Bible Survey

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Bible Survey

• Joshua

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Bible Survey Joshua

• Title
• Hebrew veîAh vu(Ahy vu(ygt
• Greek Ihsou/j Nau/j
• Latin Liber Ioshue

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Bible Survey Joshua

• Author
• Joshua

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Bible Survey Joshua

• Date of Writing
• 1405 1390 BC

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Bible Survey Joshua

• Theme
• The Firstfruits of the Promise

God had promised Abraham that his descendents
would inherit the land of Canaan. This promise
begins to be fulfilled in the book of Joshua, but
only begins. I say that the theme is the
firstfruits of the promise, because the people of
Israel do not possess the land entirely, but only
begin to take possession of it. They receive the
land, but it is theirs to subdue.
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Bible Survey Joshua

• Purpose of Writing
• Perhaps the most significant lesson of the book
  of Joshua is that victory is only possible
  through total obedience and faith in the Lord.
  Joshua details the victorious side of the Canaan
  campaign, where Israel was obedient and faithful
  to the Lord under the direction of Joshua, while
  Judges details the defeats of Israel as a result
  of their disobedience to the Lord after Joshuas
  death.

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• Christ in Joshua
• The Commander of the Army of the Lord

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Bible Survey Joshua

• Christ in Joshua
• The Commander of the Army of the Lord
• Joshua 513-15 Now it came about when Joshua
  was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and
  looked, and behold, a man was standing opposite
  him with his sword drawn in his hand, and Joshua
  went to him and said to him, "Are you for us or
  for our adversaries?" 14 He said, "No rather I
  indeed come now as captain of the host of the
  LORD." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth,
  and bowed down, and said to him, "What has my
  lord to say to his servant?" 15 The captain of
  the LORD'S host said to Joshua, "Remove your
  sandals from your feet, for the place where you
  are standing is holy." And Joshua did so.

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• Christ in Joshua
• The Commander of the Army of the Lord
• He accepts worship
• He identifies himself with the One who spoke from
  the burning bush to Moses
• He asserts sovereign authority over Jericho

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• Christ in Joshua
• The Scarlet Cord

Joshua 218-21 when we come into the land, you
tie this cord of scarlet thread in the window
through which you let us down, and gather to
yourself into the house your father and your
mother and your brothers and all your father's
household. 19 "It shall come about that anyone
who goes out of the doors of your house into the
street, his blood shall be on his own head, and
we shall be free but anyone who is with you in
the house, his blood shall be on our head if a
hand is laid on him. 21 She said, "According
to your words, so be it." So she sent them away,
and they departed and she tied the scarlet cord
in the window.
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Bible Survey Joshua

• Christ in Joshua
• The Scarlet Cord
• Danger of death at Passover and Jericho
• Provision for mercy tied to the house
• Color-theme -

BLOOD-RED
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• Christ in Joshua
• The Person of Joshua

1. Prophet
2. Priest
3. King
4. Conqueror

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• Place in the Canon
• Joshua is at once uplifting and poignant. It is
  uplifting in that tells us the story of Israel,
  Gods people, finally coming into their own.
  Israel has finally grown up and taken possession
  of the land which is hers by divine right. It is
  also poignant because we know the rest of the
  story. We know how she failed to fulfill her
  mission to drive out the inhabitants of the land
  and how that eventually led to her downfall into
  idolatry. The book of Joshua ultimately serves
  as a vital link between the nomadic Israel of the
  Patriarchs and the settled Israel of the Judges
  and ultimately of the monarchy of the Davidic
  line. In this way it also points to the ultimate
  Monarchy, ruled by the ultimate Davidic King,
  Jesus Christ.