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Feb 15, 2022 · In The Message of Joshua, David G. Firth explores this story as part of God's mission, which goes on to find its ultimate focus in Jesus Christ. He illuminates the meaning that the book of Joshua still has for Christians today.
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Dec 16, 2021 · In The Message of Joshua, David G Firth explores this story as part of God's mission, which goes on to find its ultimate focus in Jesus Christ. He illuminates the meaning that the book of Joshua still has for Christians today; it challenges us, just as it challenges those who have read it down through the ages, to recognize that God not only ...
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- A. The Historical Setting of The Book of Joshua.
- B. God Commissions Joshua’s work.
- C. Preparations to Cross The Jordan.
1. God made a covenant with Abraham (Genesis 12:1-3), which was passed on to Isaac, Jacob, and the 12 sons of Jacob (Israel).
a. The covenant God made with Abraham and his covenant descendants promised them a land, a nation, and a blessing that would extend to all nations. b. In the time of Jacob (Israel) and his sons, the family moved to Egypt. They were first received as honored guests but eventually became slaves in Egypt.
2. After approximately 400 years, Israel was delivered from their slavery in Egypt. Led by Moses, the people of Israel left Egypt and came to Mount Sinai, where Israel received God’s covenant.
a. Israel’s deliverance from Egypt became the central act of redemption in the Old Testament. God often reminded Israel that He had delivered them from Egypt’s bondage, and the feasts of Passover, Unleavened Bread, and Tabernacles were instituted to remind Israel of God’s deliverance. b. The exodus and everything associated with it were real historical events, but their meaning is greater than mere past events. God spoke through history to give an example of the greater deliverance of His peo...
3. After a year at Mount Sinai, God offered Israel the opportunity to enter Canaan by faith, trusting in Him to conquer the people of Canaan.
a. At Kadesh Barnea, Israel failed to take the opportunity by faith, refusing to enter the land God promised them, and declaring their desire to return to Egypt. b. Because of their unbelief and rebellion, God decreed that Israel would remain in the wilderness for another 38 years, until the generation of unbelief died, and a new generation was willing to take Canaan by faith. c. God miraculously sustained Israel in the wilderness until a new generation was ready to trust God’s promise for Ca...
1. (1) After the passing of Moses, God speaks to Joshua.
After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it came to pass that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying: a. After the death of Moses: Moses was the great servant of the LORD and leader of Israel. His death is recorded in Deuteronomy 34. As great as Moses was, he would never lead the people of God into the land of promise. i. “No man is indispensable. God’s work goes on uninterrupted. The instruments are changed, but the Master-hand is the same, and lays one to...
2. (2-3) God’s promise of land to Joshua and all Israel.
“Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them—the children of Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses. a. Moses My servant is dead: God recognized the transition of leadership from Moses to Joshua. Moses had been appropriately mourned (Deuteronomy 34:8); now it was time to look ahead at the new work God would do through Israel’s new leader. i. God’...
3. (4-5) The promise: victory is assured because Joshua is called by God.
From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your territory. No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you. a. From the wilderness…as far as the great river: This describes the precise territory of the land God gave to Israel. The specific geographical boundar...
1. (10-11) Command to the officers.
Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, “Pass through the camp and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you will cross over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’” a. Prepare provisions for yourselves: Israel had arrived at this general area on the eastern side of the Jordan River back in Numbers 20. After remaining here through the rest of the book of Numbers and the entir...
2. (12-15) Reminder to the eastern tribes.
And to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh Joshua spoke, saying, “Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, ‘The LORD your God is giving you rest and is giving you this land.’ Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But you shall pass before your brethren armed, all your mighty men of valor, and help them, until the LORD has given your brethren rest, as...
3. (16-18) The eastern tribes promise their allegiance to Joshua.
So they answered Joshua, saying, “All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. Just as we heeded Moses in all things, so we will heed you. Only the LORD your God be with you, as He was with Moses. Whoever rebels against your command and does not heed your words, in all that you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and of good courage.” a. All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go: This was a display of unity in Israel tha...
The Message of Joshua: Promise and People. Written by David G. Firth Reviewed By David M. Howard, Jr. Old Testament. “We should begin by noting the elephant in the room.”. Thus boldly does David Firth begin his book, under the heading “Joshua and the problem of violence” (p. 19).
Feb 7, 2022 · David Firth’s biblical theology commentary on Joshua provides balanced exegesis and explanation of the details of the book of Joshua from an evangelical perspective. His biblical theology sections are judicious and avoid typological excess which sometimes plagues these kinds of commentaries.
Dec 6, 2015 · It is an action-packed story--but perhaps more than any other, Joshua is the Old Testament book that most troubles contemporary readers, whether Christians or critics: Isn't there too much violence, and isn't this inconsistent with the rest of Scripture, and the gospel?
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It is an action-packed story—but perhaps more than any other, Joshua is the Old Testament book that most troubles contemporary readers, whether Christians or critics: Isn't there...
