Daily Lesson for Monday 27th of October 2025 Read Genesis 18:25; Psalms 7:11; Psalms 50:6; Psalms 82:1; Psalms 96:10; and 2 Timothy 4:1,8. What are these verses saying about God’s moral character? How does the role of God as the Judge of the universe help us understand the question of divine war? The holiness of … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 26th of October 2025 Read Genesis 15:16, Leviticus 18:24-30, Deuteronomy 18:9-14, and Ezra 9:11. What are these texts telling us about God’s larger plan in offering the land of Canaan to the Israelites? We need to look beyond the book of Joshua to completely understand what was meant by the iniquity … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 25th of October 2025 Read for This Week’s Study: Genesis 15:16; Leviticus 18:24-30; 2 Timothy 4:1,8; Exodus 23:28-30; Deuteronomy 20:10,15-18; Isaiah 9:6. Memory Text: “And Joshua captured all these kings and their land at one time, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel” (Joshua 10:42, ESV). The book of Joshua … Continue reading –>
Inside Story for Friday 24th of October 2025 By Laurie Denski-Snyman A missionary and his local partner were selling Christian books in a non-Christian neighborhood in a large city in southern Asia. They could see residents’ religious devotion by their clothing. Women wore scarves; men had long beards. Some people even had dark spots on … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 24th of October 2025 Read Ellen G. White, “The Fall of Jericho,” Pages 487–493, in Patriarchs and Prophets. When rebellion against God’s authority arose in the universe, either God was going to cease to be what He essentially, immutably, and eternally is and give away the leadership of the whole universe … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Thursday 23rd of October 2025 Read Exodus 17:7-13 and Joshua 6:15-20. What similarities do you find between these two war narratives? How do they differ? The first time Israel fought after the Exodus is recorded in Exodus 17:1-16, where the Israelites defended themselves against the Amalekites. Israel had witnessed God’s almighty power … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 22nd of October 2025 According to Exodus 14:13-14,25, what was God’s original and ideal plan concerning the involvement of the Israelites in warfare? In that moment of crisis, when the people of Israel were forced into a physical impasse, “Moses answered the people, ‘Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 21st of October 2025 Read Exodus 2:23-25; Exodus 12:12-13; and Exodus 15:3-11. What does it mean that God is a warrior? During their long sojourn in Egypt, the Israelites have forgotten the true God of their ancestors. As many episodes of their travels through the wilderness demonstrated, their knowledge of the … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 20th of October 2025 Joshua understood that the battle was part of a larger conflict. What do we know about the conflict in which God Himself was involved? Read Revelation 12:7-9, Isaiah 14:12-14, Ezekiel 28:11-19, and Daniel 10:12-14. God populated the universe with responsible creatures to whom He gave free will, … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 19th of October 2025 Read Joshua 5:13-15. What does this text say about the background of Canaan’s conquest? The Israelites have just crossed the Jordan and stepped onto the enemy’s ground. The fortress of Jericho lies in front of them, its gates firmly shut (Joshua 6:1). At this point, the people … Continue reading –>
