08.09.20 | Joshua
Battle, Victory, Rest
Tony Pyle
Joshua 10-11
Often we have difficulty believing promises based on our past experiences. When you read the promises of God, do you trust Him? Pastor Tony Pyle reminds us that through Jesus, God has delivered us the ultimate promise. Through believing in His name, He will deliver us from the chains of sin and welcome us into His perfect rest.
- Live Notes
Now King Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and completely destroyed it, treating Ai and its king as he had Jericho and its king, and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living among them. So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed because Gibeon was a large city like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were warriors. Therefore King Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem sent word to King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and King Debir of Eglon, saying, “Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.” So the five Amorite kings—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces, advanced with all their armies, besieged Gibeon, and fought against it.
Joshua 10:1-5
Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Don’t give up on your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, for all the Amorite kings living in the hill country have joined forces against us.” So Joshua and all his troops, including all his best soldiers, came from Gilgal.
Joshua 10:6-7
The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for I have handed them over to you. Not one of them will be able to stand against you.”
Joshua 10:8
So Joshua caught them by surprise, after marching all night from Gilgal.
Joshua 10:9
The Lord threw them into confusion before Israel. He defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, chased them through the ascent of Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah. As they fled before Israel, the Lord threw large hailstones on them from the sky along the descent of Beth-horon all the way to Azekah, and they died. More of them died from the hail than the Israelites killed with the sword.
On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the Lord in the presence of Israel:
“Sun, stand still over Gibeon,
and moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
And the sun stood still
and the moon stopped
until the nation took vengeance on its enemies.
Isn’t this written in the Book of Jashar?
So the sun stopped
in the middle of the sky
and delayed its setting
almost a full day.
There has been no day like it before or since, when the Lord listened to a man, because the Lord fought for Israel.
Joshua 10:10-14
Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign, because the Lord, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
Joshua 10:42
So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the Lord had told Moses. Joshua then gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. After this, the land had rest from war.
Joshua 11:23
God deals with evil
God gives generously
God provides rest
But to all who did receive him, he gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in his name,
John 1:12
“Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28
For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for God’s people. For the person who has entered his rest has rested from his own works, just as God did from his. Let us, then, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same pattern of disobedience.
Hebrews 4:8-11
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