Joshua 1:1-9

Notice those words here. He did everything. He left nothing undone of all that the Lord had commanded Moses.

Now, before we get to the miracles, I want to point out the obvious type of Jesus Christ in Joshua. They even have the same name. It is pretty easy. It is like God said, I'll give you an easy one here. We'll call this guy Joshua, and we will call My Son Joshua or Yeshua. And you get it?

Joshua is the God-appointed, anointed leader of the congregation of Israel. Joshua is full of the spirit of wisdom. God is always with him. He is strong and courageous. He does not turn to the right hand or to the left. He follows what is written in God's Word. He has no fear. He does whatever God commands him to do. He finishes what he starts.

Are you seeing the connections here? Joshua is an amazing type of Christ. And we have an even greater Leader in the true Jesus Christ than Joshua ever was to the children of Israel. And so we have to come into this study of this typical journey, the conquest, with the understanding that whenever you see Joshua, you see something about Jesus Christ.

Now, I think this Joshua-Jesus correlation gives good support to my argument that the conquest under Joshua is a specific type of our Christian fight after conversion. And in particular, I think it is especially pointed to second-, third-, and fourth-generation Christians and on and on because their parents have come out of the world and had to do all these things that the people, the Israelites who had come out of slavery in Egypt, should have done.

But then you have the second generation that comes, who have been taught by these faithful people who came out of the Egypt of this world, and they are set up for this journey in a better way, just like the Israelites that crossed the Jordan River should have been set up in a better way to do what they were commanded to do.

But it is not just for the second- or third- or fourth-generation Christians; it is for ones that came out of the world, first-generation Christians too. But being a second-generation Christian, I have to think that it is a good way for me to approach these things because, you know, I appreciate very much what my parents did, and they set me up for this, and now it is my responsibility to hold up my end of the board here and make sure I make it into the Kingdom. I do all those things that I need to do to enter into God's rest.

This typical conquest we have in the book of Joshua teaches us about preparing to possess the land fully or possess our inheritance fully. It teaches us how to act and grow into our inheritance under the leadership of Jesus Christ. It shows how we must face and overcome many challenges, many enemies on the road to full possession of the Kingdom of God.

Joshua 1:5-9

There are Joshua's marching orders delivered by God Himself! "Do not turn to the left hand or to the right hand. Follow My law explicitly." That is very clear.