Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of God’s Mission in the Bible (Biblia.com)

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Announcing the Kingdom provides a comprehensive survey of the biblical foundation of mission. It investigates the development of the kingdom of God theme in the Old Testament, describing what the concept tells us about God's mission in creation, the flood, and the covenant with Abraham. It then describes God's mission through the nation of Israel during the exodus, at Mt. Sinai, and through the...

at Sinai. This earlier instruction was quite extensive (Exod. 28, 29, 39, 40; Lev. 1–8, 11–17, 21, 22, 27; Num. 15, 29). The concern of Moses was that God’s will be fully understood. He particularly stressed the thesis that obedience to Yahweh brings blessing, but disobedience can lead to disaster. Then he appointed Joshua to be his successor. When this final task was finished, Moses ascended Mount Pisgah, was given sight of the land afar off, and died alone. God buried him. With Joshua a new, second

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