JOSHUA 4:12-24 Gilgal marks the place of spiritual resurrection. Christ not only died, but He was buried and rose again and then ascended to the right hand of the Father. Very little is said in many Christian circles these days concerning the resurrection life, and practically nothing at all is...
JOSHUA 4:1-11 Gilgal was not only established as a home base for Israel during the conquest of the land; it also became a place of remembrance. Joshua was instructed to establish a memorial at Gilgal. Later on in the chapter we read of the setting up of another memorial, this...
JOSHUA 3:9-17 It is a never-to-be-forgotten experience when we hear a promise of God and step out on it in faith and then see God doing things on our behalf. The priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant into the Jordan River saw God work. It would not have...
JOSHUA 3:1-8 There is a time for action, and there is also a time for waiting. There are times when we get in too big a hurry and are too impatient to wait on the Lord’s time. On the other hand, there are some who lag behind and are not...
JOSHUA 2:15-24 It is significant that it was a scarlet cord, or rope, that Rahab was to display in her window. This was symbolic of the blood of Christ, which, according to 1 John 1:7, cleanses us from all sin. In Hebrews 9:22 we are told that “almost all things...
JOSHUA 2:1-14 When the King of Jericho commanded Rahab to give up the two men she hid in her house, she lied to him. She said they went out at dark and she did not know which direction they took. Rahab’s lie cannot be condoned. Such deceit cannot be justified...
JOSHUA 1:10-18 A rather sad note enters in with regard to some of the tribes of Israel. They did not all have the same degree of separation from the evil around them or the same degree of surrender to God. The background for this lies in the fact that while...
JOSHUA 1:1-9 The first statement made in Joshua 1:2 is “Moses my servant is dead.” Moses was dead but not God. The work of God is in no way hindered by the death of His servants, no matter how eminent they may be. The workman may be removed, but the...
DEUTERONOMY 34 Alone Moses worked, suffered, met God and legislated for his people. But never was this aloneness as apparent as when he was unattended—even by Joshua, his ever-faithful servant—as he walked up Mount Nebo to die. Alone he climbed the craggy steep. Alone he gazed on the landscape before...
NUMBERS 20:1-13,22-29 The rock mentioned in Exodus 17 foreshadowed Christ on the cross because there He was smitten. However, the rock of Numbers 20 foreshadowed the ascended Christ, who now intercedes as a High Priest for believers. The significant difference in the rocks of Exodus 17 and Numbers 20 is...