Joshua

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Seeker47

Seeker47

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With a very limited exposure to the ancient Hebrew, I did learn there is no Hebrew letter that translates to our letter “J.” That sound was not spoken.

Joshua in the First Testament was actually Yehoshua in the original language, the exact same name we now call Jesus.

This is where it gets interesting. Yehoshua was with Moses and served him before and during the deliverance of God’s people from Egypt. He was with Moses during the plagues, during Passover, at the Red Sea, on the Mountain and continually during the years in the desert, right up to the walls of Jericho.

Yehoshua was then given Moses own glory and commanded to lead his people into the promised land. Yehoshua did just that; he defeated God’s enemies, governed God’s people, and allocated each tribe their due portion of blessings and judgements.

Our God is the God of patterns. These patterns are reflected throughout the created universe. Reading the First Testament leads to fascinating insights and truths that may otherwise be missed. I hope all God’s people experience the excitement and joy of seeking and discovering these patterns. It is a tremendously enriching experience.
 
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Seeker47 said:
With a very limited exposure to the ancient Hebrew, I did learn there is no Hebrew letter that translates to our letter “J.” That sound was not spoken.

Joshua in the First Testament was actually Yehoshua in the original language, the exact same name we now call Jesus.

This is where it gets interesting. Yehoshua was with Moses and served him before and during the deliverance of God’s people from Egypt. He was with Moses during the plagues, during Passover, at the Red Sea, on the Mountain and continually during the years in the desert, right up to the walls of Jericho.

Yehoshua was then given Moses own glory and commanded to lead his people into the promised land. Yehoshua did just that; he defeated God’s enemies, governed God’s people, and allocated each tribe their due portion of blessings and judgements.

Our God is the God of patterns. These patterns are reflected throughout the created universe. Reading the First Testament leads to fascinating insights and truths that may otherwise be missed. I hope all God’s people experience the excitement and joy of seeking and discovering these patterns. It is a tremendously enriching experience.
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very well done...
 
You want to be careful, because some people study the Old Testament and become enamored with all things Jewish to the extent that they begin to think like the Pharisees and think that they are establishing their own righteousness. It is for this reason we have the letter to the Galatians.
 
timf said:
You want to be careful, because some people study the Old Testament and become enamored with all things Jewish to the extent that they begin to think like the Pharisees and think that they are establishing their own righteousness. It is for this reason we have the letter to the Galatians.
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My Goodness where did this come from? (Rhetorical question, it's source is clear!)

A self righteous Pharisee for identifying messianic passages in God's word? Is the inquisition at hand?
 
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I marvel at His establishment of a name, how He builds and builds upon everlasting foundations unto eternal expansion.

Meaning does not change; it grows.

It outgrows the false meanings attributed and applied.

What is false just falls away in the presence of truth.
 
A cautionary note regarding some who have run into trouble may not be the persecution you imagine.
 
Thanks Seeker47, for your noticing that Joshua provides a picture of Jesus. Here's a paragraph I wrote about this once as part of a chapter about Moses and Jonah:

"Another person in the Bible that seems to provide a picture of Jesus in some way is Joshua. Did you know that the name Joshua and the name Jesus mean the same thing? They both mean 'Jehova is salvation'. This is definitely a clue keying us in to the picture that is being presented. And in this regard yet another name is worth mentioning. That is the name of a river. The river Jordan is a river that most of us have heard of. As well as being featured in the Bible, it is still existing as the border between two present-day countries. Yet did you know that the meaning of the word Jordan is 'judgment'? Joshua and his fellow Israelites crossed this river and came out on the other side unharmed. How can it be that anyone can cross over, through the judgment, and make it to the other side unharmed? If we think about God's judgment for a moment, we could easily understand the difficulty humans might have to survive such an event. After all, mankind has sinned, and so the wages of sin is the judgment of death. Yet what happened at the river Jordan with Joshua and the Israelites? Joshua took the Israelites across the judgment (across the Jordan) to the other side, completely unharmed. Many Christians are aware that this is exactly what Jesus does for us. We would be condemned in the judgment, we would not cross over the Jordan, except that Christ bore the penalty of the law. Consequently, we are able to pass over beyond the judgment. Instead of experiencing death for having not lived up to the law, we continue to live. All thanks to God, who put Jesus to death on the cross in our place, and then raised him up to live forever with us. It is quite the picture of Jesus painted by Joshua, really, as he crosses the river Jordan."
 
I am just amazed at the interconnections found in scripture. You have showed me yet another I did not know. When I consider the multiple authors, the extended time periods, the reliance on oral transmission and the various circumstances during these times, and yet discover God's word is consistent and unchanging, I stand in shaken wonder. It is a depth that can never be fully sounded and a treasure beyond comprehension.

But I ramble a bit!
 
Seeker47 said:
I am just amazed at the interconnections found in scripture. You have showed me yet another I did not know. When I consider the multiple authors, the extended time periods, the reliance on oral transmission and the various circumstances during these times, and yet discover God's word is consistent and unchanging, I stand in shaken wonder. It is a depth that can never be fully sounded and a treasure beyond comprehension.

But I ramble a bit!
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I appreciate such rambling. Thanks again.
 
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