Joshua Sparknotes

1879 Words4 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: Joshua as a servant leader

Joshua

Author - Joshua

Date - 14th Century B.C.

Following Moses’ death and the freedom of the Israelites, God sends Joshua to lead His people to the promise land and remind them to stay faithful. On their way, God presents his power by separating the Jordan River and allowing the Israelites to enter the land of Canaan. Their first goal is to capture the city of Jericho, which is surrounded by a large wall. As a result, Joshua sends two spies into the city and they spend the night a Canaanite woman’s house, the house Rehab. This woman, a Canaanite, turns to God and the spies promise to spare her. Later on, the Israelites follow God’s commands and take control of the city. At this time, the Israelites were meant to give their loot to God. …show more content…

With God’s inspiration, Jeremiah preaches against the evils of Jerusalem: worshipping idols, taking advantage of the defenseless, sexual immorality, hypocrisy, child sacrifice, and falsely prophesying. He also tells the people to repent their wickedness or face a great destruction from Babylon. This message angers Israel’s leaders who refuse to acknowledge the warning’s truth. Jeremiah is rejected and injured many times because of his prophecy. Regardless of the attempts to ignore the prophecy, it comes true and Babylon conquers Jerusalem. Under Babylonian control, many Israelites are exiled (excluding Jeremiah) and the king is punished for his disbelief. Although God planned for Babylon to take over, He also explains that the nation will also face judgement by …show more content…

At this time, the Lord takes Elijah away in a whirlwind, but gives Elisha, Elijah’s former apprentice, twice the spirit Elijah had. With this spirit and God’s blessing, Elisha performs and experiences numerous miracle, including healing water, raising a child from the dead, filling a valley with water without rain, curing leprosy, fighting a human army with angels, and ending a severe famine. Later on, after a series of good and bad kings, Elijah anoints Jehu as Israel’s king and Jehu kills Jezebel and Ahab’s household. However, Jehu grows further from the Lord and his line of mix ungodly and somewhat less ungodly kings follows. During the chaos, Elisha passes away and prophesizes victory over Aram. After this passing, Judah in the north fall further into evil. As a result, God allows the Assyrians to conquer it, but not Jerusalem. Contrastingly to the North, the King Hezekiah finds favor with God and lives fifteen years past his original death. When he eventually dies however, the kingdom slowly decays and is captured by the

Show More
Related

  • IND AFF Sparknotes

    1095 Words  | 3 Pages

    What would you do for love? Would you break up a marriage or assassinate an Archduke? In the short story “IND AFF” by Fay Weldon the narrator must make a choice on whether or not to continue her love affair while examining the Princip’s murder of the Archduke Ferdinand and his wife. The story is set in Sarajevo in Bosnia, Yugoslavia where the assassination took place. Through irony, symbolism and setting, Weldon uses the parallel between the narrator and Pincip to show that seemingly inconsequential actions of an individual can have great consequences.

    Read More

  • Geronimo Sparknotes

    1028 Words  | 3 Pages

    “Geronimo: an American legend” is a story of an apache warrior who fought against the United States in order to preserve his peoples culture. The film starts off, ironically, with the first surrender of Geronimo. His people are sent to a reservation called turkey creek. On this reservation they were expected to become farmers that would produce mostly corn. However the apache where not harvesting enough to sustain their community and had to rely on government checks.

    Read More

  • Ayiti Sparknotes

    999 Words  | 2 Pages

    Ayiti, by Roxane Gay, is a collection of fifteen short narratives about Haiti and its people, which gives the readers insights into the complex Haitian diaspora experience. The novel seeks to offer a deeper view into Haitian society and covers an array of themes such as the politics of survival, resiliency, and feminist culture in Haiti. Throughout the novel, Gay is highly critical of mainstream media because of how they depict and silo Haiti as a poor and helpless country. Haiti’s historical stance on censorship is well documented, and as a Haitian writer living in America, Gay is successful in giving agency to the voiceless by chronicling the stories of the Haitian diaspora. Ayiti explores stories that explain what it is like to be a Haitian

