Victory belongs to the Lord. This is a lesson that is often learned, often communicated, and often repeated in the book of Joshua. We see in addition that victory is directed, sovereignly administered, and granted by the One who leads Israel, not Joshua, but the Messiah. We must ask ourselves when we read the Old Testament and all the exploits of the Israel, "From where does the victory of God's people come?" It comes through the powerful working of the Messiah among us to bring about His purposes, to bring to an end on earth the chaos and misery that sin has wrought upon the world God has made. What Isra began, however imperfectly, Christ would finish through the Church and Spirit, unto the full realization of the promise made in the Great Commission, to bring cross and crown to all nations.