Joshua
Joshua is the book of the promise kept: “Not one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.” It opens with God commissioning Moses’ successor — “Be strong and courageous… for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go” — and the Jordan parting before the ark just as the sea once parted. Jericho’s walls fall to trumpets and faith, and a Canaanite prostitute who hid the spies is gathered into Israel — and into the line of the Messiah. The campaigns that follow carry hard lessons in both directions: Achan’s hidden sin routs an army, while Gibeon’s deception binds Israel to a covenant it must honor. The long middle chapters parcel out the land tribe by tribe — boundary by boundary, the inheritance promised to Abraham made real estate — with cities of refuge and Levitical towns woven through. The book closes with Joshua’s farewell: stones of witness at Shechem and the charge that still rings — “Choose this day whom you will serve… as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” Read through a biblical lens, Joshua — whose name Jesus bears — leads the people into rest, yet leaves a rest still remaining for the people of God. Each chapter has a full deep study and a short summary handout.