The descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived with the promise of a land inheritance through the Pilgrim Period (215 yrs.), the Egyptian Period (430 yrs.), and the Wilderness Period (40 yrs.). Now it was time to claim the inheritance. God did not hand over the land of Canaan to the Israelites on a silver platter. They had to fight for the right to possess that land. The Scripture source for the Conquest Period is the Book of Joshua and seven
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