More thoughts on the discrepancy between the triumphalistic end of Joshua and the depressed pessimistic start of Judges.
Is this not a pciture of the Christian?
On the one hand, we are now saved, completely, by the death and ressurection of Christ. We have a the promises NOW. We are a new creation, NOW.
On the other hand, we are still working out our salvation. There are areas of our lives that have still not been brought under the rule of Christ. Stubborn sins and habits that we allow to remain, like dandelions in the lawn, they keep springing back up. Our bodies are still sick. Our minds are still weak.
Jesus says "A time is coming, and now is....".
We have the promise of the final fulfillment of all things, and though we do not yet see it and are honest about its dissapointments, we can still start to live now IN the final fulfillment of the promises.
So Joshua looks to that future, as yet unfulfilled, as though it has already been fulfilled. Because our 'future' is our timeless God's 'now'.
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