The Israelites Go Into The Promised Land Summary

In the Old Testament, the Israelites were seen as people who failed to listen to God’s commandments. Despite knowing beforehand that they would be punished for their disobedience, they still continued to commit sin. God tried to deter their misbehavior by promising them many blessings, but it worked to no avail. Due to the insubordination of the Israelites, He made sure that the promises He made to them would be withheld and that they would face consequences.

Subsequently, in the books of Joshua and Judges the authors capture the tribulations of the Israelites in their attempts to conquer the Promised Land (Tullock & McEntire, 2012, p. 96). Additionally, in the first twelve chapters of the book of Joshua exhibit a decisive conquest through the entirety of the land of Canaan, which provides the initial impression of a seamless transition between the work of Moses and the leadership of Joshua (Tullock & McEntire,

In Search of the Promised Land Coauthors John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger attempt to depict what slave life was like in their book In Search of the Promised Land. In this book, Franklin and Schweninger recall a slave family’s life based on research done to uncover the life of the Thomas-Rapier family. Sally Thomas, the mother, recalls her family’s adventures of traveling around the United States in search of a promised land that African Americans could be free from poverty and injustice. This book casts a quite different light on the view of slavery. While there is still the fear of being sold and separated from each other.

Chapter three of Engaging the Christian Scriptures goes into detail over selective parts of the sections of history, writings, and prophets. Chapter three gives the reader information over several books in the Bible such as Joshua, Judges, Jeremiah, etc. The chapter dives into the text of Joshua and gives the reader useful insight over Joshua and him leading the Israel across the Jordan river to conquer the land of milk and honey, Jericho. The book of Judges purpose was to teach Israel that God is faithful and certain to punish sin therefore each person must remain loyal and devoted to the Lord. The purpose of Jeremiah was to warn of the destruction that they were about to face and to urge Judah to return and submit to God. Towards the end

A divine act from God allowed the Israelites to cross. The coming of Jesus Christ around 1400 years later is a stunning parallel to this part of the story. Since the law was not the complete solution to the problem of man and sin, what was? The people needed some kind of medium to be able to cross from sin into a relationship with God. This medium would come from God sending His son, Jesus, to help cross “the river”. This was just as how God chose Joshua to lead the Israelites into the Promised Land. They are no longer bound by the hopelessness of trying to live a perfect life under the law.

Now the Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines. The Israelites camped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines at Aphek. The Philistines deployed their forces to meet Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand of them on the battlefield. When the soldiers returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why did Hashem let us get defeat ? Let us bring the ark of Hasham covenant from Shiloh, so that he may go with us and save us  of our enemies.”

The Book of Nehemiah is narrative that continues the history of the Israelites after they return from exile. Nehemiah prays to God about Jerusalem and God’s promises. Nehemiah is sent from Babylon to Jerusalem where he inspects Jerusalem’s walls. Different sections were rebuilt by different groups of people. Through prayer, they were able to complete the rebuilding even when there was opposition. Nehemiah helped the poor by summoning the priests to make the nobles and officials take an oath to follow God’s law. A genealogical record is listed of the exiles who returned. Ezra read The Book of the Law to the Israelites. The Israelites prayed to God and confessed their sins and signed the Law of God. The Levites were brought to

* Led Israelites into Promise land. * Joshua battled the Amalekites. * Captured the city of Jericho.

Because of Joshua's faith and obedience to God, he was able to lead the children of Israel across the Jordan

God wanted to Hebrews to be let free from Egypt. To accomplish this God sent ten plagues to Egypt. At this time Moses was the leader of the Hebrews. Moses led his people out of Egypt and into the desert. They wondered the desert for 40 years until they found the land that God had promised them. Joshua led the Hebrews to take over the land from the people who lived there before the Hebrews were

The Gibeonites, along with three other cities heard about the conquests of the Israelites. To preserve their lives and cities, they came to Joshua and the Israelites. They presented themselves as travelers from afar and into a pact with them that secured their safety. Upon reaching the cities, Joshua realized that they had been deceived. The Gibeonites secured their lives and safety, but became menial servants in their lands. When neighboring kings heard of the treaty, they became angry at Gibeon. They formed a plan to attack Gibeon out of revenge. Learning of this, Gibeon sent for Joshua’s help. He arrived and with his army, the kings were defeated and killed. Joshua commemorated the victory with a song.

Moses was chosen by God to lead the Israel in their battle against the Amalekites, who came and attacked them. So Moses instructed Joshua to choose some men to fight the Amalekites. And Moses will stand at the top of the hill with the staff of God in his hands.

Joshua and Judges are associated with the Iron Age. Tensions during this period include invasions from Sea Peoples. Tullock informs readers that Canaan consisted of city-states. The next topic Tullock discusses is the invasion of Canaan. Tullock discusses Joshua and the story of Jericho, and the old man’s story discusses the same points Tullock does. Tullock does introduce the significance of the holy war associated with Jericho. The disguising Gibeonites are discussed on how they were saved by a covenant by disguising and lying to the Israelites. Tullock ends the section of Joshua’s conquests by telling the story of the five kings of the south. The division of conquered lands is explained by mentioning that territories were represented by the tribes responsible for the conquering. Tullock then discusses how the Canaanite religion greatly influenced the developing Israelite religion, and a reason for the influence is due to the greater population associated with the Canaanites. From this point on, Tullock discusses the famous judges and the themes seen throughout the book of Judges. Tullock states that the major judges include Othniel, Ehud, Deborah, Gideon, Abimelech, Jephthah, and Samson. Each major judge receives their own section of text discussing the stories associated with each of them. For example, Othniel provided forty

Once Joshua began his journey, he crossed the Jordan River. This signified God saving his people. “God both delivered his people from the capitivity of the Egyptians and delivered them to the life in Promise Land” (Varughese, A. 2003, p.140). After all these activities, there was a celebration for reaching the Promised Land. The Holy War was also presented in the book of Joshua. This war was fought for good reasons and in the name of God.

Then the army of Assyria defeated Syria in war, making Syria weak. Jeroboam then was able to get his land back. Jonah had said that God would cause this to happen. When the people of Israel won battles against their enemies, they became proud of their power. They forgot the special relationship that they had with God.