Joshua 2 – exegesis
Published December 14, 2009 | Joshua 2
Joshua son of Nun send out two spies secretly to investigate the land of Jericho. Then we are told that they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and they stated there. (v1) Verse one sets the foundation for the rest of the narrative. We learn in verse two that the King of Jericho was notified that some of the Israelites where there that night to spy out the land. However, in verse three we are told that the King sends a message to Rahad. The text dos not tell us how the king knows that the two men are at Rahab house or who told him such information but, we do know that someone told him. Yet Rahab hid the two men and when the massager came to her and asked her to bring out the two men that had entered her house she told them that they had left at dusk when it was time for the city gats to close. Verse three revels that there is more going on in the narrative then the eye can see it is clear that Rahab knows why the men are there and she also know that she needs to help them. Throughout the rest of the narrative a number of things happen and we learn that she know that the LORD has given the two men the land and she asked them to save her and her families lives for she showed kindness to them. Joshua 2 plays off the theme of the establishment of I serial in the promised land it is clear at the end of the text that the time has come for Iserial to move into the area as “The LORD has surely given the whole land into our hands.” V24.
Chris Davignon , North Park University Spring 2009 : Hebrew Bible Prophets class
2 Samuel – exegesis
Published December 14, 2009 | Establishing a temple for the LORD here on earth and The establishment of a place in heaven for David and the people of Israel. The word of the LORD came to Nathan telling him to go tell David ‘this is what the LORD says :Are you the one to build me a house to dwell in ? I have not dwelt in a house from the time I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt to this day. (V5-6a) The LORD goes on to ask David when he had asked why has no one built a house for me. Rather The LORD tells David that he has been with him everywhere he has gone and now The LORD will make your name grate. Although David what’s to make a place for the LORD the LORD douse not want him to because, David douse not understand that the LORD’s place is not here on earth but, rather in Heaven. In verse teen The LORD says that he will provide a place for his people Israel and will plant them so they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. The LORD also tells David that he will establish a house for him when his days are over. The words O LORD and LORD are repeated many times thought out the text . There also seams to be a them of a promos from God that God will make a place in heaven for his chosen people.
Chris Davignon , North Park University Spring 2009 : Hebrew Bible Prophets class