“Defeated Kings”
Chapter 12
is a review of all the kings and kingdoms defeated under the leadership of both
Moses and Joshua. Later, in chapter 13:7 it will become clear what makes this
military conquest different than any other, for Israel wasn't just taking the
land, they were inheriting it!
Scripture tells us that the land Joshua
and Israel occupied was the result of a promise from God to Abraham, the father
of the entire nation of Israel. His descendants inherited, not by force but by
faith, a peaceful existence in perhaps the most desirable land on the face of
the earth. God had set apart the land and prepared it for Israel. All Joshua
had to do was help the nation claim it.
Likewise,
the battle for our spiritual inheritance has already been fought and won by
Jesus Christ. The question we must ask ourselves is, have we claimed it? As Jon Courson states, “We don’t fight for
victory, but from victory.”
The Truth
“For
whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory
that has overcome the world—our faith.” (1 John 5:4)
