Jeff Cavins

Oh, thank you. It's good to join you. And yeah, we're going into a very, very exciting period. Yeah, there's a lot that happens. Yeah, there's an amazing amount that happens. And this period is actually not that long. And it's made up of two books. It is Joshua and Judges. And for those of you that are following along in your Bible timeline chart, this is the green period.

And it's green because it reminds us of going from the desert wanderings, which is tan, now into the lush, green land of promise, the land of Canaan. That's why it is green.

And it's green because it reminds us of going from the desert wanderings, which is tan, now into the lush, green land of promise, the land of Canaan. That's why it is green.

And it's green because it reminds us of going from the desert wanderings, which is tan, now into the lush, green land of promise, the land of Canaan. That's why it is green.

Yeah, but what's interesting is that even today, people think that it should be nice and easy and clean because God is with us. But what we're going to find out here in this period, Father, is the fact that God is with them. There's also going to be trials in the period to see, will they really trust in the Lord? So let's kind of set the stage. We just went from the book of

Yeah, but what's interesting is that even today, people think that it should be nice and easy and clean because God is with us. But what we're going to find out here in this period, Father, is the fact that God is with them. There's also going to be trials in the period to see, will they really trust in the Lord? So let's kind of set the stage. We just went from the book of

Yeah, but what's interesting is that even today, people think that it should be nice and easy and clean because God is with us. But what we're going to find out here in this period, Father, is the fact that God is with them. There's also going to be trials in the period to see, will they really trust in the Lord? So let's kind of set the stage. We just went from the book of

of Numbers, and now we're moving into Joshua, the last period left off on the eastern side of the Jordan River, looking westward across the Jordan. And you can see Jericho, and you can even see Jerusalem way up on the hill. And this is where they're going to be going into. The principal books are Joshua and Judges, and then in the midst of Judges, there's Ruth,

of Numbers, and now we're moving into Joshua, the last period left off on the eastern side of the Jordan River, looking westward across the Jordan. And you can see Jericho, and you can even see Jerusalem way up on the hill. And this is where they're going to be going into. The principal books are Joshua and Judges, and then in the midst of Judges, there's Ruth,

of Numbers, and now we're moving into Joshua, the last period left off on the eastern side of the Jordan River, looking westward across the Jordan. And you can see Jericho, and you can even see Jerusalem way up on the hill. And this is where they're going to be going into. The principal books are Joshua and Judges, and then in the midst of Judges, there's Ruth,

So we have really two major sections here. We have the conquest of Canaan, and then we enter a very, very difficult period called the Judges, and we'll talk about that in a little bit. The main character is Joshua. Moses has died on Mount Nebo, on the eastern side of the Jordan, in modern-day Jordan. And Joshua is the one that's going to take them across in this first book, Joshua.

So we have really two major sections here. We have the conquest of Canaan, and then we enter a very, very difficult period called the Judges, and we'll talk about that in a little bit. The main character is Joshua. Moses has died on Mount Nebo, on the eastern side of the Jordan, in modern-day Jordan. And Joshua is the one that's going to take them across in this first book, Joshua.

So we have really two major sections here. We have the conquest of Canaan, and then we enter a very, very difficult period called the Judges, and we'll talk about that in a little bit. The main character is Joshua. Moses has died on Mount Nebo, on the eastern side of the Jordan, in modern-day Jordan. And Joshua is the one that's going to take them across in this first book, Joshua.

And it's very dramatic. They're going to go across the Jordan River, and the waters are going to be rolled back all the way to a city called Adam. And that's about eight miles upstream. Now, this is interesting because the waters, you know, the Canaanite God system is... is they're really worshiping Baal. And there's all kinds of derivatives of this. And the two principal gods are Asherah and El.

And it's very dramatic. They're going to go across the Jordan River, and the waters are going to be rolled back all the way to a city called Adam. And that's about eight miles upstream. Now, this is interesting because the waters, you know, the Canaanite God system is... is they're really worshiping Baal. And there's all kinds of derivatives of this. And the two principal gods are Asherah and El.

And it's very dramatic. They're going to go across the Jordan River, and the waters are going to be rolled back all the way to a city called Adam. And that's about eight miles upstream. Now, this is interesting because the waters, you know, the Canaanite God system is... is they're really worshiping Baal. And there's all kinds of derivatives of this. And the two principal gods are Asherah and El.

Asherah and El get together. They have a baby god. Ain't he cute? And his name is Baal. And Baal is over fertility. Baal is over the waters, over agriculture. And the very first thing that God is going to do in going into the land is he's going to move that water all the way upstream, and everybody in Jericho is going to see this. Now, they're going to go across, and the manna's going to cease.

Asherah and El get together. They have a baby god. Ain't he cute? And his name is Baal. And Baal is over fertility. Baal is over the waters, over agriculture. And the very first thing that God is going to do in going into the land is he's going to move that water all the way upstream, and everybody in Jericho is going to see this. Now, they're going to go across, and the manna's going to cease.

Asherah and El get together. They have a baby god. Ain't he cute? And his name is Baal. And Baal is over fertility. Baal is over the waters, over agriculture. And the very first thing that God is going to do in going into the land is he's going to move that water all the way upstream, and everybody in Jericho is going to see this. Now, they're going to go across, and the manna's going to cease.

They're going to circumcise the young men who they didn't in the desert. Then they're going to take Jericho, and most people have heard that story, and then they're going to divide and conquer. There's going to be a southern and a northern campaign in the book of Joshua. but they don't utterly take the land. They take the hill countries, and then the Canaanites have the lowlands.