Commentary on the book of Joshua
Fr. Tadros Y. Malaty

Commentary on the book of Joshua

Standing with awe and admiration before the great among the prophets, Moses, the receiver of the Law, and the first leader of the people of God, who brought them out of the land of bondage and the bitter servitude of Pharoh, by the mighty arm of the Lord; Yet, as a representative of the Law, he could not bring them into the land of promise, to enjoy Jerusalem, the city of the great King, and to establish there the temple of the Lord. He had to get them across the wilderness, but to stop at the rim of the River Jordan, on the mountain of Moab; there, to look from afar toward the land of promise, yet not to enter it; leaving that to ‘Joshua’, the new leader, as a representative of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is alone capable of realizing what the Law could not do, to bring us up to the inheritance; and by whom the promises, long awaited by humanity, are realized.

Through this evangelical view, we see in the book of Joshua, an open Bible, that draws its strength from the salvation work of our Lord Jesus Christ; and, at the same time, reveals the secrets of the New Testament, and presents them in exalted abundance.

I pray to our gracious Lord Jesus, to use this work, to motivate us through it, to yearn to the enjoyment of our eternal inheritance in Him, through the work of His fiery Holy Spirit.

Fr. Tadros Y. Malaty

(Monastery of St. Mena; Mariut September 1982 )