Bible Lesson: Miracles Of The Old
Testament: The Walls Of Jericho Fall Down.
Occasion: God Gives Israel
Victory Over Their Enemies.
Location: Jericho.
Bible Text: Joshua 6:1-27 NLT (The
City Of Jericho falls.)
1 Now the gates of Jericho were
tightly shut because the people were afraid of the Israelites. No one
was allowed to go out or in.
2 But the Lord said to Joshua, “I
have given you Jericho, its king, and all its strong warriors.
3 You and your fighting men should
march around the town once a day for six days.
4 Seven priests will walk ahead of
the Ark, each carrying a ram’s horn. On the seventh day you are to
march around the town seven times, with the priests blowing the
horns.
5 When you hear the priests give one
long blast on the rams’ horns, have all the people shout as loud as
they can. Then the walls of the town will collapse (KJV:
the wall of the city shall fall down flat), and the people
can charge straight into the town.”
6 So Joshua called together the
priests and said, “Take up The Ark Of The Lord’s Covenant, and
assign seven priests to walk in front of it, each carrying a ram’s
horn.”
7 Then he gave orders to the people:
“March around the town, and the armed men will lead the way in
front of The Ark Of The Lord.”
8 After Joshua spoke to the people,
the seven priests with the rams’ horns started marching in the
presence of The Lord, blowing the horns as they marched. And The Ark
Of The Lord’s Covenant followed behind them.
9 Some of the armed men marched in
front of the priests with the horns and some behind The Ark, with the
priests continually blowing the horns.
10 “Do not shout; do not even
talk,” Joshua commanded. “Not a single word from any of you until
I tell you to shout. Then shout!”
11 So The Ark Of The Lord was
carried around the town once that day, and then everyone returned to
spend the night in the camp.
12 Joshua got up early the next
morning, and the priests again carried The Ark Of The Lord.
13 The seven priests with the rams’
horns marched in front of The Ark Of The Lord, blowing their horns.
Again the armed men marched both in front of the priests with the
horns and behind The Ark Of The Lord. All this time the priests were
blowing their horns.
14 On the second day they again
marched around the town once and returned to the camp. They followed
this pattern for six days.
15 On the seventh day the Israelites
got up at dawn and marched around the town as they had done before.
But this time they went around the town seven times.
16 The seventh time around, as the
priests sounded the long blast on their horns, Joshua commanded the
people, “Shout! For The Lord has given you the town!
17 Jericho and everything in it must
be completely destroyed as an offering to The Lord. Only Rahab the
prostitute and the others in her house will be spared, for she
protected our spies. (Read Rahab's story in Joshua Chapter two.)
18 “Do not take any of the things
set apart for destruction, or you yourselves will be completely
destroyed, and you will bring trouble on the camp of Israel.
19 Everything made from silver,
gold, bronze, or iron is sacred to the Lord and must be brought into
His treasury.”
20 When the people heard the sound
of the rams’ horns, they shouted as loud as they could. Suddenly,
the walls of Jericho collapsed (KJV:
the wall fell down flat.), and the Israelites charged
straight into the town and captured it.
21 They completely destroyed
everything in it with their swords—men and women, young and old,
cattle, sheep, goats, and donkeys.
22 Meanwhile, Joshua said to the two
spies, “Keep your promise. Go to the prostitute’s house and bring
her out, along with all her family.”
23 The men who had been spies went
in and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all the
other relatives who were with her. They moved her whole family to a
safe place near the camp of Israel.
24 Then the Israelites burned the
town and everything in it. Only the things made from silver, gold,
bronze, or iron were kept for the treasury of the Lord’s house.
25 So Joshua spared Rahab the
prostitute and her relatives who were with her in the house, because
she had hidden the spies Joshua sent to Jericho. And she lives among
the Israelites to this day.
26 At that time Joshua invoked this
curse: “May the curse of the Lord fall on anyone who tries to
rebuild the town of Jericho. At the cost of his firstborn son, he
will lay its foundation.
At the cost of his youngest son, he
will set up its gates.”
27 So the Lord was with Joshua, and
his reputation spread throughout the land.
Someone special had
come to Joshua, to give him instructions....that someone was the
pre-incarnate Lord Jesus Christ.
Theophany:
From the Ancient Greek θεοφάνεια (theophaneia,[1] meaning
"appearance of God"),[2] refers to the appearance of a
deity to a human or other being, or to a divine disclosure.
Wikipedia
Joshua 5:13-16
NLT (Joshua is confronted by (KJV) The Captain Of The Host
Of The Lord -
(NLT The
Commander Of The Lord’s Army.)
