5 Foreword

Do you know what the Christian land of promise is? Is Heaven the goal of the Christian warfare? Or is Heaven a station along the way while God’s conquerors are being prepared to invade the land of promise?

Did Christ come to earth in order to bring us to Heaven so we may live there forever? Is this what the Scriptures teach?

The land of promise of the Hebrews was Canaan, an area filled with demon-worshiping tribes. The children of Israel were directed by the Lord God to enter Canaan and take possession of it. They were to slay without mercy the inhabitants of the cities. The purged Canaan was the "rest of God," the permanent abiding place of the Lord’s people.

Is the conquest of Canaan a type of our entering and taking possession of Heaven?

Pressing Toward the Mark explains the goal of the Christian warfare and sets forth the steps that lead to the fullness of victory in Christ.

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ. (Philippians 3:14)

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. (Hebrews 4:9)

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