Joshua’s message is about religion being to authoritative and not as welcoming and loving as Jesus created it to be. He communicates this message to various faith communities, including Jews and Christians. People may take this message in various ways, whether they criticize or agree with it. Overall, regardless of how people view this message, it is important for people to know so they can grow in their faith and relationship with…
In 1753, the German speaking settlers from the Moravian Church founded a religious refuge in North Carolina. They hoped to make this area an ideal society where their foundation for life was circled around the Bible. The universal belief guided the Moravian people leading them to baptize dozens of African Americans who then became full members of their tightly knit society. During this time the Moravian Brethren started buying slaves due to the larger demand in labor that came with the population increase. The slaves took part in the everyday work such as farming, shop keeping, and factory work.…
The newly converted Christians needed a strong leader that they could trust and make hard decisions. Joshua stepped up and made the…
The story of Joshua conquering Jericho, and Samson’s bringing about of Israel’s deliverance from the Philistines, depict the decline of Israel from faultless success and obedience. The episode “Homeland” of History Channel’s The Bible tells the astonishing story of Joshua and Samson, who are given divine power and mercy through the Lord to secure the Promise Land. Both Joshua and Samson receive a calling from the Lord through a messenger to secure the land because through the Lord both men are given the strength to conquer the most evil and escape death.…
Canaan Land: A Religious History of African Americans Raboteau, Albert J. Canaan Land: A Religious History of African Americans. New York, New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1999. Canaan Land: A Religious History of African Americans explains the history and significance of religion to the African American hardships leading up to freedom, while magnifying the role religion plays in the lives of black people. As African Americans, religion is often overlooked in African American courses.…
These biblical texts support the idea that Jerusalem is not just any place, it is particular, and as is repeated, it is chosen by God. Jerusalem is the site where God sent Abraham to sacrifice his son and where the angel of the Lord appeared to Abraham. It is where the Ark of the Covenant was taken to in David’s time. It is the Holy City that God protects and keeps safe or punishes when she sins. Jerusalem was constructed upon and consecrated by David and his son Solomon.…
The history of Jerusalem goes back far in to the past, the best source of information about how the life looked like long time age is the Bible. The Old testament presents us with a lot of informations regarding how the structure of the city looked like because of the main religious sites that were build in the city. We can also learn from the Bible what kind of religious practices were performed and developed when the Jewish religion was born. There are other archeological findings that help us establish what kind of events took place in early stages of Jerusalem. According to the history thats based on the Bible as well as the findings on the site, we can learn that Jerusalem was very important city for the Jewish people because that was where their religion has started, as well as it was the site of their most important temple build on Temple Mount.…
The religious elements that relate to the battle of Jericho are based on the repeating notion that the Israelites must invade Jericho because through Jericho is the land that the Lord promised. “And at the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, "Shout! For the Lord has given you the city” (6:16). The Lord’s promise also marked Jericho and its occupancy as devotions for the Lord. “The city and all that is in it shall be devoted to the Lord for destruction.…
Going into more of the story it says, “Having formed them in the wilderness, God now gives the people a land in which they can live and fulfill their call to be a display nation” (Goheen, 63). In Joshua 6:21 it says that the Israelites eventually…
The Israelite rebels in their thirst for power mistrusted and loss confidence in their leaders. They had forgotten the good works of the Lord who had brought them out of Egypt, and despite the many challenges in the wilderness, he had continued to provide for them. As we see in today’s world, it is easy for one to not put their full confidence in leaders as no true…
In the book of Haggai, it shows that God was angry with the people of Israel because, they did not want to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem for they claimed it’s a place of destruction. Which their poor decisioning making did not place them well in God’s eyesight, that the Lord’s says, “long as the temple remains unfinished the people can continue to expect poverty and lack of…
Joshua was a great leader for the people compared to Moses, because in the article “Moonlit leadership: a midrashic reading of Joshua's success” by Hayyim Angel, it explains how it could have “been difficult for the people trust the ever-resolute Moses. Although the elders may have complained that "Moses is like the sun, Joshua like the moon"” What it means by that is, Moses was superior over everyone that no one could even look at him, so he had to wear a veil. Moses was able to speak with God face to face but the people were not allowed to speak to Moses face to face. “Moses’ unparalleled awe of God was so great that he simply could not fathom why his people did not trust God.” This was ironic because Moses had such an incomparable faith…
The book of Judges starts by saying that “Israel had God on their side” which is a good thing. They have nothing to worry about; God will protect them through the hard times. However, they were willing to allow the Canaanites to live with them which caused the Israelites…
The story of the Canaanite woman reflects a unique emphasis on inclusion of Gentiles, indicating intent on Matthew’s part to establish Jesus as the interpreter of the “New Law” and establish a model by which Jews interact with proselytes. Ehrman (2016) argues that Matthew continuously attempts to show that Jesus provides the true understanding of the Jewish Law – one that is based on a love of God and a love of one’s neighbor. Jesus in Matthew does not stand in opposition to Jewish Law and traditions, rather, he fulfills and intensities them. This story serves not just as a reinforcement of Jewish priority – the woman must become a Jew before she was be given a Jewish miracle – but as an assertion of the New Law – that help and salvation will…
Introduction According to David Howard, “Joshua was written to provide an interpretive history of one slice of Israel’s life as a people.” This “slice of life” Old Testament narrative begins in Joshua 1:1-9 with an authoritative call to be strong, courageous and obedient. This passage serves to outline and prepare the reader for the body of work to follow. At the core, Joshua is a story of radical obedience to God and His law.…