Joshua 12:1-24


It is always important to remember the victories that the Lord has granted.  Today’s chapter is simply a list of the kings who were defeated by Moses on the east side of the Jordan and the kings who were defeated by Joshua on the west side.  God had promised to be with these men and use them to fulfill His promises to the nation of Israel.  God was faithful to do just that.  We can always be confident that God will keep His promises and help us to be victorious through Christ.
THE LANDS CONQUERED BY MOSES: Moses fought many battles from the time that the children of Israel left Egypt to the time of his departure.  This chapter only mentions the two kings and all their lands that were conquered on the east side of the Jordan and were given to the two tribes who chose to remain on that side of the river.  These were large lands and really the first tests of the people in war.  God used Moses in a great way to liberate the people and to prepare them to be the nation that they had become.  He was a godly leader who truly served the people and represented God before them and represented them before God.  This truly is the function of a leader.
THE LANDS CONQUERED BY JOSHUA: God used Joshua to lead the nation in numerous battles in the conquest of the Land.  This is a list of 31 kings that God defeated through the leadership of Joshua.  He served the Lord faithfully and was used to fulfill the promises of God to the people.  Joshua did not claim the land that he conquered as his own but divided it between the people as the Lord instructed.  He was a strong and godly leader who truly was a servant to the people.  He did not worry about who got credit for what but was confident in God’s ability to work on behalf of the people he was called to lead.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

2 Timothy 1:3-7

I thank God   whom I serve, as did my ancestors,   with a clear conscience, as I remember you   constantly in my prayers night and day.    As I remember your tears,   I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy.    I am reminded of   your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and   your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.    For this reason I remind you   to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, for God gave us   a spirit not of fear but   of power and love and self-control. It is easy for us to forget many important things especially in the face of difficulty or danger.  Paul is in prison and Timothy is facing difficult times in ministry so there are important reminders that Paul wants to make sure that Timothy understands.  God has given us everything we need to face the difficulties He allows i...
Read more

Hebrews 10:32-39

But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings, sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.     For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.     Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.     For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.     For, “Yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay; but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”     But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls. Endurance...
Read more

2 Timothy 1:8-14

Therefore   do not be ashamed of   the testimony about our Lord, nor of   me his prisoner, but   share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,   who saved us and   called us to a holy calling,   not because of our works but because of   his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus   before the ages began, and which now has   been manifested through   the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus,   who abolished death and   brought life and   immortality to light through the gospel, for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher, which is why I suffer as I do. But   I am not ashamed, for   I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until   that day   what has been entrusted to me.  Follow   the pattern of   the sound words   that you have heard from me, in   the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. ...
Read more