Week 9

Choice 1: Joshua 7-24. “Choose You This Day Whom Ye Will Serve”

Read Joshua 10:12-14 and the Institute Student Manual commentary for Joshua 10:12-14,
“Did the Sun Really Stand Still in the Heavens?” (pg. 240). Did the sun really stand still in the heavens? Write a paragraph how you could explain these verses to someone who says he or she won’t believe the Bible because of this obvious contradiction with science.

It is not the the sun itself stood still, the earth did. The earth was made to stand still.


Read the chapter summaries of Joshua 7-22. Make two lists—one that identifies Israel’s successes and another that identifies Israel’s failures.

Successes:
They take Ai
They obtain the Gibeonites
Defeat the Amorites
Conquer whole land
Thirty-three kings are conquered by Israel


Failures:
Ai defeats them


Read Joshua 23-24 and the Institute Student Manual commentary for Joshua 24:1-28, “Choose You This Day Whom Ye Will Serve” (pg. 242). What do you think was the major theme of Joshua’s final address to his people? Based on the lists you created from Joshua 7-22, write a paragraph that explains why Joshua chose to deliver his final address on this particular topic.

I feel that the major theme of his final address was "Who are you going to serve?" This was the case because they kept wavering between Baal and God, between idols and the Living God. So he made it clear that he hadn't led the people astray but that they had to choose.