Joshua 3–4

Teacher: Daniel Agee [contact]
File size: 11.2 MB [download MP3]
Duration: 46:49

Parallels between Yehoshua’s movement of Israel across Yordan (Jordan) River into the Promised Land the ministry of Messiah Yeshua past, present & future.

Thought questions

• What things in chapters 3 and 4 that connect to the Messiah?
  • Entering promised land and the 10th day of the first month.
  • v. 2 — At the end of the third day, they were told to get ready for the fourth day–crossing?
  • 3¹/₂ days — Joshua rose early on first day; marshals show up end of 3 days
  • v. 3 — Anything ark moves, 6 tribes in front, 6 in back but this time, the ark leads, why?
  • v. 3 — tells us the people were to remain 2ooo cubits away from the ark. 1 cubit is the span of a man’s arm from elbow to fingertip. Why is this counting of man? How many years after this generation died to when anyone to follow Messiah?
  • Why are all these things symbolic of Messiah?

• v. 7 — Why does God say he will "exalt you"?

• What did Yehoshua say who did this?
  • What did Messiah say His job was in relation to God?

• v. 8 — What happened when all Israel crossed the Red Sea? What is this symbolic of?

• Has this new generation been baptized?

• Who is showing the way?

• v. 9 — How does Yehoshua’s rods "come here and see" mirror Messiah’s words?

• v. 10 — Who does Messiah’s give glory for His actions?

• v. 12 — How are the 12 men from the tribes similar to Yeshua’s mission?

• v. 14 — How does leaving tents to go into the promise land parallel where Messiah is taking us?

• v. 16 — What were the massive columns of water?

• What is the Dead Sea symbolic of in prophesy of Ezekiel’s Temple? (dead sea=man=nations)

• v 14-15 — How are picking up 12 stones from under the ark in the river similar to the work of Yeshua’s 12 disciples?

• ch. 4:9 — Why did Yehoshua put stones from the land into the river? How is that symbolic of Israel of nations without a home?