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JOSHUA
CHRIST
1.
Both have the same name. "Jesus" is a Greek transliteration of the Hebrew "Joshua" which means "savior".
Josh 1:1
Mt 1:1
2.
Both are army commanders and warriors who conquered fortresses: Jericho, Satan
Ex 15:3; Josh 5:13-15
Isa 42:13; 55:4; Ps 2:6-9; 110:1-7; Zeph 3:16-17; Lk 11:17-22; Col 2:15; 2 Cor 10:3-4; 1 Cor 15:23-25; Rev 19:11-16; 2 Thess 1:5-10
3.
Both led armies equipped with armor
Josh 4:13; 6:1-3,9
Joel 2:11; 2 Tim 2:3-4; 2 Cor 10:3-4; Eph 6:10-17; Rom 13:12; 2 Cor 6:7
4.
Both were military "forerunners" who spied out the land and returned to lead the people home
Num 14:38; Deut 1:22
Heb 6:19-20
5.
Both were associate with a second coming
Num 13:16-17,25
Heb 9:27-28; Jn 13:36-14:6; Lk 19:12-17
6.
Both give rest and inheritance by bringing God's people into promised land of Canaan/heaven.
Deut 3:28; Josh 14:1; 19:51; Ps 78:54-55; 95:10-11; Acts 13:19
Heb 4:1-11; 9:15; Mt 11:28-30; Eph 1:18-20; Col 1:9-12; 3:23-24; 1 Pet 1:3-5; Rev 21:1-7
7.
Both are the lawgivers and law teachers
Ex 24:13; 32:15-17
Heb 8:13; 12:24; 1 Cor 9:21; Gal 6:2
8.
Both were appointed by Moses as his Holy Spirit filled successors
Deut 18:18-19; Num 27:18-20; Deut 34:9; Josh 1:1-2
Acts 3:20-24; Mt 3:16-17; Lk 4:17-21
9.
Jesus was baptized at the exact spot where Joshua, Elijah & Elisha crossed the Jordan
Josh 3:14-17; 2 Ki 2:8,14
Jn 1:28
10.
Joshua crossing Jordan on dry ground was a mini Red Sea crossing on dry ground, symbolizing salvation through water baptism
Ex 14:21-22; Josh 3:17
1 Cor 10:1-4; Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; 22:16; 1 Pet 3:21
11.
Rahab's Red rope was a symbol of salvation and forgiveness. A Harlot became the Great, great grandmother of David, then Jesus: Passover blood, Rahab's rope, blood of Christ
Ex 12:13; Josh 2:17-19;
Heb 11:30-31; 1 Cor 5:7-8; James 2:25
12.
Joshua (like Abraham) promised Rahab salvation as a type of gentiles in the church by faith and works
Josh 2:21
Heb 11:30-31; Rom 4:1-5; Jas 2:23-25; Gal 3:8,14; Phil 2:12-13, Mk 16:16
13.
Twelve spies, stones, apostles
Num 13:2; Josh 4:3
Lk 6:13
14.
Both established the tabernacle in its final position, Shiloh (1400-1094 BC: 305 years), Jerusalem (967 - AD 33: 1000 years), church/heaven (AD 33- eternity)
Josh 18:1; Acts 7:44-47
Heb 9:11; Heb 9:24
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1. Both have the same name. "Jesus" is a
Greek transliteration of the Hebrew "Joshua" which means "savior".
