by Justin Marple | Feb 15, 2012 | Former Prophets, Judges Commentary, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
The contrast of Joshua and Judges is obvious from the very beginning. The latter prophetic book shows us the downward spiral of Israel. It shows us the Canaanization of Israel. The judges of Israel increasingly resemble Canaanite leaders and the people of Israel...
by Justin Marple | Dec 6, 2011 | Former Prophets, Joshua Commentary, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
When we say “the torah of Joshua” we do not mean to say that Joshua belongs to the Torah and therefore not to the Prophets. Quite simply, the “torah” of Joshua means the “instruction” of Joshua. We seek to answer, “What does...
by Justin Marple | Dec 4, 2011 | Former Prophets, Joshua Commentary, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
In Joshua 13-21 we have the divine landowner, the king of the land, YHWH (The LORD) God, dividing up the land that He controls. The key vocabulary word in the whole is “to divide.” Actually, the main point of each section in Joshua is very easy to see by observing...
by Justin Marple | Dec 1, 2011 | Former Prophets, Joshua Commentary, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
If there is a theme that coheres through the whole of this discussion it is that the book of Joshua would not make a good movie, let alone be what we would consider a history textbook. Instead, it means to tell us the will of God. Therefore, we will focus quite a...
by Justin Marple | Nov 28, 2011 | Former Prophets, Joshua Commentary, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
The book of Joshua sets the tone for the whole of the prophets with regard to the major theme of worship. The prophets confront us with the living God in all of His glory. The prophets confront us with the glory of God such that the common response is fear. The...
by Justin Marple | Oct 30, 2011 | Former Prophets, Joshua Commentary, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
Joshua was a prophet of YHWH God. To be sure, he is not someone that we automatically think of when we think of the prophets — some candidates for those we think of first would be the likes of Elijah or Isaiah or Jeremiah. Nevertheless, his spoken word was the...
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