The Gibeonites didn’t attack Israel with weapons; they attacked with words. They came with carefully crafted spiritual language, acknowledging God’s mighty works and using all the right religious terminology. Their opening words were calculated to appeal...
The covenant renewal ceremony in Joshua 8 points us ultimately to Christ. Just as the king of Ai was hanged on a tree, Jesus was hung on a cross. But unlike the king of Ai, Jesus wasn’t executed for His own sins – He became a curse for our sins so that we...
All the words. Not just the comfortable ones, not just the encouraging ones, not just the promises of blessing. Joshua read everything – the blessings and the curses, the promises and the warnings, the grace and the truth. God’s people need to hear the...
What a jarring transition! One moment Joshua is hanging the king of Ai on a tree, and the next he’s building an altar 20 miles away on Mount Ebal. This abrupt shift from combat to covenant teaches us something profound: covenant obedience has priority over...
The javelin Joshua held up wasn’t just a military signal – it was a symbol of dependence on God’s power. As long as Joshua kept that javelin raised in obedience to God’s command, victory was assured. The moment reminds us of Moses holding up...
