Let me teach you three Hebrew words that will explain why god did what he did for his people, from Genesis all the way through to the end of Joshua. Key. LA olam hasto. For his lovingkindness endures forever. That’s the refrain that you find in Psalm 1:36. Every verse ends. Ki LA olam chasdo. For his lovingkindness is Hasid endures forever. So why did god create the heavens and the earth? Because his loving kindness endures forever. Why did god rescue Israel from slavery in Egypt? Because his loving kindness endures forever. Why did he give them victory over their enemies as they worked their way through the wilderness? Because his loving kindness endures forever. Why, finally, did god give the land to them, the land of promise to his people as an inheritance? Because his love and kindness endures forever. Divine love, which never ends. That explains why god did everything that he did from Genesis 1 through the end of Joshua? Because his love and kindness endures forever. Those three Hebrew words interpret for us all of that history. It’s a history that’s permeated by divine love. Now, this divine love that you find from Genesis to Joshua is teaching us about the divine love that finally is shown in all its glory and all its beauty in the gift of Jesus, who is divine love incarnate for us.