Week 10: Joshua 15-Judges 13
Reflection: The bookends of Joshua reveal the theme of God's glory being magnified through the obedience of His people. In the opening chapters, Israel enters the promised land and experiences victory, not by military might but by trusting in the word of the Lord and following His commands. The conclusion of Joshua sees the people renewing their covenant with God, pledging to serve Him alone. However, much like Adam and Eve who failed to maintain their state in the garden, Israel too falters. The book of Judges quickly reveals Israel's failure to fully conquer the land as commanded and their rapid descent into doing what was "right in their own eyes" after Joshua’s death. Joshua 15-18: The Allotment of the Land. Matthew Henry once said of this part of Joshua, “We are not to skip over these chapters of hard names as useless and not to be regarded; for where God has a mouth to speak and a hand to write we should find an ear to hear and an eye to read; and God will give ...