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Joshua
Contributed by Jason Jones on Jun 3, 2024 (message contributor)
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1. Flint Knives
Contributed on Jun 3, 2024
The physical circumcision of the Israelites recommitting to the covenant, compared to the NT circumcision of the heart
Background to passage: The Israelites have just crossed the Jordan on dry ground, set up the stones for remembrance for the generations, and are preparing for what God has next in his plan for them to inherit the land of promise. Doubt they saw this coming. What does it mean? Why would God ask them ...read more
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2. God's Heart
Contributed on Jun 3, 2024
This passage shows God's heart for people to know and put their faith in him.
Background to passage: The people of Israel have been wandering around the desert for 40 years, Moses has died, Joshua has been commissioned and encouraged. The people have been given a charge and accepted. Rahab hid and made a deal with the spies. The people have come to the encampment on the east ...read more
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3. Separation In Preparation
Contributed on Jun 3, 2024
Joshua tells the people to sanctify themselves in preparation to see God to wonders tomorrow
Background to passage: Joshua’s preparation for the journey, then instructions to Israel, their commitment, then the account of Rahab and the spies in Jericho. God is fulfilling his promise to give Isreal the land that he spoke up to all the generations from Abraham on. The next big event is to ...read more
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4. How To Make Your Life Count
Contributed on Jun 3, 2024
Rahab is an unlikely candidate for the next linchpin in the possession of the land and fulfillment of God's promises
A. Background to passage: Rahab was a pagan prostitute, an unlikely candidate for the next linchpin person in the fulfilling of the promise of the land. A person who’s legacy did not end because of a faded beauty in a house of ill-repute, but in the genealogy of Jesus. She is noted in the NT on ...read more
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5. Prerequisites For Success
Contributed on Jun 5, 2024
Instructions and commitments before crossing the Jordan to possess the land
Background to passage: After God had given Joshua encouragement and promises of his presence, Joshua gave the people instructions as to the preparations for the next few days when they would enter the land. He gave all the people a few instructions, but dealt with a the two and a half tribes ...read more
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6. Rivers And Funerals
Contributed on Jun 5, 2024
First passage of Joshua, continuation of Deuteronomy. God's faithfulness to his promises
Background to passage: It’s called the metanarrative of scripture; the overarching story; the point from beginning to end. There are high points—creation, the fall, the flood, the patriarchs, and so on. They all tell the story of scripture up to this point. God has been working his mighty acts to ...read more