Thursday, August 13, 2015

Joshua 12: Recap

Joshua 12 presents a recap of the territories and leaders that were overthrown by the Israelites, first under Moses and then under Joshua.  This is part of their national history, just as American students might learn the names of Bunker Hill, Gettysburg or Normandy.  In a war for their very survival, Israel emerged victorious and displaced the nations that had been living in the land.  You might say that the "visiting team" won!  And they didn't win just once - they won 31 times over and firmly established their presence in the land.  Their descendants are still there today, over 30 centuries later.  Certainly some would consider the nation of Israel and its staying power in the face of overwhelming odds through the millennia to be proof of God's activity in human history and his special interest in the Jews.  I know I would.

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