The Final Promotion [Old Soldiers Never Die] Joshua 23-24 As Joshua Breaks up the Bivouac Camp for the last time in his life. Joshua was about to go “the way of all the earth” Josh. 23:14, the way you and I must go if the Lord doesn’t return first. But at the end of a long and full life, Joshua’s greatest concern wasn’t himself. His greatest concern was his people and their relationship to the Lord. Joshua the son of Nun had lived! His long life started in Egyptian bondage and ended in a worship service in the Promised Land. In between those events God had used him to lead Israel in defeating the enemy, conquering the land, and claiming the promised inheritance. With the Apostle Paul, Joshua could sincerely say, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith” 2 Tim. 4:7. But at the end of a long and full life, Joshua’s greatest concern wasn’t himself. His greatest concern was his people and their relationship to the Lord. He didn’t want to leave until he had challenged them once again to love the Lord and keep His commandments. His life’s work would be in vain if they failed to keep the covenant and enjoy the blessings of the Promised Land. The book closes with three burials. Joshua died at the age of 110 and was buried in his own inheritance. Eleazer the high priest Num. 20:28 died and was also buried in Ephraim, near Shiloh, where his son Phinehas had property. The bones of Joseph were buried in Shechem in the plot of ground Jacob had bought from Hamor. The book of Joshua is about claiming and conquering our personal land of Canaan victory. In order to do that, we must make a daily decision to give to God our surrender, our submission