What I learned from reading Joshua

Central Theme - Promise Fulfilled

Summary Verse: Joshua 21:45

Not one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass. 

God is faithful to his promise to give them the land

• Quite often God says, with regard to an upcoming battle, “and I will give them into your hand”
• God is going to make sure that they get the land that he promised
• Moses promised each tribe their land in Deut 3, and Numbers 32, and now it is being given in Joshua 13-21

God protects and cares for his people 

• throughout many battles in the first section of the book, God keeps his people safe.

Joshua is a ‘type’ of Christ'

• God has a purpose to give Israel victory in battle, and Joshua is God's chosen agent to bring victory. 
• One day Christ will battle sin once and for all and achieve a final victory, with us, his people at his side.