OLD TESTAMENT FINAL TEST JOSHUA TEST 4 Flashcards
Joshua:
what are the themes of Jashua?
Themes:
1) Israel moves from Promise to Possession
2) The conquest of Canaan
3) God’s Holiness
4) God’s faithfulness
5) The Achievement of Rest
Joshua:
what does The Exodus offered.?
Salvation
Joshua:
what did the Genocide of the Canaanites command?
1) The revealed truth here, under the new covenant, is the believers need to purge all sin from one’s life. If you “have mercy on any sin within you, it will become a contaminant and a grave danger to your spiritual survival. you must declare complete warfare on all know sin leaving “no quarter” (take no prisoners) to the enemy
what are the 3 most important people of this era?
1) Joshua
2) caleb
3) Rahab
how many years does Joshua cover?
Joshua covers a period of 25 years.
it covers the invasion, the conquest, and the settlement of the nation of Israel.
Joshua:
Rahab the Prostitute:
HOW DID THE SCARLET CORD BECOME A SYMBOL OF REDEMPTION?
Like the scarlet cord hanging from a sinners window, so the blood of Christ also created a haven of protection from the judgment of God for anyone, good or bad, young or old, slave or free, as long as they came into that sanctuary.
Joshua:
How does God train your faith?
One of the many lessons:
God may ask you to do things that seem unreasonable or illogical. This may be training in faith to be sure you understand that even with your own wisdom and reasoning you must always be as fully dependent and faithful to God as Jesus was.
Joshua:
Rahab is a symbol of redemption:
How did Rehab become the great-great grandmother of King David?
She later married a Hebrew man named Salmon and became the great-great-grandmother of King David and an ancestor to Christ.
Joshua:
Ai and the Sin of Achan - 7
after the major victory of Jerico, they are defeated at the town of Ai.
Achan from the tribe of Judah was the criminal.
what are the two principles we learn here?
1) Purification from sin.(the camp must be purified if God is to go with them when they fight.
2) Achan is not the only one who suffered for his sin.(his family was stoned along with him. others are made to suffer for our sins and we suffer because of the sins of others. over 30 fighters died in the battle of Ai.)
Joshua:
the Gibeon Deception (:3-6
what two lessons do we learn from the Gibeonite deception?
1) it is never inappropriate to seek God’s council. (no matter how small the issue or how sure we may be it is always wise to seek God’s council)
2) be aware As creatures created in the image of God, God supremely honors our words.
