Joshua’s Gauntlet of Divine Providence is a concise history reference guide of the history of Holy Land with Biblical references for Gen-Z-res, historians, and those that like more in depth history of the Old Testament, and Holy Land and its immense impact on history and culture. This will be a huge reference guide to pastors preparing their messages. It provides a huge amount of history without being bogged down with details.

 

Joshua’s Gauntlet of Divine Providence is a Cliffs Note-style look at the history of the Holy Land and Bible from the time when Abraham journeyed to what was the former land of Canaan, to Joseph time in Egypt, Moses leading Israel through the wilderness, and Joshua and Caleb settling Canaan.

This book covers King David’s Reign up to the Exile of Israel in Babylon and Iran, and up to the Crusades. This reveals the Muslim control of the Holy land that became Palestine and how the two World Wars impacted and reshaped Palestine with the migration of the Jewish people back to the Holy Land after World War I and especially World War II.

This looks at a letter called the White Letter that was the first mentioned and move of Britain to allow the Jews to resettle the Holy Land from Europe. This examines how World War II Jewish Veterans trained in special operations helped form the defense of Jewish settlers that later formed Israel Defense Forces after May 14, 1948.

These Veterans of World War II helped form the elite special forces called the Sayeret Matkal (Sa`yette´ MaT-Kal) Unit that was created in 1957, a eleven years before Israel became the modern-day State if Israel. This special unit rescued the Israel hostages in Entebbe on July 4, 1976. This unit was intrigued in June 2025 Raising Lion that led to the U.S. bombing mission code name, Midnight Hammer of B-2 Bombers that took out Iran Unclean Facilities and Program.

Joshua’s Gauntlet of Divine Providence looks at Israel’s wars and conflict and the hopeful peace that The Abraham Accords could bring peace to the Middle East. If you are a student of the Middle East, a person looking for background and history to the Bible, pastor wanting additional reference for your messages, or a military historian wanting an overview of the Holy land, please purchase you copy of Joshua’s Gauntlet of Divine Providence on Amazon Kindle in eBook or paperback:

Author of Joshua’s Gauntlet of Divine Providence by Charles W. Boatright