    Read More

  • Ezekiel

    1076 Words  | 3 Pages

    Ezekiel lived in a time of international crisis and conflict. Assyria was the world power in the area under the rule of Tiglath-pilesar III. In 724 B.C Israel raged war upon Assyria, and Israel was no match for Assyria. In 627 B.C the last of the able Assyrian ruler, Ashurbanipal died. Right after the death of Ashurbanipal, Babylon under Nabopolassar wanted independence from Assyria. In 612 B.C the Assyrians under Nineveh surrendered to the rising Babylonians. In 605 B.C the Babylonians were at war against the Egyptians. The Babylonians won and they established themselves as the leading power in the area. During all of this Judea allied with the Babylonians and with this Judea kept her independence. During the last century before Judea was destroyed it was ruled by four rulers and of those rulers, all but Josiah were wicked. Josiah was committed to God and led Judea to him. All the others did not heed the warnings of Ezekiel and Jeremiah from God, and the rulers of Judea chose to rebel against God. God punished Judea by sending Nebuchadnezzar’s army to crush the nation of Judea and flatten the city of Jerusalem.

    Read More

  • Interpreting Jeremiah in the Jewish and Christian Scriptures

    768 Words  | 2 Pages

    Jeremiah had a very unique message in his time that dealt with the way that people lived their own lives. He believed that sin was chiefly directed towards Judah. It states this point in Jeremiah chapter 5 verse 11, "For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly faithless to me, says the Lord." (Harper Collins, 1124). With that, the sins of Judah were that of the sins of the people of Judah. Each person must reduce his or her own sins in order for the whole nation to finally turn to God (Baughman, 153).

    Read More

  • The Hebrew Exiles In Babylon

    1821 Words  | 4 Pages

    When Jerusalem fell to the conquering Babylonians in 587 BC, most of what was important to the Hebrew people was gone. They lost their holy city, the Temple was destroyed, and the Davidic monarchy ended (Beasley 221). Following the destruction of Jerusalem, the Babylonian king, Nebuchadrezzar, deported most of the population to other cities, including Babylon. These exiles remained there for about fifty years until the Persian forces, under king Cyrus, took the city of Babylon in 539 BC. The Persian policies concerning captured and exiled peoples were quite different than those of the Babylonians, and because of this King Cyrus allowed the exiles to return to Jerusalem in 538 BC to rebuild the city and the Temple.

    Read More

  • Assyrian Warfare

    869 Words  | 2 Pages

    The Assyrians were known to have a powerful, ruthless army. The army was the largest Middle East or Mediterranean fighting force that had ever been seen. It is believed that God himself promised the Israelites that if they disobeyed Him he would allow them to be taken up and carried away to foreign lands. His promise is explained in Isaiah 5:26-29. It reads, “He will whistle to them from the end of the earth; Surely they shall come with speed, swiftly. No one weary or stumble among them No one will slumber or sleep Nor will the belt on their loins be loosed, Nor the strap of their sandals be broken; Whose arrows are sharp, And all their bows bent; Their horses’ hooves will seem like flint, And their wheels like whirlwind. Their roaring will be like a lion, They will roar like young lions; Yes, they will roar And lay hold of the prey; They will carry it away safely, And no one will deliver.” Israel’s rebellion angered God and it led to war with the invincible Assyrians. The Northern Kingdom of Israel was wiped out.

    Read More

  • City of Jericho in the Old Testament

    870 Words  | 2 Pages

    Jericho is perhaps most recognized, especially to youngsters, as the city where Joshua was victorious in battle. This story of marching and shouting and crumbling walls is unbelievable unless you attribute it to God's almighty power. The capture of Jericho is significant because it is the beginning of the war of conquest and the first time a ritual act, "herem," is implemented . "Herem" refers to God's judgment on the condemned and his preservation of those who remain faithful to him. In the story of the Fall of Jericho, Rahab and those in her house were the only residents of Jericho to survive Joshua's conquest. The true victory of the city belongs to the Lord as the city was attained through obedience to His commands (Coogan 2001).