13 When Joshua was
near the town of Jericho, he looked up and saw a Man standing in
front of him with sword in hand. Joshua went up to Him and demanded,
“Are you friend or foe?”
14 “Neither one,”
He replied. “I am The Commander Of The Lord’s Army.”
At this, Joshua
fell with his face to the ground in reverence. “I am at your
command,” Joshua said. “What do you want your servant to do?”
15 The commander Of
The Lord’s Army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place
where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did as he was told.
Joshua 6:1-2 NLT
1 Now the gates of Jericho were
tightly shut because the people were afraid of the Israelites. No one
was allowed to go out or in.
2 But the Lord said to Joshua, “I
have given you Jericho, its king, and all its strong warriors.
The Lord had come
to give victory to His people, total victory over their
enemies!
Praise the name of
our Lord, The Captain Of The Host Of The Lord, He has given “us,”
victory over our enemies (spiritual, or natural.)
Psalm 44:4-8 KJV
4 Thou art my King, O God: command
deliverance's for (God's people)..."
5 Through thee will we push down our
enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up
against us.
6 For I will not trust in my bow,
neither shall my sword save me.
7 But thou hast saved us from our
enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
8 In God we boast all the day long,
and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
Luke 10:19 KJV
Behold, I give unto you power to
tread on serpents and scorpions, and over ALL the power of the enemy:
and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
For the “full-explanation,” of this
verse be sure to stop here, and read the blog posting! …...
Romans 8:35,37,38,39 KJV
35 Who shall separate us from the
love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or
famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
37 Nay, in all these things we are
more than conquerors through Him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither
death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor
things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any
other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God,
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
I John 5:1-5 NLT
1 Everyone who believes that Jesus
is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the
Father loves His children, too.
2 We know we love God’s children
if we love God and obey His commandments.
3 Loving God means keeping His
commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome.
4 For every child of God defeats
this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.
5 And who can win this battle
against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is The Son Of
God.
Revelation 15:2 KJV (Song of
Moses and The Lamb Of God.)
2 I saw before me what seemed to be
a glass sea mixed with fire. And on it stood all the people who had
been victorious over the beast and his statue and the number
representing his name. They were all holding harps that God had given
them.
3 And they were singing the song of
Moses, the servant of God, and the song of The Lamb:
“Great and marvelous are your
works, O Lord God, The Almighty. Just and true are your ways,
O King Of The Nations.
4 Who will not fear you, Lord, and
glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and
worship before you, for your righteous deeds have been revealed.”
The Lord had a victorious plan of
attack, for Joshua.
Joshua 6:3-5 NLT
3 You and your fighting men should
march around the town once a day for six days.
4 Seven priests will walk ahead of
the Ark, each carrying a ram’s horn.
On the seventh day you are to march
around the town seven times, with the priests blowing the horns.
5 When you hear the priests give one
long blast on the rams’ horns, have all the people shout as loud as
they can.
Then the walls of the town will
collapse (KJV: the wall of the
city shall fall down flat), and the people can charge
straight into the town.”
To be successful
in life, howbeit spiritual or natural, we must follow the guidelines
of our Commander And Chief!
Exodus 15:26 KJV
And said, If thou wilt diligently
hearken to the voice of The Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is
right in His sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep
all His statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which
I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am The Lord That Healeth
Thee.
(Strong's
Reference: 7495 Jehovah Rapha: The Septuagint: kurios ho
iômenos se…the Lord your healer
Psalm 19:14 KJV
Let the words of my mouth, and the
meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my
strength, and my redeemer.
Psalm 86:11 NLT
Teach me your Ways, O Lord, that I
may live according to your Truth! Grant me purity of heart, so that I
may honor you.
Psalm 119:8-12
KJV
8 I will keep thy statutes...
9 Wherewithal shall a young man
cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
10 With my whole heart have I sought
thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
11 Thy word have I hid in mine
heart, that I might not sin against thee.
12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach
me thy statutes.
Proverbs 8:32
KJV
Now therefore hearken unto Me, O ye
children: for blessed are they that keep My ways.
Malachi 2:4-6
NLT
4 Then at last you will know it was
I who sent you this warning so that My covenant with the Levites can
continue,” says The Lord Of Heaven’s Armies.
5 “The purpose of My covenant with
the Levites was to bring life and peace, and that is what I gave
them. This required reverence from them, and they greatly revered Me
and stood in awe of My name.
