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SIMILARITIES BETWEEN BOOK OF JOSHUA AND THE BOOK OF ACTS
FIRSTLY, LET’S LOOK AT THE CLASSIFICATION OF BOOKS OF JEWISH CANON AND THAT OF
THE CHRISTIANS
CATALOGUING THE BOOKS OF THE JEWISH BIBLE –LUKE 24:44
TANAKH (Hebrew: נ� "ךת� ) THE LAW - TORAH (Hebrew: ה ( "meaning "Instruction ,תור�
THE PROPHETS - NEVI’IM (Hebrew: ים יא� ב� ("meaning "Prophets נ�
THE WRITINGS - KETUVIM ( Hebrew : ים תוב� ("meaning “Writings כ�
WISDOM, SCROLLS, HISTORIES-WRITINGS
CATALOGUING THE BOOKS OF THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE
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SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE BOOKS OF JOSHUA AND ACTS
1. LOCATION2. PREPARATION3. QUALIFICATION (THE 4 Ms’)4. DOMINATION5. STRATEGIZATION6. SENSATION7. RETRIBUTION (QUICK)8. COMMOTION9. DISCRIMINATION10.GLORIFICATION11.DEDICATION
POSITIVE LESSONS
LESSONS FROM EVEN NEGATIVE INCIDENTS
LESSONS ONCE AGAIN FROM POSITIVE INCIDENTS
Exodus - Deut
Matt-John
Joshua
Acts
LOCATION-BOTH BEGIN WHERE EARTHLY LIFE/MINISTRY OF MOSES (A TYPE OF CHRIST-DEU 18:18) AND JESUS END
RESPECTIVELY
Prophets
Epistles
II Chronicles (ends waiting for Messiah's coming)
Revelation (ends waiting for Messiah's II coming)
LIFE OF MOSES COVERED IN 4 BOOKS/LIFE OF JESUS ALSO COVERED IN 4 BOOKS
PREPARATION-JOSHUA PREPARED BY MOSES WHEREAS THE APOSTLES WERE PREPARED BY JESUS
QUALIFICATION-MIGHT
THE LORD WAS WITH APOSTLES JUST AS HE WAS WITH JOSHUA AND HIS ARMY-JOSHUA 1:5/MATT 28:20/ACTS 2:1-4
QUALIFICATION-MORALENOT EASY TO STEP INTO THE SHOES OF A GREAT LEADER! HOWEVER IN THE SERVICE OF OUR
ENCOURAGING GOD, MORE THAN ABILITY, IT IS THE AVAILABILITY THAT COUNTS!
NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO STAND UP AGAINST YOU ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. AS I WAS WITH MOSES, SO I WILL BE WITH YOU; I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU
–JOSHUA 1:5-MORALE BOOSTER/ACTS 4:12-13
QUALIFICATION - MORALITY
“BE STRONG AND VERY COURAGEOUS. BE CAREFUL TO OBEY ALL THE LAW MY SERVANT MOSES GAVE YOU; DO NOT TURN FROM IT TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT, THAT YOU MAY BE SUCCESSFUL WHEREVER YOU GO. KEEP THIS BOOK OF THE LAW ALWAYS ON YOUR LIPS; MEDITATE ON IT DAY AND NIGHT, SO THAT YOU MAY BE CAREFUL TO DO EVERYTHING WRITTEN IN IT. THEN YOU WILL BE PROSPEROUS AND SUCCESSFUL” –JOSHUA 1:7-8
GOD’S WORD IS LIKE A LIGHTHOUSE
GOD’S WORK DONE AS PER GOD’S WILL WOULD NEVER LACK GOD’S RESOURCES!
QUALIFICATION -“MATRIMONY” OF SUPPORT FROM GOD AND PEOPLE
THERE WAS SUPPORT FROM GOD AND ALSO FROM PEOPLE –JOSHUA 1:9/16-18/ACTS 2:1-4/41
DOMINATION/ACTION
NONE COULD STOP JOSHUA AND HIS ARMY, NONE COULD STOP THE APOSTLES
Central and Southern Campaigns (Joshua: 6-10)
DOMINATION/ACTION
Northern Campaign (Joshua:11-12) And Allocation Of Unconquered Land (13:1-6)
DOMINATION/ACTION
RAPID GROWTH OF CHURCH – ACTS 2-10
MISSIONARY JOURNEYS’ OF PETER
MISSIONARY JOURNEYS’ OF PHILLIP
DOMINATION/ACTION
ACTS 13-14
DOMINATION/ACTION
ACTS 16-18:22DOMINATION/ACTION-
ACTS 18:22-21:19DOMINATION/ACTION-
STRATEGIZATION-JOSHUA 6-7/ACTS 23NOTE: JOSHUA DROVE A WEDGE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH
CANAAN/PAUL DID IT BETWEEN PHARISEES AND SADUCEES
ISRAELITES CAMPED HERE
SENSATION-AMAZING MIRACLES JOSHUA6:20/10:12-14/ACTS 5:15-16
TO BE FAIR SOME NEGATIVE INCIDENTS ARE ALSO FAITHFULLY RECORDED IN
BOTH THE BOOKS OF JOSHUA AND ACTS. PRAISE GOD, WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM
TOO-1 COR 10:11
RETRIBUTION-JOSHUA 7/ACTS 5:1-11
IMMEDIATE PUNISHMENT. LESSON # 1- DO NOT TAKE THE ALMIGHTY LIGHTLY!!!
COMMOTION-JOSHUA 9/ACTS 15:36-40
NOT DEPENDING ON GOD’S GUIDANCE! LESSON # 2- LEARN TO PRAY AND SEEK HIS COUNSEL WHILST
SETTLING CONFUSING MATTERS!!!
DISCRIMINATION-JOSHUA 22/ACTS 11:1-18
PREJUDICE, PREJUDICE, PREJUDICE!!! LESSON # 3 - AVOID IT!!!
COMING BACK TO POSITIVE
LESSONS…
GLORIFICATION-JOSHUA 23:9-10/ACTS 14:27/21:19
JOSHUA NEVER TOOK THE GLORY FOR THE MIGHTY DEEDS WROUGHT THROUGH HIM NOR DID THE
APOSTLES
DEDICATION-JOSHUA 24:15/31/2 TIM 4:8
JOSHUA AND HIS GENERATION WERE FAITHFUL TILL THE END, SO WERE THE APOSTLES
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