Tribes East of Jordan and Getting Ready for Conquest

Now Moses is told that his time is up so Joshua will succeed him. Not really replace Moses. Joshua has been Moses' right hand man since the beginning. Now God tell him to appoint Joshua as his successor and give him SOME of his authority. Notice SOME. Moses saw God face to face, where as Joshua will not. He will be going through the priests as well as he will not be doing miracles that Moses was able to complete through God.

When the men of Gad and Reuben want to live in a different area Moses thinks that this might be a sign of cowardliness. And he also realizes that there is a lot of men that may not be willing to fight in the battle. But after a bit he realizes that this is not the truth and he allows them to go there. You know I think that this request form these people are kinda like a lot of Christians today. Somewhat materialistic. I know that is a weird statement, but think about it. We, as Christians, are sometimes no better then a non christian. We try to keep up with the Jones, buy the fancy clothes, huge houses with all the re-modeling etc. Is that a sign of the world or of God? Was it a sign from God for them to move to a different area just because it was a really nice place and bigger for their cattle etc. Did God instruct them to get a bigger and better place to live or would they have lived just fine where God originally instructed everyone to go?

Here we go. We are off and running for the battle. God once more instructs the people to drive out ALL the people. They are to take possession of what God is giving them. What God has promised them. The blessing from God. All they/we have to do is reach out and by faith take what He has promised them/us!