6 They passed on to the people the
Truth of the instructions they received from Me. They did not lie or
cheat; they walked with Me, living good and righteous lives, and they
turned many from lives of sin.
I John 1:7 KJV
But if we walk in the light, as He
is in the Light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood
of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Joshua 6:5-16
NLT
5 When you hear the priests give one
long blast on the rams’ horns, have all the people shout as loud as
they can. Then the walls of the town will collapse (KJV:
the wall of the city shall fall down flat), and the people
can charge straight into the town.”
6 So Joshua called together the
priests and said, “Take up The Ark Of The Lord’s Covenant, and
assign seven priests to walk in front of it, each carrying a ram’s
horn.”
7 Then he gave orders to the people:
“March around the town, and the armed men will lead the way in
front of The Ark Of The Lord.”
8 After Joshua spoke to the people,
the seven priests with the rams’ horns started marching in the
presence of The Lord, blowing the horns as they marched. And The Ark
Of The Lord’s Covenant followed behind them.
9 Some of the armed men marched in
front of the priests with the horns and some behind The Ark, with the
priests continually blowing the horns.
10 “Do not shout; do not even
talk,” Joshua commanded. “Not a single word from any of you until
I tell you to shout. Then shout!”
11 So The Ark Of The Lord was
carried around the town once that day, and then everyone returned to
spend the night in the camp.
12 Joshua got up early the next
morning, and the priests again carried The Ark Of The Lord.
13 The seven priests with the rams’
horns marched in front of The Ark Of The Lord, blowing their horns.
Again the armed men marched both in front of the priests with the
horns and behind The Ark Of The Lord. All this time the priests were
blowing their horns.
14 On the second day they again
marched around the town once and returned to the camp. They followed
this pattern for six days.
15 On the seventh day the Israelites
got up at dawn and marched around the town as they had done before.
But this time they went around the town seven times.
16 The seventh time around, as the
priests sounded the long blast on their horns, Joshua commanded the
people, “Shout! For The Lord has given you the town!
Faith Is The
Victory
Lyrics: John Henry Yates
Music: Ira David Sankey
Encamped along the hills of light,
Ye Christian soldiers, rise,
And press the battle ere the night
Shall veil the glowing skies.
Against the foe in vales below,
Let all our strength be hurled;
Faith is the victory, we know,
That overcomes the world.
His banner over us in love,
Our sword the Word of God;
We tread the road the saints above
With shouts of triumph trod.
By faith they, like whirlwind's breath,
Swept on o'er ev'ry field;
The faith by which they conquered death
Is still our shining shield.
To him who overcomes the foe
White raiment shall be giv'n;
Before the angels he shall know
His name confessed in heav'n.
Then onward from the hills of light,
Our hearts with love aflame;
We'll vanquish all the hosts of night,
In Jesus' conq'ring name.
Chorus:
Faith is the victory!
Faith is the victory!
Oh, glorious victory
That overcomes the world.
Joshua 6:17 NLT
Jericho and
everything in it must be completely destroyed as an offering to The
Lord. Only Rahab the prostitute and the others in her house
will be spared, for she protected our spies. (Read Rahab's story in
Joshua Chapter two.)
Praise the Lord, people who turn to God, are spared, judgment!
Luke 21:36 KJV
Watch ye
therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape
all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before The Son
Of Man.
I
Corinthians 15:57 KJV (Read verses 51-58.)
But thanks be
to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
I Thessalonians
1:9,10 NLT
9 for they keep
talking about the wonderful welcome you gave us and how you turned
away from idols to serve The Living And True God.
10 And they
speak of how you are looking forward to the coming of God’s Son
from heaven—Jesus, whom God raised from the dead. He is the One who
has rescued us from the terrors of the coming judgment.
I Thessalonians 4:13 KJV, (Read verses 13-18)
13...sorrow
not...
18 Wherefore
comfort one another with these words.
I Thessalonians
5:9 KJV
For God hath
not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus
Christ,
II Timothy 4:18
KJV
And the Lord
shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto His
heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
II Peter 2:7-9
NLT
7 But God also
rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a righteous man who was sick
of the shameful immorality of the wicked people around him.
8 Yes, Lot was
a righteous man who was tormented in his soul by the wickedness he
saw and heard day after day.
9 So you see,
the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even
while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final
judgment.
Genesis 19:21,22
NLT
21 “All
right,” the angel said, “I will grant your request. I will not
destroy the little village (Zoar).
22 But hurry!
Escape to it, for I can do nothing (The destruction of Sodom and
Gomorrah.) until you arrive there.”
