Hey, you are listening to A Year in the Bible with Daily Grace.

I'm Shelby, and I'm here with Scott.

And we begin a brand new book of the Bible today.

We are in Joshua.

So excited for this book.

Before we get into today's chapters, the first three chapters,

Scott, can you just give us a little bit of an overview? What do we need to know as we dive into Joshua? Sure. I love this book.

I love all the books, but, you know, a couple things to keep in mind as we get into it.

You know, I beat this drum so many times. Remember God's promises to Abraham, you know,

way back in

Genesis 12, of giving his, making him into a great nation, blessing all the nations, but then

giving his descendants the land of Canaan to dwell in. And those promises have been repeated so

many times, as we've seen so far in our journey through scripture. And Joshua is the book where at long last,

God brings his people into the land and they begin to settle into it. And secondly, we need to

keep in mind the book of Deuteronomy, which we just wrapped up. Deuteronomy continually,

continually stress the need for Israel to remember God, to worship him in this land. In chapter 28 of that book, God laid out

all the blessings they would experience in the land if they obeyed, and then all the curses

they would experience if they disobeyed. And obedience to God is a huge, huge theme for Israel in the

book of Joshua, which we'll continue to see. Yeah, and really, that's been a theme for several books now.

And so just the continuity of scripture amazes me as we read throughout the whole Bible in a year.

Any other tips for reading the book of Joshua?

I would say just be aware of the four kind of big movements of Joshua.

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