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When Will There Be Peace?
Joshua 11:1-23
Stephen Caswell © 1999
/When Will There Be Peace?/
Illustration Of General MacArthur
During World War II, General MacArthur, was the commander in chief of the Allied forces in the Pacific region.
At one stage he was forced to withdraw from the Philippines because of the Japanese advance.
But before he left he promised the people of the Philippines that he would return and liberate them one day.
After some fierce battles the Japanese army was forced to retreat.
The defence department of America wanted to bypass the Philippine Islands and liberate them later.
But General MacArthur kept his word and liberated them immediately and then moved on toward Japan.
He didn’t allow the enemy to retain any territory.
He knew there could be no peace until the final victory!
Introduction
/Do you ever wonder when we will have peace?/
At times, it seems like we are always fighting against our adversary, the devil.
Sometimes the battle rages fiercely.
This is because Satan knows he only has a little time left.
Christ has already defeated him on the cross.
However the battle continues even though he will lose the war.
/There can be no peace while Satan roams around./
So we must not drop our guard until the final victory is completed.
A good soldier doesn’t look for peace until the enemy has been totally conquered.
God will give us peace and rest in His good time.
Until then we persevere.
Until then we fight the good fight.
/Last Sunday we saw how five kings formed an alliance to attack Gibeon/.
Joshua honoured his word to the Gibeonites.
He exercised great faith in God and won a tremendous victory.
Again word of this spread very quickly.
/How did the northern nations respond?/
*/Firstly/* The Confederation - /Resistance/
After the total defeat of the southern alliance you might think that the enemy might give up or seek peace.
But no they determined to fight Joshua and Israel with an even bigger army.
When Jabin King of Hazor heard of Joshua’s victory he responded quickly.
Verse 1-2 says that he sent word to the other kings of northern Canaan.
He sent runners north, south, east and west to all the kings.
They assembled a huge army to attack Israel.
*Joshua 11:4* /And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.
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Many Kings/*/ /
Jabin summoned the other kings to form a confederation.
Adonizedek king of Jerusalem followed this same strategy in chapter 10.
There could have been 19 kings or more that fought against Joshua at this time.
Joshua chapter 12 tells us that Israel conquered 2 kings under Moses’ leadership and 31 under Joshua’s leadership.
Joshua conquered 11 kings during the campaigns in Central and Southern Canaan.
This leaves as many as 19 kings.
Normally these kings didn’t get on together.
But they united to fight against a common enemy, Israel.
Verse 10 tells us that Hazor was the head of all those kingdoms.
Hazor was a city of some 200 acres.
Jabin was probably the ruler over all these kingdoms.
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*/b.
Many Soldiers/*
Verse 4 says, /And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude/.
All of these kings assembled a huge army.
They
went out with all their hosts.
This is a military term and refers to the fact that they were all soldiers.
They had many people, as many as the sand on the seashore.
This expression does not mean that there was an infinite number, but simply means a huge body of people.
*/c.
Many Chariots and Horses/*
Verse 4 also says that they had many horses and chariots.
This refers to cavalry and war chariots.
Josephus a Jewish historian speculated that 300,000 infantry soldiers, 10,000 cavalry troops and 20,000 chariots were involved in the conflict.
The odds against Israel seemed overwhelming.
I am sure the Northern Confederation must have felt encouraged.
*Joshua 11:5 says: */And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel./
Jabin probably summoned them to the waters of Merom to make plans for the battle.
Perhaps they wanted to devise a strategy that would enable them to use their great army to maximum effect.
They gathered here so that they could fight against Israel as a united force.
Application
The enemy /resisting/ Israel in this conflict was enormous.
/How could Israel stand against such a mighty army?/
They couldn’t.
But God could enable them to!
Each battle that Israel fought was larger than the previous one.
God prepared Israel for the next battle through the lessons of the previous one.
God’s past faithfulness in giving victory would encourage them for the next conflict.
God gave sufficient resources, sufficient grace for the battle at hand.
In the same way, God uses our present battles to prepare us for greater conflicts in the future.
*/If you are standing for the Lord, expect Satan’s resistance.
But ask for God’s Grace?/* His grace will always be sufficient.
Paul learnt this lesson when he requested that God remove his thorn in the flesh.
*2 Corinthians 12:8-9* /Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.
And He said to me, *“My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”
*Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
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Illustration Of Working At Tacspo
At the end of 1993 we decided to go to Bible College.
I prayed that God would prepare me for college in the meantime.
Well 1994 was one of the hardest years I ever experienced.
The pressure at work was incredible.
One of the sales staff made life very difficult for me.
This forced me to rely on the Lord in a way that I hadn’t before.
To get my work done each week and still keep up with my commitments at church was hard.
I was involved in a musical and V B S. I often lead a Bible study and helped with the Junior Youth.
Balancing all of this and my family time was hard.
But God gave me the grace to get through when I asked Him for it.
This was excellent preparation for the commitment required in Bible College.
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