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- Welcome to The Rapid Bull, daily edition, where we provide a quick biblical interpretations and applications.
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- This is a ministry of striving for eternity. The book of Joshua, most likely written by Joshua.
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- Who was Joshua? Joshua was someone handpicked by Moses. He was one of the two spies that did not believe that the folks in the land of promise would overtake them.
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- Both of those two were rewarded, but Joshua was the only one to go with Moses on the mountain when he was receiving the
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- Ten Commandments. And so he was handpicked by Moses. And now at the end of Moses' life, they enter into the promised land.
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- And the book of Joshua has the purpose of being the official account of the historical events that occur as they enter into the promised land.
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- It will have accounts and details of their holy wars.
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- This is actually the book where we're going to learn about holy war theory, the conflicts that they have, the fact that they come into the land, and they are rooting out the evil of other nations.
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- That becomes important because many people will be critical of what happens in the life of Israel at this time because they do not understand what
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- God is looking to do in using Israel as an arm of justice.
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- And so as we see, this is really one of the high points in the nation of Israel. As they've wandered in the wilderness for 40 years, they come into the promised land, they're excited, and this is the account of them conquering, really
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- God conquering through them and puring the land that will be the promised land for the nation of Israel.
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- That's Joshua. This podcast is part of the Striving for Eternity ministry. For more content or to request a speaker or seminar to your church, go to strivingforeternity .org.