Josh 1:1; Mt 1:1
a. "Now it came about after the death of Moses the servant of
the Lord, that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' servant,
saying," (Joshua 1:1)
b. "The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of
David, the son of Abraham:" (Matthew 1:1)
2. Both are army commanders and warriors who
conquered fortresses: Jericho, Satan. Exodus 15:3; Joshua 5:13-15; Isaiah
42:13; 55:4; Psalm 2:6-9; 110:1-7; Zephaniah 3:16-17; Luke
11:17-22; Colossians 2:15; 2 Corinthians 10:3-4; 1 Corinthians
15:23-25; Revelation 19:11-16; 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10
a. "The Lord is a warrior; The Lord is His name." (Exodus
15:3)
b. Joshua, God's commander of earthly armies meets God's
commander of heavenly armies: "Now it came about when Joshua was by
Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was
standing opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand, and Joshua went to
him and said to him, "Are you for us or for our adversaries?" He said,
"No; rather I indeed come now as captain of the host of the Lord." And
Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down, and said to him,
"What has my lord to say to his servant?" The captain of the Lord's
host said to Joshua, "Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place
where you are standing is holy." And Joshua did so." (Joshua 5:13-15)
c. "The Lord will go forth like a warrior, He will arouse His
zeal like a man of war. He will utter a shout, yes, He will raise a war
cry. He will prevail against His enemies." (Isaiah 42:13)
d. "Behold, I have made him a witness to the peoples, A leader
and commander for the peoples." (Isaiah 55:4)
e. "But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy
mountain." "I will surely tell of the decree of the Lord: He said to
Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. 'Ask of Me, and I will
surely give the nations as Your inheritance, And the very ends of the earth
as Your possession. 'You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall
shatter them like earthenware.' " (Psalm 2:6-9)
f. "The Lord says to my Lord: "Sit at My right hand Until I
make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet." The Lord will stretch forth
Your strong scepter from Zion, saying, "Rule in the midst of Your
enemies." Your people will volunteer freely in the day of Your power; In
holy array, from the womb of the dawn, Your youth are to You as the dew.
The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind, "You are a priest
forever According to the order of Melchizedek." The Lord is at Your right
hand; He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath. He will judge among
the nations, He will fill them with corpses, He will shatter the chief men
over a broad country. He will drink from the brook by the wayside;
Therefore He will lift up His head." (Psalm 110:1-7)
g. "In that day it will be said to Jerusalem: "Do not be
afraid, O Zion; Do not let your hands fall limp. "The Lord your God is in
your midst, A victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will
be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy."
(Zephaniah 3:16-17)
h. "But He knew their thoughts and said to them, "Any kingdom
divided against itself is laid waste; and a house divided against itself
falls. "If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom
stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. "And if I by
Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? So they will
be your judges. "But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the
kingdom of God has come upon you. "When a strong man, fully armed, guards
his own house, his possessions are undisturbed. "But when someone
stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away from him all
his armor on which he had relied and distributes his plunder." (Luke
11:17-22)
i. "When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He
made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him."
(Colossians 2:15)
j. "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according
to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but
divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses." (2 Corinthians
10:3-4)
k. "But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after
that those who are Christ's at His coming, then comes the end, when He
hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all
rule and all authority and power. For He must reign until He has put all
His enemies under His feet." (1 Corinthians 15:23-25)
l. "And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and
He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He
judges and wages war. His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are
many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except
Himself. He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called
The Word of God. And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen,
white and clean, were following Him on white horses. From His mouth comes a
sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will
rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce
wrath of God, the Almighty. And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name
written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS." (Revelation 19:11-16)
m. "This is a plain indication of God's righteous judgment so that
you will be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which indeed you
are suffering. For after all it is only just for God to repay with
affliction those who afflict you, and to give relief to you who are
afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from
heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to
those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our
Lord Jesus. These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from
the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, when He comes to
be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who
have believed-for our testimony to you was believed." (2 Thessalonians
1:5-10)
3. Both led armies equipped with armor: Jericho,
satan Joshua 4:13; 6:1-3,9 Joel 2:11; 2 Timothy 2:3-4; 2
Corinthians 10:3-4; Ephesians 6:10-17; Romans 13:12; 2 Corinthians 6:7
a. "about 40,000 equipped for war, crossed for battle before
the Lord to the desert plains of Jericho." (Joshua 4:13)
b. "Now Jericho was tightly shut because of the sons of Israel;
no one went out and no one came in. The Lord said to Joshua, "See, I have
given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the valiant warriors.
