Joshua Chapter 1
If you look at the Book of Genesis, the nation of Israel was born. In the Book of Exodus Israel was chosen. In the Book of Numbers, the Nation was proven. In the Book of Leviticus it was brought nigh by the blood. In Deuteronomy it was instructed. Now in the Book of Joshua it faces conflict and conquest. The book of Joshua completes the redemption of Israel that was began in Exodus. Exodus showed the redemption out of Egypt; Joshua shows the redemption into the Promised Land.
David Parham
12/7/20241 min read
Joshua Chapter 1
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Introduction: We begin a new study on the Book of Joshua this week.
God gave the children of Israel the land in an unconditional covenant. Gen 17:8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. Joshua was the successor to Moses. He was born a slave in Egypt. He was 40 years old at the time of Exodus out of Egypt and 80 years old when he received the commission from Moses to lead the people out. He lived to be 120 years old.
Israel was camped near the upper part of the Dead Sea just opposite the side of river where Jericho lay. It had been 40 years since the Israelites had left Egypt, and it was now spring of the year, called the month of Abib (our April).
I. The Commandment of God to Joshua
Josh 1:1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
We see that the book opens right after the death of Moses. His death was a heavy loss unto Israel because he had been a great leader. Through him the people had been delivered from the cruel bondage of slavery over in Egypt.
Moses was a great leader and his death was viewed as a great loss.
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