Joshua is the sixth book of the Bible in the Old Testament. This book was said to be written around 14th century B.C. The book follows the life and service of Joshua as the leader who steps in as God’s chosen man after Moses dies. The theme of the book of Joshua is conquering Canaan-The Promised Land. Joshua learned a lot from Moses before his death, like, the joys of following God and the difficulties of leading the people. Joshua was written as a record of God’s faithfulness in fulfilling this covenant promises to Israel, specifically relating to the land of Canaan. The book of Joshua is divided into three parts. Part one describes God’s commission of Joshua as Moses successor and Israel’s preparation to enter Canaan. Part 2 talks
Joshua Johnson Joshua Johnson was an African-American painter who lived in the Baltimore area. Johnson, often viewed as the first African-American to make a living out of painting in the United States, is well-known for his professional paintings. He was a self-taught painter who worked during the 19th centuries. I thought that focusing on Joshua Johnson, is more interesting because often when the matter of artists in American art history comes up, the focus tends to be on White Americans than on the American artists of color. Joshua Johnson’s paintings were not popular until the year 1939, when they were discovered by art historians, who believed that thirteen portraits were painted by Joshua Johnson.
The Lord leads Israel in conquering the land and judging its wicked inhabitants, and then he distributes the land among the twelve tribes. The book ends with Joshua’s pleas for Israel to remain faithful as God’s people. Judges opens with Israel’s disobedience. They refuse to wage war with unbelief and to purge idolatry from the land. The books of Samuel, named after him, tell of a time of great change within the Israelite nation.
The Biblical characters include, Moses, Noah, and David. Hendrick describes Moses as a role model but Moses failed God by losing his temper. God punished him by not allowing him to enter the promised land. Questions like how did this make Moses feel arise. Moses story should cause us to wonder how do we deal with our own sin.
The book of Nehemiah is a narative history. Nehemiah's great and Godly leadership is used to restore the city of Jerusalem both physically and spiritually. Nehemiah has an important position as cupbearer to King Artaxerxes of Persia when he finds out about the condition of Jerusalem. The city was in ruins. This news burdened Nehemiah so he spends days mourning, fasting, and seeking God.
Looking back on the last seven months, I can 't help but wonder what things in my life would have been different if I hadn 't met him. I didn 't want to think about it, in fact, I 've been trying to avoid thinking about it. If I hadn 't met him, I would probably be somewhere back in Cali, trying to make a living for myself, not knowing what the next day would bring. I wouldn 't know the feeling of his arms wrapped around me, making me feel like I 'm safe at night. And I definitely wouldn 't have fallen completely and utterly in love with him.
Moses was a great Hebrew leader who was born during the time when the Hebrew people were being held captive by the pharaoh in Egypt. The pharaoh noticed the Hebrew population increasing and ordered for all male newborns to be drowned or killed. But one was saved. Moses was placed in a river, found by the pharaoh’s daughter, and was adopted. He grew up in a palace in Egypt along with the pharaoh and his family.
The book of Joshua begins as God commands Joshua to cross the Jordan River and to courageously lead Israelites into the Promised Land. Joshua sends two men to spy Jericho. When king of Jericho searched for the spies, Rahab hides them. In return of her favor, she pleads the spies to spare her and her family’s life on the day Jericho is destroyed.
According to Professor Stone’s explanation of the hostilities and violence that occurred in the Old Testament, I would have to personally say that I agree with him. As Professor Stone stated in the video that Canaan was difficult to inhabit for the Hebrews because of the huge presence of violence (Stone, 2013). It became apparent that the scheme of Joshua was unmerciful from the violence that was described. The illustration of the ancient holy war in the Bible possesses attributes of religious disconcert of the enemy. Furthermore, in the book of Joshua, there exists the dramatic fall of the walls of Jericho (Sharp, 2015).
At that time it was unheard of for any kingdom to allow Greek cultures to be performed in the East. 1. Read Documents 7 and 8 (from The Book of Exodus and The Book of Isaiah). What can we learn about Moses relationship between God and the Hebrews? How does the story told here create a sense of purpose and the and identity for the Hebrews?
The Book of Numbers – in Hebrew, Bəmidbar, meaning “in the wilderness [of Sinai]” – describes the the Israelites’ long journey in the desert to take possession of God’s promised land. The Jewish Study Bible divides Numbers into three major units based on “geographical criteria” and “ideological motifs”. The first unit spans from Numbers 1.1 to 10.10 and details the Israelites’ encampment at Mount Sinai and their preparation for the long journey. The second unit picks up this narrative and describes the generation‐long march in the desert from Sinai to Moab. The final unit, starting with Numbers 22.2, narrates the encampment on the plains of Moab before entering the promised land of Canaan.
The 1st book of Samuel is a narrative history. Its themes are God is working in history and how to worship the Lord. Samuel was dedicated to God from birth. Functioned as judge and priest. People cried out for a king, against the guidance of Samuel.
It clearly reveals that Joshua witnessed and wrote the events. The book was written before the death of Rahab. The author of this book had the genius of a general and provides detailed information of Israel’s campaigns. All this evidence shows that Joshua is the composer of the book that bears his name. The book of Joshua was written about 1380 B.C., at the end of conquest of the land of Canaan just before the death of Joshua (Geisler 93, 94).
The book of Joshua begins by introducing Joshua as the leader of the Israelites (Joshua 1). God commands the people to conquer the surrounding nations of the Promised Land. Although they were able to make some progression, such as the conquering of Jericho, they did not complete everything they were told. As Joshua passes away, Judah becomes the leader of Israel (Judges 1). After this period of time, the Israelites turn into their evil temptations as they were tempted by the surrounding nations.
In the story, Joshua told the twelve israelites, one from each tribe to go grab twelve stones from the middle of the jordan, they were so confused. The only way for them to get the stones is by got parting the jordan, and for God to that they had to trust in God, So the twelve israelites trusted god and he parted the jordan. A connection I have, is when I have to trust God through hard or bad times. One of the times I had to trust God is when my brother Hagirsa started having seizures I was so scared, the first time he had one my mom and dad had to call an ambulance. That day I had to spend the night at my best friends house.
God made covenants with the Jewish people. The first covenant was between God and Abraham. God chose Abraham to be the father of a group of people that would be special to God. God said Abraham and his descendants must obey God and live their life in a way that shows the world God was the only supreme God. In return God would protect them, help them, and give them the land of Canaan to live.