Revelation
3:10 KJV (Christ's promise to the Church of
Philadelphia.)
Because thou
hast kept the word of My patience, I also will keep thee from the
hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them
that dwell upon the earth.
Revelation 17:8 KJV
The beast that
thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless
pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall
wonder, ( Who on earth shall
wonder after the beast?) whose names were not written in
the book of life from the foundation of the world (Not
God's people, for they have been raptured to be with Christ, before
his appearance.), when they behold the beast that was, and
is not, and yet is.
In the book of
Revelation, the church is absent from the scene from Revelation
4:1-22:17.
Joshua 6:18-27
NLT
18 “Do not take any of the things
set apart for destruction, or you yourselves will be completely
destroyed, and you will bring trouble on the camp of Israel.
19 Everything made from silver,
gold, bronze, or iron is sacred to the Lord and must be brought into
His treasury.”
20 When the people heard the sound
of the rams’ horns, they shouted as loud as they could. Suddenly,
the walls of Jericho collapsed (KJV:
the wall fell down flat.), and the Israelites charged
straight into the town and captured it.
21 They completely destroyed
everything in it with their swords—men and women, young and old,
cattle, sheep, goats, and donkeys.
22 Meanwhile, Joshua said to the two
spies, “Keep your promise. Go to the prostitute’s house and
bring her out, along with all her family.”
23 The men who had been spies
went in and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all
the other relatives who were with her. They moved her whole family to
a safe place near the camp of Israel.
24 Then the Israelites burned the
town and everything in it. Only the things made from silver, gold,
bronze, or iron were kept for the treasury of the Lord’s house.
25 So Joshua spared Rahab the
prostitute and her relatives who were with her in the house, because
she had hidden the spies Joshua sent to Jericho. And she lives among
the Israelites to this day.
26 At that time Joshua invoked this
curse: “May the curse of the Lord fall on anyone who tries to
rebuild the town of Jericho. At the cost of his firstborn son, he
will lay its foundation.
At the cost of his youngest son, he
will set up its gates.”
27 So the Lord
was with Joshua, and his reputation spread throughout the land.
Praise the Lord,
ever more, He Keep's His Promises!
I Kings 8:56 KJV
Blessed be the
Lord, that hath given rest unto His people Israel, according to all
that He promised: there hath not failed one word of all His good
promise, which He promised by the hand of Moses His servant.
Mark 13:31 KJV
Heaven and
earth shall pass away: but My words shall not pass away.
Luke 24:49 KJV
And, behold, I
send the promise of My Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of
Jerusalem, until ye be endued with Power From On High.
John 6:68 KJV
Then Simon
Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of
eternal life.
John 14:6 KJV
Jesus saith
unto him, I am the Way, The truth, and The Life: no man cometh unto
the Father, but by Me.
Romans 4:20,21
KJV
20 He staggered
not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith,
giving glory to God;
21 And being
fully persuaded (Abraham) that, what He (God) had promised, He was
able also to perform.
II Corinthians
1:20 KJV
For all the
promises of God in Him are yea, and in Him Amen, unto the glory of
God by us.
Ephesians 1:13
KJV
In whom ye also
trusted, after that ye heard the word of Truth, the gospel of your
salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with
that Holy Spirit Of Promise,
Titus 1:2 KJV
In hope of
eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world
began;
Hebrews 9:14-15
NLT
14 Just think
how much more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences from
sinful deeds so that we can worship the living God. For by the power
of The Eternal Spirit, Christ offered Himself to God as A Perfect
Sacrifice for our sins.
15 That is why
He is the One who mediates a new covenant between God and people, so
that all who are called can receive the eternal inheritance God has
promised them. For Christ died to set them free from the penalty of
the sins they had committed under that first covenant.
Hebrews 10:23
KJV
Let us hold
fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for He is
faithful that promised;)
James 1:12 KJV
Blessed is the
man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive
the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love
Him.
James 2:5 KJV
Hearken, my
beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in
faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He hath promised to them that
love Him?
II Peter 1:4 KJV
Whereby are
given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye
might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the
corruption that is in the world through lust.
II Peter 3:9,13
KJV
9 The Lord is
not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is
long suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but
that all should come to repentance.
13 Nevertheless
we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth,
wherein dwelleth righteousness.
I John 2:25 KJV
And this is the
promise that He hath promised us, even eternal life.
Have you made the Lord Jesus Christ, the Commander and Chief, the
Savior of your life?
Don't delay!
