Tag: Joshua

Joshua 11This time Joshua fought more than five kings at once. Almost all the remaining cities came against Israel together and the Lord delivered them into the hands of the people under Joshua. They only destroyed one city, the chief city, of all those people. The rest of the cities were whole and ready for…

Joshua 10Wow! The Lord helped Joshua to defeat five kings at once who came to fight against the city that made alliance with Israel. Then came a list of victory after victory. Each kingdom being defeated in a single day except Lachish which was taken in two days.

Joshua 9After the people of Israel took Ai the rest of the people in the promised land decided to band together against Israel. That likely helped Israel conquer the land faster. Four cities of the Hivites however chose to use deception to seek a league with the Israelites by pretending to be from a far…

Joshua 7I didn’t realize that Israel lost the second battle under Joshua in a situation where they expected to win easily. That should have made it plain to them that their success was always in the hands of the Lord.

Joshua 6The people showed a large measure of faith to follow the instructions of Joshua in such an illogical approach to conquering Jerico.

Joshua 8I didn’t realize that Joshua had used the “draw them away from the city by making them chase part of your army” tactic that Helaman used in the Book of Mormon.

Joshua 4 – 5As Joshua talks of the Lord drying up the Red Sea for the Israelites to cross over I realized that he was one of very fewpeople left who actually experienced both of those miracles. I didn’t realize the the Israelites suspended the practice of circumcision while they were in the wilderness so…

Joshua 3It amazes me how blatant the Lord was in showing His naked power to the people. It makes me wonder if they were so stiff-necked that they would not follow any leader who did not do thing so obvious as stopping the Jordan river in the midst of it’s highest water levels.

Joshua 2The fact that a harlot knew that the Lord had given the land to the people of Israel says something about the fact that just because a person has some obvious sin in their life does not mean that the Lord cannot work with and through them and that we should never write a…

Joshua 1What a great answer for us to give the authorized servants of the Lord at all times: “All that thou commandest me I will do and whithersoever thou sendest me, I will go.”