Life-Study of Joshua

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I. The first book of the twelve books of history
II. The writer
III. The time
IV. The place
V. The content
VI. The types of Christ
A. Joshua
B. The good land
VII. The types related to Christ
A. Israel’s possessing and enjoying the promised land
1. Israel’s crossing of the river Jordan
2. Israel’s entering into the good land
B. The scarlet thread through which Rahab the harlot was saved
VIII. Israel’s taking possession of the good land being in the line of bringing forth Christ
IX. The central thought
X. The sections

God’s commission _{Message 2}

I. God’s charge, promise, and encouragement to Joshua
A. God’s charge
1. The good land having been given to Israel by God
2. Israel still needing to take the good land
3. The territory of the good land
B. God’s promise
C. God’s encouragement
1. To be strong and bold
2. Not to be afraid or dismayed
3. Saying that Joshua would have success wherever he went
4. In the term of walking in the word of God
II. Joshua’s charge to the people
A. To all the people
B. To the two and a half tribes
III. The people’s response to Joshua
A. Willing to carry out Joshua’s charge
B. Blessing Joshua
C. Encouraging Joshua

Spying out the land _{Message 3}

I. Joshua’s sending of the two spies
II. Jehovah’s providing of Rahab the harlot
A. She having believed in the God of Israel
B. She turning to Israel and their God and trusting in Him and His people
C. She being willing to receive the spies, hide them, and deliver them by her acts out of her faith
D. The sign for Rahab and her household to be saved
1. A line of scarlet thread hanging in the window of her house
2. Typifying an open confession of the redeeming blood of Christ
3. Indicating God’s household salvation to the Gentile sinners
E. A condemned Canaanite qualified to be destroyed becoming one of the main ancestors of Christ
III. The two spies’ return and report

Crossing the river Jordan _{Message 4}

I. The ark of God with the bearing priests taking the lead to go into the Jordan and stand still in the waters
II. The feet of the priests who carried the ark dipping into the edge of the waters, and the waters standing and rising up in a heap
III. The priests who carried the ark of Jehovah standing firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan until all the nation had completely crossed over the Jordan
IV. Twelve representatives of the twelve tribes of Israel taking up twelve stones from the place where the priests’ feet stood firm in the middle of the Jordan and bringing them over and laying them down in the place where Israel lodged that night
V. Joshua erecting twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who carried the ark had stood
VI. The priests who carried the ark standing in the middle of the Jordan until Joshua commanded them, according to the command of Jehovah, to come up out of the Jordan
VII. The priests who carried the ark coming up out of the middle of the jordan, and the waters of the Jordan returning to their place
VIII. The crossing over of the river Jordan being for war against the seven tribes in Canaan
IX. Joshua erecting in Gilgal the twelve stones taken from the Jordan as a memorial testifying of Israel’s crossing over the Jordan by Jehovah’s miraculous deed

The preparation before the attack _{Message 5}

I. The reaction of the kings of the Amorites and the Canaanites to Jehovah’s miraculous deed for Israel to cross over the Jordan
II. The circumcision of the new Israel
A. At Gilgal
B. To make God’s chosen people a new people for the inheritance of God’s promised land
C. Typifying the circumcision of Christ, by His death, on the believers
III. The keeping of the Passover
A. To remember Jehovah’s redemption of Israel from the death judgment on their firstborn sons
B. To remember Jehovah’s salvation of Israel from the power of Pharaoh and Egypt
C. Indicating that Jehovah would destroy the tribes of Canaan and deliver Israel from them
D. Typifying the believers’ keeping of the Lord’s table to remember the Lord’s redemption and salvation
IV. The eating of the produce of the promised land
A. Manna having been the food from heaven in Israel’s wandering in the wilderness
B. The produce of the promised land being the God-given food in their fighting in Canaan
V. The vision seen by Joshua
A. Unveiling Christ to Joshua
B. Christ as the Captain of Jehovah’s army

Taking possession of the good land for Christ and being made His possession _{Message 6}