"You shall march around the city, all the men of war circling the city
once. You shall do so for six days." (Joshua 6:1-3)
c. "The armed men went before the priests who blew the
trumpets, and the rear guard came after the ark, while they continued to
blow the trumpets." (Joshua 6:9)
d. "The Lord utters His voice before His army; Surely His camp is
very great, For strong is he who carries out His word. The day of the Lord
is indeed great and very awesome, And who can endure it?" (Joel 2:11)
e. "Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday
life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier." (2
Timothy 2:3-4)
f. "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according
to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but
divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses." (2 Corinthians
10:3-4)
g. "Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His
might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm
against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and
blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces
of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the
heavenly places. Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will
be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand
firm. Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having
put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the
preparation of the gospel of peace; in addition to all, taking up the
shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming
arrows of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of
the Spirit, which is the word of God." (Ephesians 6:10-17)
h. "The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let
us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light." (Romans
13:12)
i. "in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the
weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left," (2 Corinthians
6:7)
4. Both were military "forerunners" who spied
out the land and returned to lead the people home: Numbers 14:38;
Deuteronomy 1:22; Hebrews 6:19-20
a. "But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh
remained alive out of those men who went to spy out the land." (Numbers
14:38)
b. "Then all of you approached me and said, 'Let us send men
before us, that they may search out the land for us, and bring back to us
word of the way by which we should go up and the cities which we shall
enter.'" (Deuteronomy 1:22)
c. "This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both
sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil [heaven], where
Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest
forever according to the order of Melchizedek." (Hebrews 6:19-20)
"Forerunner" in Heb 6:20: Used only once in the New Testament. "an
adjective signifying running forward, going in advance, is used as a noun,
of those who were sent before to take observations, acting as scouts,
especially in military matters; or of one sent before a king to see that
the way was prepared" (Vines, Forerunner, Greek: prodromos, Strongs 4274)
5. Both were associate with a second coming:
Numbers 13:16-17,25; Hebrews 9:27-28; John 13:36-14:6; Luke
19:12-17
a. "These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out
the land; but Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua. When Moses sent
them to spy out the land of Canaan, he said to them, "Go up there into
the Negev; then go up into the hill country." (Numbers 13:16-17)
b. "When they returned from spying out the land, at the end of
forty days," (Numbers 13:25)
c. "Then all of you approached me and said, 'Let us send
men before us, that they may search out the land for us, and bring back to
us word of the way by which we should go up and the cities which we shall
enter.'" (Deuteronomy 1:22)
d. "And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after
this comes judgment, so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the
sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to
sin, to those who eagerly await Him." (Hebrews 9:27-28)
e. "Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, where are You going?"
Jesus answered, "Where I go, you cannot follow Me now; but you will
follow later." Peter said to Him, "Lord, why can I not follow You right
now? I will lay down my life for You." Jesus answered, "Will you lay
down your life for Me? Truly, truly, I say to you, a rooster will not crow
until you deny Me three times. "Do not let your heart be troubled;
believe in God, believe also in Me. "In My Father's house are many
dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to
prepare a place for you. "If I go and prepare a place for you, I will
come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be
also. "And you know the way where I am going." Thomas said to Him,
"Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?"
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one
comes to the Father but through Me." (John 13:36-14:6)
f. "So He said, "A nobleman went to a distant country to
receive a kingdom for himself, and then return. "And he called ten of his
slaves, and gave them ten minas and said to them, 'Do business with this
until I come back.' "But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation
after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.' "When
he returned, after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these slaves, to
whom he had given the money, be called to him so that he might know what
business they had done. "The first appeared, saying, 'Master, your mina
has made ten minas more.' "And he said to him, 'Well done, good
slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be
in authority over ten cities.'" (Luke 19:12-17)
6. Both give rest and inheritance by bringing
God's people into promised land of Canaan/heaven. Deuteronomy 3:28;
Joshua 14:1; 19:51; Psalm 78:54-55; 95:10-11; Acts 13:19; Hebrews 4:8;
9:15; Matthew 11:28-30; Ephesians 1:18-20; Colossians 1:9-12;
3:23-24; 1 Peter 1:3-5; Revelation 21:1-7
a. "'But charge Joshua and encourage him and strengthen him,
for he shall go across at the head of this people, and he will give them as
an inheritance the land which you will see.'" (Deuteronomy 3:28)
b. "Now these are the territories which the sons of Israel
inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the
son of Nun, and the heads of the households of the tribes of the sons of
Israel apportioned to them for an inheritance," (Joshua 14:1)
c. "These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, and
Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the households of the tribes of the
sons of Israel distributed by lot in Shiloh before the Lord at the doorway
of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land." (Joshua 19:51)
d. "So He brought them to His holy land, To this hill country
which His right hand had gained. He also drove out the nations before them
And apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement, And made the tribes
of Israel dwell in their tents." (Psalm 78:54-55)
e. "For forty years I loathed that generation, And said they
are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways.
