The Battle for Jericho Joshua 6:15–25 The people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell down flat. Joshua 6:20 If you are a Christian, you are a soldier in God’s army and are engaged in a war where many enemy strongholds need to be conquered. We see them everywhere. There are fortresses of evil…

Consecration Joshua 5:1–12 Joshua . . . circumcised the sons of Israel. . . . They kept the Passover. Joshua 5:3, 10 The consecration of the people of Israel at Gilgal was made by reenactment of the covenant signs of circumcision and the Passover. This took place after the crossing of the river but prior to the assault on…

Rahab’s Faith Joshua 2:1–16 For the Lord your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath. Joshua 2:11 Rahab’s experience is parallel to that of everyone who comes to God through faith in Jesus Christ today. Joshua tells us that after Rahab had helped the spies and they had agreed…

The Role of God’s Word Joshua 1:1–9 Being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Joshua 1:7 The heart of Joshua’s commissioning by God was to know his Word personally. There are four parts to this commissioning. 1. Joshua was to know God’s Word. That is, he was…

Found Wanting Deuteronomy 5:1–22 You shall learn [the statutes and the rules] and be careful to do them. Deuteronomy 5:1 As we look at the Ten Commandments, we find ourselves wanting. We have not worshiped God as we ought. We have worshiped idols, albeit of our own making. We have not fully honored his name….

The Real Battle Numbers 33:1–4 On their gods also the Lord executed judgments. Numbers 33:4 A historian might look at the story of the exodus from Egypt and say, “Moses must have been a great leader, and the victory there was his victory. He succeeded in rallying the people to the point at which they…

Look to Jesus Numbers 21:4–9 If a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live. Numbers 21:9 For the Israelites to be saved from their snakebites, the only thing required was that they believe God’s word about the bronze snake and look to it as he commanded them. So also are…

Eyes on God Numbers 13:26–33 Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it. Numbers 13:30 Twelve spies were sent into the Promised Land. As far as the land itself was concerned, the reports of the twelve spies agreed: it was a land flowing with milk and…

The Humble Spirit Numbers 11:24–30 Would that all the Lord’s people were prophets, that the Lord would put his Spirit on them! Numbers 11:29 For some reason, two of the elders of Israel were not present when the Spirit of God came upon the others. They had remained in the camp. But when the Holy…

Jubilee Leviticus 25:8–13 In this year of jubilee each of you shall return to his property. Leviticus 25:13 Jubilee was the year, occurring every fifty years, in which all land holdings in Israel were to revert to their original family owners. Nothing in our experience exactly parallels this year of Jubilee. But the intent of…