- Joshua recounts the history of Israel (1-13).
- Abraham’s pagan beginnings, and subsequent pilgrimage in Canaan.
- Isaac.
- Jacob and Esau.
- The move to Egypt.
- Moses and Aaron.
- The exodus and the crossing of the Red Sea.
- Amorite opposition destroyed.
- Balak and Balaam.
- Jericho.
- Possessing the land they did not labor in, or build or plant.
- The charge (14).
- Fear the Lord.
- Serve Him in sincerity and in truth.
- Put away (false) gods of your fathers.
- The choice (15).
- The (false) gods of their fathers.
- The (false) gods of the Amorites.
- The LORD.
- The people acknowledge God’s goodness and promise to serve Him (16-18).
- When Joshua warns them that God is holy and they are not (19-20), the people renew their promise to serve the LORD (21). Joshua declares that the people are witnesses against themselves (22); and the people consent (23).
- Joshua wrote the event the book of God, and erected a stone memorial (26-28).
- After the death of Joshua, the people of that generation continued to serve the LORD (31). Joshua, Joseph, and Eleazar were buried (30-33).
Meditation Points:
- Do you know the history of God’s work among your ancestors?
- Did you notice that the Israelites were still harboring, if not honoring, pagan idols from Egypt?
- God is holy; and sinners cannot serve him. You must be born again.
- You really have to give credit to those Egyptian embalmers. The body of Joseph just spent more than 40 years in the hot sun!
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