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JOSHUA
LESSON #16

JOSHUA 19
LESSON #16

A PLACE OF REFUGE

MEMORY VERSE: PSALM 91:2

READ JOS 19:49-51

JOSHUA'S INHERITANCE:

SHILOH = MEANS REST

FOR 300 YEARS THE TABERNACLE RESTED HERE UNTIL THE DAYS OF SAMUEL.

THE LESSONS FROM INHERITANCE OF THE 12 TRIBES

1. FAITHFULNESS TO GOD HAS A PRIMARY REWARD: EXEMPLIFIED BY JOSHUA.

2. COMPLAINING DOES NOT INCREASE THE BLESSINGS: EXEMPLIFIED BY MANASSEH BUT FIGHTING TO POSSESS THEM DOES HAVE A REWARD.

3. A GOOD BEGINNING IS NOT AN ASSURANCE OF A GOOD ENDING: EXEMPLIFIED BY DAN AND EPHRAIM.

 

JOSHUA 20

READ JOS 20:1-9

THE SIX CITIES OF REFUGE NUM 35:6-34 [SEE A BIBLE MAP IF YOU HAVE ONE.]

WHO WAS WELCOME IN THE SIX CITIES OF REFUGE?

A PERSON WHO COMMITTED MANSLAUGHTER (UNINTENTIONAL MURDER)

WHAT WERE THE CONDITIONS?

(JOS 20 NUM 35:6-34 EXO 21:12-13 DEU 4:41-43 DEU 19:1-13)

NOTICE THAT THE 6 CITIES OF REFUGE ARE A PICTURE OR ILLUSTRATION OF THE MINISTRY OF CHRIST:

  1. THE CITIES WERE A REFUGE FROM REVENGE BY A FAMILY MEMBER.

    2. JOS 20:3

    CHRIST IS A REFUGE FROM CONDEMNATION ROM 8:1.

  2. THE PERSON SHALL DECLARE HIS CAUSE JOS 20:4.

    3. THE UNBELIEVER MUST DECLARE CHRIST TO BE SAVED. ROM 10:9-10.

  3. THE GATES OF THE 6 CITIES ARE NEVER LOCKED.

    4. THE WAY TO CHRIST IS ALWAYS OPEN TO ALL. 2PET 3:9.

  4. THE PERSON SHALL BE GIVEN A PLACE. JOS 20:4.

    5. CHRIST WILL MAKE A PLACE FOR YOU. JOH 14:2.

  5. THE PERSON WHALL BE SAFE FROM THE AVENGER. JOS 20:5.

    6. THE BELIEVER SHALL BE SAFE FROM HIS ADVERSARY. 2PET 5:7-10.

  6. HE SHALL GET JUSTICE AT JUDGMENT. JOS 20:6.

    7. THE BELIEVER WILL GET JUSTICE AT THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST. 2COR 5:10.

  7. THE PERSON CAN REMAIN UNTIL THE DEATH OF THE HIGH PRIEST.

    8. JOS 20:6

    WE CAN REMAIN IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD FOREVER BECAUSE CHRIST, OUR HIGH PRIEST WILL NEVER DIE. HEB 4:14 HEB 5:6

  8. REFUGE IS FOR THE JEW OR THE GENTILE. NUM 35:15.

    9. GOD IS NO REPECTOR OF PERSONS. ROM 2:11.

  9. A HIGHWAY WAS BUILT TO EACH CITY. DEU 19:3

JESUS CHRIST, IS THE WAY TO SALVATION. JOH 14:6.

JEWISH TRADITION SAYS THAT ONE DAY A YEAR THE PEOPLE WERE TO REPAIRK THE HIGHWAY THE SIGNS POINTING THE WAY TO THE CITIES OF REFUGE.

WE ARE TO POINT THE WAY TO CHRIST CONTINUALLY SO THAT THOSE WHO SEEK REFUGE WILL FIND HIM.

THE SIX CITIES OF REFUGE AND THEIR MEANINGS:

  1. KEDESH = MEANS HOLY

    2. JESUS CHRIST IS THE HOLY ONE.

  2. SHECHEM = MEANS SHOULDER

    3. JESUS CHRIST IS OUR STRENGTH ON WHOSE SHOULDER WE CAN LEAN.

  3. HEBRON = MEANS FELLOWSHIP

    4. JESUS CHRIST IS OUR BROTHER AND FRIEND.

  4. BEZER = MEANS STRONGHOLD OR ROCK

    5. JESUS CHRIST IS OUR ROCK AND STRONG FORTRESS.

  5. RAMOTH-GILEAD = MEANS EXALTATION

    6. JESUS CHRIST IS THE EXALTED ONE WHO EXALTS US.

  6. GOLAN = MEANS JOY

JESUS CHRIST IS THE JOY OF OUR SALVATION.

WHAT SIGNIFICANCE TO US TODAY ARE THE 6 CITIES OF REFUGE?

SEE HEB 10:19-23

AS WE HAVE SEEN, THE 6 CITIES ARE A PICTURE OF THE WORK OF CHRIST

ON OUR BEHALF.

THE 48 CITIES OF THE LEVITES:

FORTY EIGHT CITIES WERE GIVEN TO THE TRIBE OF LEVI IN WHICH TO LIVE. THESE 48 CITIES INCLUDED THE 6 CITIES OF REFUGE AND WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE PROMISE LAND.

APPLICATION:

WITH BLESSING OF INHERITANCE COMES RESPONSIBILITY

EACH OF THE THREE LEVITE FAMILIES (THE KOHATH FAMILY, THE

GERSHON FAMILY, AND THE MERARI FAMILY) HAD THEIR SEPARATE

RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE TABERNACLE. ITS FURNITURE, AND

COVERINGS.

EACH OF THE THREE LEVITE FAMILIES HAD TWO CITIES OF REFUGE TO

GOVERN AND MAINTAIN

 

JOSHUA 21

READ JOS 21:43-45

ALL GOD'S PROMISES WERE FULFILLED.

THIS IS THE BEAUTY OF FULFILLED PROPHECY AS SEEN THROUGH THE 12 TRIBES, FIRST GIVEN IN GEN 49.

 

HOMEWORK FOR JOSHUA 22

THIS IS A SELF-STUDY. DO NOT SEND THE HOMEWORK TO THE TEACHER FOR CORRECTION.

APPLICATION OF JOSUA 19, 20, 21

CONSIDER YOUR OWN STEWARDSHIP OF TIME, TALENT, MONEY. WHAT AREA OF BETTER STEWARDSHIP DO YOU NEED TO WORK ON?

WRITE YOUR THOUGHTS AND PROGRESS THIS WEEK:

PREPARATION FOR JOSHUA 22

READ JOSHUA 22:1-20

WHAT WAS THE MOTIVE OF THE EAST BANK TRIBES FOR BUILDING THE ALTAR?

WHAT WAS THE DISAGREEMENT ABOUT IN THE MINDS OF THE WEST BANK TRIBES?

WHAT WRONG ACTIONS WERE COMMITTED BY THE WEST BANK TRIBES?

WHAT RIGHT ATTITUDES DO YOU FIND AMONG THE WEST BANK TRIBES?

READ JOSHUA 22:21-34

WHAT RIGHT ACTIONS WERE TAKEN?

 

WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE OF THE EAST BANK TRIBES?

WHY DO YOU THINK THERE WAS A HAPPY ENDING?

WHAT WAS THE SIXTH MEMORIAL SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT?

OF WHAT SIGNIFICANCE IS THIS MEMORIAL TO US TODAY?

MEMORY VERSE: 1 JOHN 2:10