"Therefore I swore in My anger, Truly they [generation older than age 20
in 1444 BC] shall not enter into My rest [in Canaan in 1406 BC]." (Psalm
95:10-11)
f. "When He had destroyed seven nations in the land of
Canaan, He distributed their land as an inheritance-all of which took
about four hundred and fifty years." (Acts 13:19)
g. "Therefore, let us fear if, while a promise remains of
entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it. For
indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also; but the
word they heard did not profit them, because it was not united by faith in
those who heard. For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has
said, "As I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter My rest," although
His works were finished from the foundation of the world. For He has said
somewhere concerning the seventh day: "And God rested on the seventh day
from all His works"; and again in this passage, "They shall not enter
My rest." Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who
formerly had good news preached to them failed to enter because of
disobedience, He again fixes a certain day, "Today," saying through
David after so long a time just as has been said before, "Today if you
hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts." For if Joshua had given them
rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that. So there remains
a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For the one who has entered His rest
has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His. Therefore let
us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall, through
following the same example of disobedience." (Hebrews 4:1-11)
h. "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will
give you rest. "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle
and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. "For My yoke
is easy and My burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30)
i. "I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened,
so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches
of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing
greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with
the working of the strength of His might which He brought about in Christ,
when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the
heavenly places," (Ephesians 1:18-20)
j. "For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we
have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the
knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that
you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all
respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge
of God; strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for
the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously giving thanks to
the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints
in Light." (Colossians 1:9-12)
k. "Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord
rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward
of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve." (Colossians
3:23-24)
l. "For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant,
so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the
transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have
been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance." (Hebrews
9:15)
m. "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living
hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an
inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away,
reserved in heaven for you, who are protected by the power of God through
faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time." (1 Peter
1:3-5)
n. "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven
and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. And I saw
the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made
ready as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the
throne, saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will
dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be
among them, and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there
will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or
crying, or pain; the first things have passed away." And He who sits on
the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." And He said,
"Write, for these words are faithful and true." Then He said to me,
"It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I
will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life
without cost. "He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be
his God and he will be My son." (Revelation 21:1-7)
7. Both are the lawgivers and law teachers: Ex
24:13; 32:15-17; Hebrews 8:13; 12:24; 1 Corinthians 9:21; Galatians 6:2
a. "So Moses arose with Joshua his servant, and Moses went up
to the mountain of God." (Exodus 24:13)
b. "Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the
two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets which were written on
both sides; they were written on one side and the other. The tablets were
God's work, and the writing was God's writing engraved on the tablets.
Now when Joshua heard the sound of the people as they shouted, he said to
Moses, "There is a sound of war in the camp." (Exodus 32:15-17)
c. "When He said, "A new covenant," He has made the first
obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to
disappear." (Hebrews 8:13)
d. "and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the
sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel." (Hebrews
12:24)
e. "to those who are without law, as without law, though not
being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might
win those who are without law." (1 Corinthians 9:21)
f. "Bear one another's burdens, and thereby fulfill the law
of Christ." (Galatians 6:2)
8. Both were appointed by Moses as his Holy
Spirit filled successors: Deut 18:18-19; Numbers 27:18-20; Deuteronomy
34:9; Joshua 1:1-2; Acts 3:20-24; Matthew 3:16-17; Luke 4:17-21
a. "'I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen
like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them
all that I command him. 'It shall come about that whoever will not listen
to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of
him." (Deuteronomy 18:18-19)
b. "So the Lord said to Moses, "Take Joshua the son of Nun, a
man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him; and have him stand
before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and commission
him in their sight. "You shall put some of your authority on him, in
order that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may obey him."
(Numbers 27:18-20)
c. "Now Joshua the son of Nun was filled with the spirit of
wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him; and the sons of Israel
listened to him and did as the Lord had commanded Moses." (Deuteronomy
34:9)
d. "Now it came about after the death of Moses the servant of the
Lord, that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' servant,
saying, "Moses My servant is dead; now therefore arise, cross this
Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them, to
the sons of Israel." (Joshua 1:1-2)
e. "and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you,
whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things
about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.
"Moses said, 'The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from
your brethren; to Him you shall give heed to everything He says to you.
