Joshua Flashcards
Be able to discuss the destruction of the Canaanites. Was it anti-NT? Was it entirely consistent with God’s nature? God commanded the annihilation of the Canaanites (Deut. 7:2; 20: 16-17; Joshua 11:15-20).
All sinners are spared second to second ONLY by God’s grace The Canaanites did not heed the warning from God, or the witness of the Patriarchs who dwelled among themIf left in the land they would be a snare for the HebrewsGod had earlier obliterated Sodom, Gommorah, Admah, and Zeboiim
Be able to discuss the findings of Garstang, Kenyon, and Wood at Jericho
• John Garstang was the German in the 1920’s who dug in Jericho. He said as he found the ruin that it was spring when it fell and their was grain in the city, so they didn’t starve, but it was siege that happened quickly. He said it happened like the Bible and that it happened at the right time. • Kenyon came along and said that Jericho wasn’t even there and contradicts Garstang. She misreads her evidence though. • Bryant Wood demonstrated that Kenyon was wrong and Garstang was right.
Be able to discuss some of the significance of Joshua’s long day
• The text indicates that it was supernatural. • The Canaanites were likely praying to the sun and moon to set so that darkness would hide them. Thus the Lord demonstrates that to a new generation that did not see the plagues that He is not only greater than the Egyptian gods but also greater than the Canaanite gods. • Joshua knew that God had power over the sun and the moon because of the 9th and 10th plagues.
Be able to discuss the way that Joshua helped the nation during his own lifetime (as God had helped him) with their fear of the Canaanites
• He dealt with fear verbally. He said “don’t be afraid”• He had his commanders put their foots on the necks of the kings. By putting their feet on the necks of the men they’re finding out that they’re just men. • He had those kings bodies buried in the gate of the city under a heap of stones showing God’s judgment on the king. The Canaanites began to be afraid
Joshua and what name are the same names?
Jesus
Joshua begins the second division of the Hebrew Bible known as “the Prophets” and is part of what group?
“Former Prophets”
According to the Talmud, who wrote Joshua
Joshua
The date of the period of the conquest was what?
1406-1399 B.C.
What is the significance of celebrating the Passover just before the battle of Jericho?
• They were discerning time by the moon. Jericho means ‘moontown.’ The original Passover shows God’s power over the god of the moon in Egypt…they celebrate the Passover just before they fight against the city of the moon.
What does Jericho mean?
Moontown or Moonville
Know that the battle of Jericho according to lecture may be a type of the 2nd coming.
• The seven trumpets and the seven circuits around the city, a shout and the walls fall down.
Know who in Joshua may be compared to Ananias and Sapphira.
• Achan: he steals from the Lord and is judged
The Israelites conquered the highlands but not the plains due to what?
Chariots of Iron
What was Joshua’s challenge to the people?
Choose you this day whom you will serve