    Read More

  • The Heroic Character Of Elijah In The Bible

    1733 Words  | 4 Pages

    God had called Elijah and used him to show that He is alive and to save Israelites from their sin. God calls and appoints the leader (Early 9). And in the battle with Baal, Elijah worked miracle, fire fell down from the heaven, and won the battle. Israelites realized that God is alive and killed Baal prophets. His heroic action saved his people. At the end, Elijah was ascended to the heaven. It also represents feature of the heroic person. Bible verses from book of Kings firmly supports Elijah’s heroic characteristics. Elijah is one of the greatest heroes in the Bible who was appointed by God, won the battle, worked miracles, saved Israelites from the sin, and ascended to the

    Read More

  • Prophet Exegesis: Habakkuk

    1421 Words  | 3 Pages

    Correspondingly, other canonical prophetic books interpret Yahweh’s will during periods of social or political crisis.4 Many minor prophets wrote during one of the three critical periods: the Assyrian Crisis, the Babylonian threat, or the postexilic readjustment.5 During the Babylonian threat of the late-seventh century, Habakkuk served as a link between God and humanity. The Assyrian kingdom, led by Shalmanasar V, forced the people of Judah into harsh conditions through a heartless deportation. In time, political drama spread throughout the region. After 612 B.C.E. when Assyria fell to Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Habakkuk wrote his prophetic book, focusing on the agony of humankind’s struggle to progress in such a wicked world. His message of faith and morality transcended the evil within society, ultimately revealing to the Israelites that justice would prevail.

    Read More

  • Exodus And Moses

    944 Words  | 2 Pages

    ...ng God but instead he wants to resurrect the faith that his people gave up once they took part in erecting the bull calf and forgot God. His success as a leader is shown in the final parts of the text where he has his people build God a tabernacle and give up gold, silver and other precious items for sacrifice.

    Read More

  • Destruction of Jerusalem in the Book of Lamentations

    1359 Words  | 3 Pages

    The kingdom of Jerusalem is one of the most important Kingdoms in the bible, thats why it was so important when it fell to the Babylonians. The beginning of the book is describing in first person from Jeremiah the prophet the destruction of Jerusalem and how sad it is of a site to see. In chapter two of the book Jeremiah is talking about the how mad the lord is at his people, and how he brought judgement to the wicked land. God is showing in chapter two how mad he is and he cut off the power of Israel, but in chapter three he Jeremiah tells us that he is faithful to us and he will restore the land. Even though he to is very sad from his city being taken and destroyed he remembers what the lord has told him. He then explains that the people of the kingdom of judah and the kingdom of Jerusalem need to fall back to the lord and get rid of those false gods. For the love and kindness of the lo...

    Read More

  • King David Analysis

    817 Words  | 2 Pages

    Finally, Israel had a permanent place to offer sacrifice, worship and receive atonement. In 1 Kings 3:13-14, God promised Solomon wealth and honor, he would have no equal. And if he kept God’s decrees and commands as his father David, God promised a long life. King Solomon was known as the wisest and wealthiest king in ancient times (1 Kings 4:31). Nevertheless, he did not walk as his father David or God walked.

    Read More

  • Insidious Sparknotes

    2266 Words  | 5 Pages

    James Wan’s 2011 supernatural American horror film, Insidious, depicts the story of an American nuclear family who move into their new home. Although it’s a fresh start for the Lambert family unexplainable haunting occurs after their oldest son, Dalton, falls into an inexplicable coma. Shortly after Dalton’s parents, Josh and Renai Lambert, experience a series of disturbing, paranormal encounters with evil apparitions. Josh’s mother, Lorraine, seeks a medium for potential answers in why the Lamberts were targets of gruesome spirits. Dalton’s family learns Dalton inherited the gift of astral projection from his father and is the only vessel that can bring Dalton back to safety from The Further.

    Read More

  • Year Of Jubilee

    669 Words  | 2 Pages

    God goes on to say in Lev. 26:30-31 that he will leave their presence and they will be taken prisoners in foreign land

    Read More

More about Joshua Sparknotes

Open Document