Our taking possession of the good land for Christ
God’s promise concerning the good land
The need for us to respond to what God has promised, prepared, and given
Gaining Christ for Christ
God’s need for overcomers who struggle to pursue Christ in order to gain Christ
Christ’s making us His possession
Becoming organic by being constituted with Christ as the food produced through our labor on the good land
Transformed metabolically to become God’s inheritance
An organic matter

The destruction of Jericho _{Message 7}

I. The reaction of Jericho to Israel
II. Jehovah’s promise to Joshua
III. The instruction of Jehovah, the Captain of His army, to Joshua
A. To circle the city by all the men of war
B. Going around the city once a day for six days
C. Seven priests carrying seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark
D. On the seventh day circling the city seven times, and the priests blowing the trumpets
E. At the hearing of the trumpet sound, all the people shouting with a great shout
F. The wall of the city falling down flat, and the people going up
IV. Joshua’s charge to the people according to Jehovah’s instruction and the people’s action according to Jehovah’s charge
A. In circling the city
B. The people not shouting until the day Joshua told them to shout
C. The ark of Jehovah circling the city once a day for six days and seven times on the seventh day
D. The people shouting with a great shout, and the wall falling down flat
E. The victory over Jericho being won by Israel’s blowing of the trumpets and shouting
F. Not taking anything from the destruction but saving all the silver, the gold, and the vessels of bronze and iron
V. The salvation rendered to Rahab and her household
VI. The oath made by the people for the cursing of Jericho

The destruction of Ai _{Message 8}

I. The defeat at Ai
A. The children of Israel committing a trespass in the thing devoted to destruction
B. Israel acting on their own, without seeking the Lord’s direction and without having the Lord’s presence
C. Israel being defeated and driven away by the men of Ai
D. The anguish and cry of Joshua and the elders of Israel to Jehovah
E. Jehovah’s charge
F. Israel’s dealing with their sin
1. Finding out the one who committed the sin
2. The death judgment on the sin by stoning
II. The victory over Ai
A. Jehovah’s Instruction
B. The Conquest and Destruction of Ai
III. Joshua’s recording and reading of the law to the people of Israel
A. Building an altar and offering burnt offerings and peace offerings to Jehovah
B. Writing the law of Moses upon the stones
C. Blessing the people of Israel according to what Moses had commanded
D. Reading the entire law to the congregation of Israel

The saving of Gibeon _{Message 9}

I. The kings across the Jordan being threatened and gathering together to fight with Israel
II. The trick of the Gibeonites
A. Deceiving Israel with craftiness
B. Israel making peace and a covenant with them to let them live, without asking the counsel of Jehovah
III. Israel uncovering the trick
A. Still keeping their oath because of the faithfulness of Jehovah
B. Taking them as slaves
IV. Indicating that Jehovah had made His elect, Israel, powerful before the eyes of all the Canaanites

The destruction of all the rest of the nations in the hill country and the lowland west of the Jordan and on all the shore of the great sea _{Message 10}

I. The destruction of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon
A. The king of Jerusalem being threatened by Israel’s destruction of Jericho and Ai and their peaceful agreement with Gibeon
B. The kings of the five nations forming an alliance to fight against Gibeon
C. Israel engaging in war against the five nations
1. The Gibeonites begging Israel to fight for them against the five nations
2. Jehovah encouraging Joshua to defeat them
3. Jehovah sending hailstones to destroy them
4. Jehovah causing the sun and the moon to stay still for about a whole day
5. Joshua and the children of Israel destroying the people of the five nations and killing their kings
II. The destruction of the thirty-one kings of the thirty-one nations in the hill country and the lowland west of Jordan
A. Jehovah, the God of Israel, fighting for Israel
B. According to the command of Moses the servant of Jehovah
C. According to God’s intention
1. Israel burning none of the cities that stood on their mounds except Hazor
2. Some of the Anakim being left in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod
III. The destruction of Heshbon under King Sihon and Bashan under Ku Og east of the Jordan
A. By Moses and the children of Israel
B. Before Israel’s crossing of Jordan
C. Given by Moses to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh

The allotment of the land (1) _{Message 11}

I. The land remaining to be possessed
A. The regions of the land that remained to be possessed
B. Jehovah’s promise
C. Joshua being charged to allot the remaining land west of the Jordan
II. The land east of the Jordan allotted to the two and a half tribes by Moses
III. No land allotted to the tribe of Levi
IV. The land allotted to the tribe of Judah
A. The claim of Caleb
B. The extreme southern part of the good land
C. One hundred twelve cities with their towns and villages
D. The children of Judah being unable to dispossess the Jebusites
V. The land allotted to the tribe of Joseph
A. From Jericho to Bethel and to the sea
B. The land allotted to the children of Ephraim, the second son of Joseph
1. From Jericho through the river Jordan to the sea
2. With the cities in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh
3. Not dispossessing the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer
C. The land allotted to Manasseh, the firstborn of Joseph
1. Gilead and Bashan having been allotted to Machir, the firstborn of Manasseh
2. The land allotted to the rest of the children of Manasseh
3. Manasseh having some cities with their towns in the land of the tribes of Issachar and Asher
4. The daughters of Zelophehad claiming an inheritance among their brothers
5. The children of Manasseh being unable to dispossess the cities in their land
6. The children of Joseph requesting more land

The allotment of the land (2) _{Message 12}

VI. The land to be allotted to the rest of the seven tribes
A. The land allotted to the tribe of Benjamin
B. The land allotted to the tribe of Simeon
C. The land allotted to the tribe of Zebulun
D. The land allotted to the tribe of Issachar
E. The land allotted to the tribe of Asher
F. The land allotted to the tribe of Naphtali
G. The land allotted to the tribe of Dan
H. The inheritance given to Joshua
VII. The cities of refuge
A. Designated for the manslayer who killed a person by mistake and unwittingly
B. Three in Canaan, west of the Jordan
C. Three in the land east of the Jordan
D. Allotted to the Levites
VIII. The cities with their pasture lands allotted to the Levites, claimed by them at Shiloh
A. To the families of the Kohathites and the children of Aaron the priest
B. To the rest of the children of Kohath
C. To the children of Gershon
D. To the children of Merari
IX. The fulfillment of Jehovah’s promise to the fathers of Israel that he would give them the good land
X. The return of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh to their land east of the Jordan
A. Joshua sending them with blessing
B. They building an altar at the river Jordan in the land of Canaan
C. The children of Israel wanting to go up in battle against them
D. The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh explaining that the altar was built not for offerings to God but for a witness
E. Phinehas the priest and the ten leaders of Israel being satisfied with their explanation
F. They naming the altar

Ten aspects of Christ _{Message 13}

Christ in eternity
In His incarnation
In His human living
In His crucifixion
In His resurrection
In His ascension
In His body
In His advent
In the millennial kingdom
In the New Jerusalem

Three particular matters concerning the allotment of the land _{Message 14}

The case of the daughters of Zelophehad
Having their father’s life
The father’s family signifying the church
The females being weaker ones
The cities of refuge
The return of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh to their land east of the Jordan

The departure of Joshua _{Message 15}

I. Joshua’s parting word to the elders, heads, judges, and officers of Israel
A. Reminding them of Jehovah’s faithfulness in promising them and fighting for them
B. Encouraging them to love Jehovah their God and to cling to Him
C. Warning them with the snare, the trap, the scourge in their sides, and thorns in their eyes
II. Joshua’s parting word to all the tribes of Israel with their elders, heads, judges, and officers
A. Reminding them of Jehovah their God’s marvelous deeds to their forefathers and to themselves
B. Charging them to fear Jehovah and serve Him in sincerity and faithfulness
C. The people answering that they would not forsake Jehovah to serve other gods
D. Warning them that Jehovah would do them harm and consume them if they forsook Him and served other gods
E. Making a covenant for the people of Israel in Shechem
III. The death and burial of Joshua
IV. Israel serving Jehovah throughout all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders after Joshua
V. Joseph’s bones being buried in Shechem
VI. The death and burial of Eleazar the son of Aaron

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