Joshua
When Israel finally crossed over the Jordan River (on dry
land) and entered Canaan and celebrated their first
Passover in the promised land. God spoke to Joshua and made
him a strong leader.
Josh 1:5-6 ". . . as I was with Moses, so I will be with
you. I will not leave you nor forsake you. "Be strong and
of good courage, for to this people yo...
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The sins of the Canaanites were at the boiling point and
Joshua was to completely destroy them lest Israel inherit
their evil ways. Some of the abominations happening in
the land were temple prostitution, father and son
committing sexual acts with the same prostitute, child
sacrifice, homosexuality, idolatry, and on and on. God
spoke about th...
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The inhabitants of Canaan were terrified. The first city
they conquered was Jericho. It was a miracle, when the
trumpets were blown, the walls fell.
Josh 6:20 "So the people shouted when the priests blew the
trumpets. And it happened when the people heard the sound
of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout,
that the wall fell d...
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Under Joshua, the Israelites conquered the entire country
(Josh 21). The only defeat was at Ai, where an Israelite
named Achan disobeyed God`s orders. In 7 years they
defeated 31 kings in the land. Joshua divided the land
among the 12 tribes of Israel as God directed....
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Joshua was a great leader but he made 2 fatal mistakes.
First, he failed to completely defeat the Canaanites
(especially the Philistines, Amalekites, and Midianites),
and second, he failed to wipe out completely the filthy and
idolatrous fertility cults of the land. Joshua`s failure to
cut this cancer completely out of society resulted in
dis...
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