The Conquest
Teachers
Lesson Summary
The class reviewed key events in Israel’s conquest of Canaan, focusing on the crossing of the Jordan River and its significance. Teacher LRCOC Teacher emphasized how God’s miracles, such as drying up the Jordan, confirmed Joshua’s leadership and revealed His mighty power to the nations (Joshua 4:23-24). The lesson also revisited Rahab’s faith, as highlighted in Joshua 2:12, and James 2:25, which underscores her justification by works. Central to the discussion was the spiritual preparation of the Israelites before conquering Jericho, including the circumcision of the new generation at Gilgal and the Passover celebration marking their transition from wilderness life to the Promised Land. The class emphasized that God’s actions were not merely miraculous but purposeful, aimed at fostering covenantal obedience and inspiring the world to fear Him. The teacher also drew parallels between the Jordan crossing and the Red Sea, showing how each event reinforced God’s sovereignty and the importance of faith in His promises.
Key Scriptures
For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up for us until we passed over. So that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty, that you may fear the Lord your God forever.
For the people of Israel walked 40 years in the wilderness until all the nation, the men of war, who came out of Egypt, perished, because they did not obey the voice of the Lord.