believers in many gods, and corrupt enemies, from the land. It is for this that Joshua is called the Book of Conquest. Joshua's narrative about winning the rest of the land of Canaan resumes the history of Israel at the point where Deuteronomy ends. The sequence of the Pentateuch Books is this: 1. Genesis God brings Israel to birth and promises to give it the Land of Canaan in Genesis. 2. Exodus God delivers His people from oppression in a foreign land, Egypt, and starts them on their way to the Promised Land, giving them laws to live by, as recorded in Exodus and Leviticus. 3. Numbers Numbers records the journey of Israel through the wilderness up to the Gate of Canaan. 4. Deuteronomy Deuteronomy describes final preparations for entering the land. At this point Joshua picks up the story, describing the conquest of the land and the division of its territories to the Tribes of Israel. 5. Joshua Joshua is the climax of a progressive history as well as the commencement of a new experience for Israel. Thus, its historical view gives it a strategic place in the Old Testament Scriptures.