'And it will be that every soul that does not heed that prophet shall be
utterly destroyed from among the people.' "And likewise, all the
prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and his successors onward, also
announced these days." (Acts 3:20-24)
f. "After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the
water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God
descending as a dove and lighting on Him, and behold, a voice out of the
heavens said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased."
(Matthew 3:16-17)
g. "And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And
He opened the book and found the place where it was written, "The Spirit
of the Lord is upon Me, Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the
poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovery of
sight to the blind, To set free those who are oppressed, To proclaim the
favorable year of the Lord." And He closed the book, gave it back to the
attendant and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on
Him. And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been
fulfilled in your hearing." (Luke 4:17-21)
9. Jesus was baptized at the exact spot where
Joshua, Elijah, and Elisha crossed the Jordan River: Joshua 3:14-17; 2
Kings 2:8,14; John 1:28
a. "So when the people set out from their tents to cross the
Jordan with the priests carrying the ark of the covenant before the people,
and when those who carried the ark came into the Jordan, and the feet of
the priests carrying the ark were dipped in the edge of the water (for the
Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest), the waters which
were flowing down from above stood and rose up in one heap, a great
distance away at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those which
were flowing down toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were
completely cut off. So the people crossed opposite Jericho. And the priests
who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in
the middle of the Jordan while all Israel crossed on dry ground, until all
the nation had finished crossing the Jordan." (Joshua 3:14-17)
b. "Elijah took his mantle and folded it together and struck the
waters, and they were divided here and there, so that the two of them
crossed over on dry ground." (2 Kings 2:8)
c. "He took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and struck
the waters and said, "Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?" And when
he also had struck the waters, they were divided here and there; and Elisha
crossed over." (2 Kings 2:14)
d. "These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where
John was baptizing." (John 1:28)
10. Salvation: Crossing Jordan on dry ground was a mini
Red Sea crossing on dry ground, symbolizing water baptism: Exodus
14:21-22; Joshua 3:17; 1 Corinthians 10:1-4; Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38;
22:16; 1 Peter 3:21
a. "Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the
Lord swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea
into dry land, so the waters were divided. The sons of Israel went through
the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters were like a wall to
them on their right hand and on their left." (Exodus 14:21-22)
b. "And the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the
Lord stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan while all Israel
crossed on dry ground, until all the nation had finished crossing the
Jordan." (Joshua 3:17)
c. "For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our
fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea; and all
were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and all ate the same
spiritual food; and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were
drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was
Christ." (1 Corinthians 10:1-4)
d. "He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved;
but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned." (Mark 16:16)
e. "Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in
the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will
receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." (Acts 2:38)
f. "'Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash
away your sins, calling on His name.'" (Acts 22:16)
g. "Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you-not the
removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good
conscience-through the resurrection of Jesus Christ," (1 Peter 3:21)
11. Rahab's Red rope a symbol of salvation and
forgiveness. Harlot became the Great, great grandmother of David, then
Jesus: Passover blood, Rahab's rope, blood of Christ: Exodus 12:13;
Joshua 2:17-19; Hebrews 11:30-31; 1 Corinthians 5:7-8; James 2:25
a. "'The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where
you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will
befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt." (Exodus 12:13)
b. "The men said to her, "We shall be free from this oath to
you which you have made us swear, unless, when we come into the land, you
tie this cord of scarlet thread in the window through which you let us
down, and gather to yourself into the house your father and your mother and
your brothers and all your father's household. "It shall come about
that anyone who goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his
blood shall be on his own head, and we shall be free; but anyone who is
with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head if a hand is laid on
him." (Joshua 2:17-19)
c. "By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been
encircled for seven days. By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along
with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies in
peace." (Hebrews 11:30-31)
d. "In the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by
works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?"
