{"id":40280,"date":"2017-12-22T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T15:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.olivetree.com\/?p=40280"},"modified":"2021-12-29T11:14:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T19:14:01","slug":"jesus-book-joshua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/jesus-book-joshua\/","title":{"rendered":"The Second Joshua"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What does the Old Testament \u2014 specifically the book of Joshua \u2014 have to do with Jesus? Read this content pulled from the Bible Knowledge Commentary<\/a> to find out.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK OF JOSHUA<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The purpose of the Book of Joshua is to give an official account of the historical fulfillment of the Lord\u2019s promise to the patriarchs to give Israel the land of Canaan by holy war. A \u201choly war\u201d was a conflict with religious overtones rather than one with a political motivation of defense or expansion. This can be seen in both the opening charge (1:2-6<\/a>) and the concluding summary (21:43<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IT STARTS WITH ABRAHAM<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Specifically, the conquest of Canaan under Joshua\u2019s leadership was based on the Abrahamic Covenant. God, having dealt with all nations, made Abraham the center of His purposes and determined to reach the lost world through Abraham\u2019s seed. The Lord made a contract or covenant with Abraham, promising unconditionally to give a land, a posterity, and spiritual blessing to the patriarch and his descendants (Gen. 12:2-3<\/a>). Soon thereafter God said He was giving the land to Israel forever (cf. Gen. 13:15<\/a>). The boundaries of the land were then given to Abraham (Gen. 15:18-21<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISES<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Later God affirmed that the rightful heirs to the Promised Land were Isaac and his descendants (Gen. 17:19-21<\/a>). Thus the Book of Joshua records the fulfillment of the patriarchal promise as Israel appropriated the land pledged to her by her faithful God centuries before. That the nation was later dispossessed reflects not on the character of God but on the fickleness of a people who took divine blessings for granted, fell into the worship of their neighbors\u2019 gods, and therefore came under the chastisement God had warned them about (cf. Deut. 28:15-68<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Israel must possess the land forever according to the promise, something that awaits the return of Messiah and the redemption of Israel. According to the Prophet Isaiah, the Messiah will be a \u201csecond Joshua<\/em>,\u201d who will \u201crestore the land and … reassign its desolate inheritances\u201d (Isa. 49:8<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE SECOND JOSHUA<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Paul taught that the events of the Exodus and Conquest are meaningful for Christians in that those events possess significance as types (cf. 1 Cor. 10:1-11<\/a>). The Greek form of the name \u201cJoshua\u201d (\u201cYahweh saves\u201d or \u201cYahweh is salvation\u201d) is \u201cJesus.\u201d As Joshua led Israel to victory over her enemies and into possession of the Promised Land, and as he interceded for the nation after it had sinned and been defeated, so does Jesus. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He brings the people of God into a promised rest (Heb. 4:8-9<\/a>); intercedes for His own continually (Rom. 8:34<\/a>; Heb. 7:25<\/a>); and enables them to defeat their enemies (Rom. 8:37<\/a>; Heb. 2:14-15<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BOOK OF JOSHUA<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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