Taking the Land

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Taking the Land

• The Conquests of Joshua

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• The Lord will again delight in you and make you
  prosperous, just as he delighted in your fathers,
  if you obey the Lord your God and keep his
  commands and decrees that are written in this
  Book of the Law and turn to the Lord your God
  with all your heart and with all your soul. Now
  what I am commanding you today is not too
  difficult for you or beyond your reach
  Deut. 309-20

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• It is not up in heaven, so that you have to
  ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it and
  proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" Nor is it
  beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, "Who
  will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to
  us so we may obey it?" No, the word is very near
  you it is in your mouth and in your heart so you
  may obey it. See, I set before you today life and
  prosperity, death and destruction. For I command
  you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in
  his ways Deut. 309-20

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• and to keep his commands, decrees and laws
  then you will live and increase, and the LORD
  your God will bless you in the land you are
  entering to possess. But if your heart turns away
  and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn
  away to bow down to other gods and worship them,
  I declare to you this day that you will certainly
  be destroyed. You will not live long in the land
  you are crossing the Jordan to enter and
  possess Deut. 309-20

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• This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses
  against you that I have set before you life and
  death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so
  that you and your children may live and that you
  may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice,
  and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life,
  and he will give you many years in the land he
  swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and
  Jacob. Deut. 309-20

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• After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD
  , the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses'
  aide "Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you
  and all these people, get ready to cross the
  Jordan River into the land I am about to give to
  them-to the Israelites. I will give you every
  place where you set your foot, as I promised
  Moses. Your territory will extend from the desert
  to Lebanon, and from the great river, the
  Euphrates-all the Hittite country-to the Great
  Sea on the west. Joshua 11-9

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• No one will be able to stand up against you all
  the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I
  will be with you I will never leave you nor
  forsake you. So Joshua ordered the officers of
  the people "Go through the camp and tell the
  people, 'Get your supplies ready. Three days from
  now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and
  take possession of the land the LORD your God is
  giving you for your own.'
  Joshua 11-9

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Take Possession of the Land the Lord is Giving You

• Mt. 1112 From the days of John the Baptist
  until now, the kingdom of heaven has been
  forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold
  of it.
• Hebrews 41, 2 Therefore, since the promise of
  entering his rest still stands, let us be careful
  that none of you be found to have fallen short of
  it. For we also have had the gospel preached to
  us, just as they did but the message they heard
  was of no value to them, because those who heard
  did not combine it with faith.

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Summary Joshuas Conquest

• Jordan River Crossing
• Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan
  and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard
  how the LORD had dried up the Jordan before the
  Israelites until we had crossed over, their
  hearts melted and they no longer had the courage
  to face the Israelites.
  Joshua 51
• When the power of God is released -- activated
  in your life, the enemies tremble.

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Summary Joshuas Conquest Jericho

• Joshua 5 Covenantal Sign Then the LORD said
  to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the reproach
  of Egypt from you." So the place has been called
  Gilgal to this day. On the evening of the
  fourteenth day of the month, while camped at
  Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, the Israelites
  celebrated the Passover.
• Much of the conquests was preceded by times of
  obedience and covenantal identification. Seek
  God firstMt. 633

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Summary Conquest Jericho

• Then the LORD said to Joshua, "See, I have
  delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its
  king and its fighting men. March around the city
  once with all the armed men. Do this for six
  days. Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams'
  horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day,
  march around the city seven times, with the
  priests blowing the trumpets. When you hear them
  sound a long blast on the trumpets, have all the
  people give a loud shout then the wall of the
  city will collapse and the people will go up,
  every man straight in."

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Summary Conquest Jericho

• Joshua 620-21 When the trumpets sounded, the
  people shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet,
  when the people gave a loud shout, the wall
  collapsed so every man charged straight in, and
  they took the city. They devoted the city to the
  Lord
• Vs. 18 But keep away from the devoted things,
  so that you will not bring about your own
  destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you
  will make the camp of Israel liable to
  destruction and bring trouble on it. Principle
  of First Fruits

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Summary Conquest Ai

• Lessons of Ai defeat following victory
• Humility must follow victory.
• How you live affects me. Body of Christ
• Obedience is safe
• Obedience brings blessing
• Obedience makes way for the miraculous.

• Achans Sin took the devoted things.
• Vs. 18 But keep away from the devoted things,
  so that you will not bring about your own
  destruction otherwise you will make the camp of
  Israel liable
• Valley of Achor

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Summary Conquest the Amorite Kings

• So Joshua marched up from Gilgal with his entire
  army, including all the best fighting men. The
  Lord said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid of them I
  have given them into your hand. Not one of them
  will be able to withstand you.
• Victory -- Hailstones The sun stood still
  the battle is the Lords
• As they took the land they possessed and occupied
  it.

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The Unseen Battle Rages

• 2 Cor. 103-5 For though we live in the world,
  we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons
  we fight with are not the weapons of the world.
  On the contrary, they have divine power to
  demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and
  every pretension that sets itself up against the
  knowledge of God, and we take captive every
  thought to make it obedient to Christ.

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Taking the Land

• Joshua 141 Now these are the areas the
  Israelites received as an inheritance in the land
  of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son
  of Nun and the heads of the tribal clans of
  Israel allotted to them.
• Js. 183 Joshua said to the Israelites "How
  long will you wait before you begin to take
  possession of the land that the LORD , the God of
  your fathers, has given you? Avoid complacency,
  passivity

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• For I know the plans I have for you," declares
  the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm
  you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then
  you will call upon me and come and pray to me,
  and I will listen to you. You will seek me and
  find me when you seek me with all your heart. I
  will be found by you," declares the Lord, "and
  will bring you back from captivity. I will
  gather you from all the nations and places where
  I have banished you," declares the Lord, "and
  will bring you back to the place from which I
  carried you into exile. Jer.
  2911-14