• Joshua’s conquest of Canaan is neither a model for foreign policy nor an example of ancient barbarism. Instead, it was a divinely mandated act of judgment. In this specific instance, God’s end-time judgment of sin was brought forward into the present (Gen. 15:16). Viewing Scripture as a single story is one of the most important lenses for reading it rightly, and it brings some of the greatest rewards. It enables us to climb to the peaks of the revelation of God’s saving acts and catch a view of
Page 36