In this video listen to Joshua 1 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

The title of the book is none other than the name of the Lord, Jesus. Only two books in the Bible have such clearly defined qualities in the self-descriptions as to be all about the Lord.

First here is this book named after the Lord, and second is the Revelation in the NT, which describes itself as a revelation of Jesus Christ. Both books which reveal Christ are in the context of the judgement and destruction of his enemies. Joshua is a book about the conquest of Canaan in which God fulfils his promises to Abraham, and symbolically shows how we are to walk with God, overcoming evil, defeating strongholds, obeying Christ, and putting every weight aside. Is it any wonder that the sword and the cross are the same shape?

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