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Gleanings from Joshua (Paperback)
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"In approaching the study of one of the books of Scripture it must
be of considerable help to the student if he can ascertain what is
its main design and what is its outstanding topic. As pointed out
in the pages in our Introduction to Exodus each book in the Bible
has a prominent and dominant theme which, as such, is peculiar to
itself, around which everything is made to center and of which all
the details are but the amplification. What that leading subject
may be, we should make it our business to prayerfully and
diligently ascertain. This can best be discovered by reading and
re-reading the book under review, noting carefully any particular
feature or expression which occurs frequently in it-such as "under
the sun" in Ecclesiastes or "the righteousness of God" in Romans.
"The book of Joshua records one of the most interesting and
important portions of Israel's history. It treats of the period of
their estatement as a nation, of which Genesis was prophetic and
the rest of the Pentateuch immediately preparatory. The books of
Moses would be imperfect without this one: as it is the capstone of
them, so it is the foundation of those which follow. Omit Joshua
and there is a gap left in the sacred history which nothing could
supply. Without it what proceeds would be incomprehensible and what
follows unexplained. The sacred writer was directed to fill that
gap by narrating the conquest and apportionment of the Promised
Land. Thus this book may be contemplated from two distinct but
closely related standpoints: first as the end of Israel's trials
and wanderings in the wilderness, and second as the beginning of
their new life in the land. It is that twofold viewpoint which
supplies the clue to its spiritual interpretation, as it alone
solves the problem which so many have found puzzling in this book."
Arthur Walkington Pink was an English Christian evangelist and
Biblical scholar known for his staunchly Calvinist and Puritan-like
teachings. Though born to Christian parents, prior to conversion he
migrated into a Theosophical society (an occult gnostic group
popular in England during that time), and quickly rose in
prominence within their ranks. His conversion came from his
father's patient admonitions from Scripture. It was the verse,
Proverbs 14:12, 'there is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but
the end thereof are the ways of death, ' which particularly struck
his heart and compelled him to renounce Theosophy and follow Jesus.
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