Joshua
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Review;
Share with me some things you learned from the study in Exodus about Moses and Intimacy with God.
What was God’s purpose in giving the Ten Commandments?
Which of the commandments stuck out the most to you?
From the giving of the Ten Commandments to the Book of Joshua, where will will begin our new Bible study, there were a lot of things that happened. For instance;
The rest of the Book of Exodus, God expands upon the commands in more details of how to deal with social and spiritual situations.
There is the formal ratification of The Covenant with Israel through blood/sacrifice to God.
There is the plans given for the Tabernacle, priests and offerings that are to be made daily, annually and the feast days.
Then at the end of Exodus the Tabernacle is complete and God fills the tabernacle with His glory.
Leviticus is God’s guidebook for His newly redeemed people, showing them how to worship, serve and obey a holy God. Leviticus focuses on the worship and walk of the nation of God.
Numbers is the book of wandering. The Book of Leviticus covers only one month at the foot of Mt. Sinai, but Numbers covers nearly 40 years of wilderness because of Israels refusal to enter into God’s Promised Land for them. Numbers is a book of divine discipline so that the people can mature spiritually to learn to trust and obey God.
Joshua is the first of the historical books [Joshua-Esther] that picks up where Deuteronomy left off. Israel has now reached the point of finally fulfilling the centuries old promise of God to Abraham.
1 Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you.
2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
18 On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates—
Even though all the generation from 20 years old and up have passed away in the wilderness for their disobedience to God, God was still using His discipline to help others prepare for what lie ahead, including Joshua.
1. Joshua born a Slave;
1. Joshua born a Slave;
Joshua was born into slavery in Egypt. He was given the name Hoshea [salvation/Num. 13:8] by his parents trusting God’s promises of redemption for His people. Moses later changed his name to Joshua [Jehovah is salvation/Num. 13:16]
Joshua was the firstborn son of Nun [1 Chron. 7:20-27/genealogy]. This meant that his life was in danger the night of Passover, but he had faith in the Lord and was protected by the blood of the lamb.
13 Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
Though born a slave, Joshua was a man of faith who knew the Lord and trusted Him to do wonders for His people.
2. Joshua becomes a Soldier;
2. Joshua becomes a Soldier;
The first official recorded act of Joshua in Scripture is his defeat of the Amalekites when they attacked Israel about two months after Israel’s exodus from Egypt.
8 Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
9 And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.”
10 So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and fought with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11 And so it was, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
12 But Moses’ hands became heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
13 So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.”
15 And Moses built an altar and called its name, The-Lord-Is-My-Banner;
16 for he said, “Because the Lord has sworn: the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”
[v.14] God was preparing and testing Joshua’s courage and faith even now to lead Israel in the conquest of Canaan later.
3. Joshua promoted to Servant;
3. Joshua promoted to Servant;
It sounds strange to say you get promoted to servanthood, but that’s exactly what happened to Joshua.
Servant- minister, assistant, assist another
13 So Moses arose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.
Moses carried Joshua with him to receive the commands of God and all the instructions for the tabernacle, priests and the people. Joshua not only had to be a warrior, now he needed to know God in the same intimate way Moses did. He needed to know the Word.
7 Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone who sought the Lord went out to the tabernacle of meeting which was outside the camp.
8 So it was, whenever Moses went out to the tabernacle, that all the people rose, and each man stood at his tent door and watched Moses until he had gone into the tabernacle.
9 And it came to pass, when Moses entered the tabernacle, that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses.
10 All the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the tabernacle door, and all the people rose and worshiped, each man in his tent door.
11 So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.
Joshua is a symbol of what king David would be [a soldier king], but a type of Christ [deliverer of his people]
4. Joshua the Spy;
4. Joshua the Spy;
Joshua was one of the 12 men that was sent into Canaan to spy out the land that God had promised them [Num. 13]. They all agreed the land was as God had said, but 10 of the men were afraid of the people in the land and gave a bad report and caused the rest of Israel to want to return to Egypt. Only Joshua and Caleb trusted the Lord to go and take what He had already given them.
6 But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;
7 and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: “The land we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land.
8 If the Lord delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, ‘a land which flows with milk and honey.’
9 Only do not rebel against the Lord, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread; their protection has departed from them, and the Lord is with us. Do not fear them.”
Close;
Throughout all of Joshua’s life, from being born a slave in Egypt to spying out God’s land of promise for His people, God was grooming Joshua to be Moses’ successor. The reason Joshua was successful was his faith and trust in the Word of God.
As we began this study in the Book of Joshua, seek out what God has been doing in your life to prepare you to enter into your promised land with Him.