God's Covenant in Joshua

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Question
How does the book of Joshua emphasize God's covenant with Israel, especially in Joshua 13-22?
Answer
These are the chapters of the distribution of the land. Joshua 13–21 narrate the whole episode of the distribution of the Promised Land, and in these chapters we're seeing the faithfulness of God to his covenant, and we're seeing him fulfilling his promise from as early as the time of Genesis 12, when the Lord called Abraham and told him, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you." This covenant with Abraham was remembered over and over, and God told the nation of Israel all the time, "I will give you a land." So, when the time of the conquest came, the people had to keep trusting in God's faithfulness… And the people, without a doubt, would be remembering that God was fulfilling his covenant promise. In faithfulness and loyalty to his commitment, the beautiful time had arrived that their ancestors had longed for but weren't able to see. This is the relationship of these chapters with God's covenant.

Answer by Pastor Ornan Cruz

Pastor Ornan Cruz is Pastor of Los Pinos Nuevos in Cuba.