Introduction to Joshua Joshua is the first book in the second section of the Hebrew text, the Prophets. It is named after the primary person of the story, Joshua, Moses’ faithful right-hand man and God’s appointed leader of Israel. Joshua was a man of action, and his book recounts many of those stories in the […]
Chapter five seems to be a continuation of the scene in heaven. While the groups praised and worshiped God, John saw that God was holding a scroll closed by seven seals, but no one in all of heaven was worthy to open his scroll. This caused John to weep until one of the elders pointed
Chapter two contains the vision God gave Habakkuk in response to his questions of chapter one. God would reveal to Habakkuk what was yet to happen to Babylon, but he did not promise that Habakkuk himself would see it take place (vs. 2-3). Although Habakkuk is relatively unknown to many Christians, verse four is quoted
