Joshua chapter 2 has some interesting parallels with the Gospel. In Joshua chapter 2, after 40 years of wandering in the wilderness, the Israelites finally initiated their conquest of the promised land known as Canaan. They were there to exile and wipe out the corrupt Canaanite culture and live there as a culture that represents God. This was a key promise of the Old Covenant for Israel. Their goal was to take the land promised to them through their ancestor Abraham and live holy, following God’s commands until the Messiah comes. Since Jesus the Messiah had come, we are in the New Covenant, and the goal is to conquer the world for the Kingdom of God. In the new covenant, Earth functions as a spiritual Canaan, and the kingdom of God is like a spiritual Israel that will come and conquer this world when Jesus returns.