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THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST IN THE BOOK OF JOSHUA (I):
We have been looking at types of Christ in the OLD TESTAMENT and
completed Christ in the Pentateuch. We now start with The Lord
Jesus Christ in the Historical Books namely Joshua to Esther.
Joshua is a distinct type of Christ. His very name has the same
meaning : “Jehovah is Salvation”.
In this Book we see a New Leader and a
new command to arise and bring the children of
Israel
into a
New
Land
! Moses as the embodiment of the Law was not able to bring
them into the Promised Land.
Likewise the Law can never bring me into
the fullness of Salvation and Victory of the Gospel of Christ.
Jesus alone can give me New Life through
Regeneration by the Holy Spirit.” ..and you shall call His
Name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.”
(Matthew 1:21; John 3:3 & 5-8)
1.
THE PROMISED LAND : GOD’s GIFT and GOD’s PROVISION:
The Promised Land is in one sense a picture
of Heaven, but also in many respects a picture of my present
inheritance in Christ in this life, here and now. Christ is
giving me Living Water, fullness of Joy and a Victorious life
through continual abiding and resting in Him.
He promises me : not absence of
tribulation, but IN HIM PEACE; not freedom from temptation and
conflict, but THROUGH HIM VICTORY; not immunity from toil, but
IN HIM REST. (Matt
11:28
, Heb4:1,3,10,11; John 14:26, Ephes 2:14; 1John 5:4-5,
Rev 12:11
)
It
is however imperative for me by faith to enter into possession
of what is already mine in Christ.
2.
WARFARE: THE ARMOUR I NEED AS CHRISTIAN:
The enemies of
Israel
are a type of my enemies as a Christian.
Egypt
is a type of the WORLD. In the Amalekites in the wilderness I
have a picture of the FLESH and SELF. In the Canaanites I have a
picture of an even more deadly foe. Although highly civilized
and intellectual, they were nevertheless totally
CORRUPT and HYPOCRITICAL. These are also my enemies : am I alert to overcome them?
“And they overcame him by the Blood of
the Lamb and by the word of their testimony…(
Rev 12:11
)
“For whatever is born of God overcomes
the world.” (1John 5:4)
TO
GOD BE THE GLORY!
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or Fax: (044) 533 6254.
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