(James 2:25)
e. "Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, just
as you are in fact unleavened. For Christ our Passover also has been
sacrificed. Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor
with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of
sincerity and truth." (1 Corinthians 5:7-8)
12. Joshua (like Abraham) promised Rahab salvation as a
type of gentiles in the church by faith and works: Joshua 2:21; Hebrews
11:30-31; Romans 4:1-5; James 2:23-25; Galatians 3:8,14; Philippians
2:12-13, Mk 16:16
a. "She said, "According to your words, so be it." So she
sent them away, and they departed; and she tied the scarlet cord in the
window." (Joshua 2:21)
b. "By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been
encircled for seven days. By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along
with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies in
peace." (Hebrews 11:30-31)
c. Faith: "What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather
according to the flesh, has found? For if Abraham was justified by works,
he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the
Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as
righteousness." Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a
favor, but as what is due. But to the one who does not work, but believes
in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness,"
(Romans 4:1-5)
d. Works: "and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "And
Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness," and
he was called the friend of God. You see that a man is justified by works
and not by faith alone. In the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also
justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by
another way?" (James 2:23-25)
e. "The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles
by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "All the
nations will be blessed in you." (Galatians 3:8)
f. "in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham
might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the
Spirit through faith." (Galatians 3:14)
g. "So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as
in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your
salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you,
both to will and to work for His good pleasure." (Philippians 2:12-13)
h. "He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved;
but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned." (Mark 16:16)
13. Twelve spies, twelve stones, twelve apostles: Numbers
13:2; Joshua 4:3; Luke 6:13
a. "Send out for yourself men so that they may spy out the
land of Canaan, which I am going to give to the sons of Israel; you shall
send a man from each of their fathers' tribes, every one a leader among
them." (Numbers 13:2)
b. "Take up for yourselves twelve stones from here out of the
middle of the Jordan, from the place where the priests' feet are standing
firm, and carry them over with you and lay them down in the lodging place
where you will lodge tonight." (Joshua 4:3)
c. "And when day came, He called His disciples to Him and chose
twelve of them, whom He also named as apostles:" (Luke 6:13)
14. Both established the tabernacle in its final
position, Shiloh (1400-1094 BC: 305 years), Jerusalem (967 - AD 33: 1000
years), church/heaven (AD 33- eternity): Joshua 18:1; Acts 7:44-47;
Hebrews 8:1-2; 9:11,24
a. Moses designed the tabernacle at Mt. Sinai and Joshua moved
it to its permanent location at Shiloh. David designed the temple and
Solomon built the temple, the Father designed the temple/church and Jesus
built it in AD 33.
b. "Then the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled
themselves at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land
was subdued before them." (Joshua 18:1)
c. "Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the
wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according
to the pattern which he had seen. "And having received it in their turn,
our fathers brought it in with Joshua upon dispossessing the nations whom
God drove out before our fathers, until the time of David. "David found
favor in God's sight, and asked that he might find a dwelling place for
the God of Jacob. "But it was Solomon who built a house for Him." (Acts
7:44-47)
d. "Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have
such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne
of the Majesty in the heavens, a minister in the sanctuary and in the true
tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man." (Hebrews 8:1-2)
e. "But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things
to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not
made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;" (Hebrews 9:11)
f. "For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a
mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the
presence of God for us;" (Hebrews 9:24)
Conclusion:
1. The primary typology between Joshua and Jesus is that
both are "warrior conquerors"
a. Both are army commanders and warriors who
conquered fortresses: Jericho, Satan.
b. Exodus 15:3; Joshua 5:13-15; Isaiah 42:13;
55:4; Psalm 2:6-9; 110:1-7; Zephaniah 3:16-17; Luke 11:17-22;
Colossians 2:15; 2 Corinthians 10:3-4; 1 Corinthians 15:23-25;
Revelation 19:11-16; 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10
2. We have one direct New Testament statement that Joshua
was a type of Christ:
a. "For if Joshua had given them rest, He would not
have spoken of another day after that." (Hebrews 4:8)
b. Both give rest and inheritance by bringing
God's people into promised land of Canaan/heaven. Deuteronomy 3:28;
Joshua 14:1; 19:51; Psalm 78:54-55; 95:10-11; Acts 13:19; Hebrews 4:8;
9:15; Matthew 11:28-30; Ephesians 1:18-20; Colossians 1:9-12;
3:23-24; 1 Peter 1:3-5; Revelation 21:1-7
3. Joshua was a type of Christ.
a. The parallels are so striking and so dramatic
that they just pop out at you!
b. This is a powerful witness of Christ in the Old
Testament.
c. There are most certainly more echoes we have
missed.
4. Trust the entire Bible, Old Testament (Tanakh) and
New.
a. All scripture is inspired by God.
b. Scripture cannot be broken
5. What you read in the book; you find in the ground!
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