Joshua — The Anástasis Center

The Arrival in the Garden Land

Bible Studies, Messages, Papers on the Book of Joshua

Photograph: Byzantine sculpture of Joshua receiving tribute from the Gibeonites, narrated in Joshua 9 - 11. This is the first climactic point of the book, where the Gibeonites are incorporated into Israel and defended from other Canaanites. The sculpture is made of ivory and reflects the prosperity and cultural renaissance of the Byzantine Empire during the 10th and 11th centuries. Photo credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art | Public Domain.

Below are messages, small group leader notes, and exegetical notes on the Book of Joshua.

Messages on Joshua

Joshua 24 Our Need for Another Joshua

Notes and Essays on Joshua

The Troubling Acts of God: The Destruction of the Canaanites

Text of a message focusing on how God engaged with the Canaanites throughout the Old and New Testaments. Slides to this presentation are graphics-heavy so have been divided into part 1 and part 2. When God took human life on some of the occasions where Israel and the Canaanites came into conflict, it was not to supposedly demonstrate "retributive justice," but rather to protect His human partners at the time, until Jesus came among the Israelites.

Gentiles as Servants of the Sanctuary: The Significance of the Gibeonites in Joshua and the Canon (TBD)