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Today we will meet Joshua the person, but first take a short trip into Canaan, the land into which Joshua would lead God’s people. Historically, this is during the Bronze Age, which ran from circa 3000 BC to 1125 BC. The Macedonian peoples were strongly impacted by the invasion of Greek-speaking people, who brought their culture and their metalworking talents. Their pottery and jewelry became a mixture of Macedonia and Greek influences, while the introduction of copper and

It’s time to change gears in our thinking as we shift from the Old Testament and Deuteronomy, to the New Testament and 1 Corinthians. Moses was given a great gift by God- he was brought up onto Mt. Nebo, where God supernaturally showed him all of the Promised Land (which could not normally be seen in its entirety from the mountain) before he died. Their last moments together were a private time between Moses and the Lord, and God or His angels buried Moses in Moab; no human t

Knowing the context of what we are reading along with the culture of the Scripture’s intended audience are part of exegesis, the practice of discovering the original meaning of a text. The word exegesis means drawing out, from the Greek exēgeisthai, to lead out. The goal of correct exegesis is to interpret the meaning of the passage as it was intended for its original audience.