Transcript Mission Impossible II The Conquest of Jericho

Mission Impossible II
The Conquest of Jericho
Joshua 5:13 - 6:21
“I can’t see
why you are
making such a
big issue out
of this; just
get three
quotes and
fix the wall.”
• study of 413
“famous and
exceptionally
gifted people”
• 392 had to
overcome very
difficult
obstacles in
order to become
who they were
3 P’s
• Israel had a Problem (6:1)
• Israel had a Promise (6:2)
• Israel had a Plan of attack (6:3-21)
Israel had a Problem
• “Jericho was tightly shut
up because of the
Israelites. No one went
out and no one came in.”
Joshua 6:1
• Outer wall was about 6ft
thick and 20ft high
• Inner wall was 12ft thick
and 30 ft high
• Between the walls was a
15ft guarded walkway
Israel had a Problem
How to attack a walled city:
1. Go over the wall with ladders
2. Dig a tunnel underneath the wall
3. Smash a Hole in the wall with a
battering ram
4. Put a siege on the city and starve
them out
5. Deception such as the Trojan Horse
Israel had a Promise
• “Now when Joshua was near
Jericho he looked up and saw a
man standing in front of him with a
drawn sword in his hand.”
Joshua 5:13
• “Neither, but as Commander of the
army of the Lord I have now
come.”
Joshua 5:14
Israel had a Promise
• “See, I have delivered Jericho into your
hands, along with its king and its
fighting men...”
Joshua 6:2
• “For the weapons of our warfare are
not carnal but mighty in God, for
pulling down strongholds, casting
down arguments and every high thing
that exalts itself against the knowledge
of God, bringing every thought into
captivity to the obedience of Christ.”
2 Corinthians 10:4-5
Israel had a Promise
• Promise of ongoing victory – “But
thanks be to God who gives us the
victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ.”
I Corinthians 15:57
• Promise that we will never fight alone
– “…..I am with you always, even unto
the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:20
Israel had a Plan
"Yet another way of working is
to begin with God; to ask
His plans, and to offer
ourselves to Him to carry
out His purposes."
Israel had a Plan
• God’s plan was for Israel’s soldiers to
march around the city of Jericho following
the Ark and seven priests who were to
blow seven trumpets led the Ark. The
people were to say nothing during the
entire journey around the city! When they
finished walking around the city -- they
went back to camp! They did the same
thing for six straight days. On the
seventh day they were to march around
the city seven times. At the completion of
the seventh lap they were to blow the
horn and all the people would shout! (6:35)
Israel had a Plan
• Silence before the Lord. (6:10)
• Seven Day March of
unquestioned and continued
obedience (6:3-15)
• Shout of Victory (6:16, 20-21)
Silence before the Lord (6:10)
• Joshua commanded the people, "Do
not give a war cry, do not raise your
voices, do not say a word until the day I
tell you to shout. Then shout!"
Joshua 6:10
• Moses said, "The Lord will fight for
you; and you shall hold your peace."
Exodus 14:14
Silence before the Lord (6:10)
• "Be still [hush up! listen!] and know
that I am God."
Psalm 46:10
• "To draw near [to God] and listen is
better than to offer the sacrifice of
fools."
Ecclesiastes 5:1
Silence before the Lord (6:10)
• "The heart of the discerning acquires
knowledge; the ears of the wise seek it
out."
Proverbs 18:15
• "Every one who hears these words of
Mine is like a wise man who built his
house on a rock."
Matthew 7:24-25
• "Consider carefully how you listen."
Luke 8:18
"The voice
speaks to you
all the time. You
just fail to
listen."
- Joan of Arc
Erik Weihenmayer
Seven Day March of unquestioned
and continued obedience (6:3-15)
• ”Abraham - called to go to a place he
would later receive as his inheritance
obeyed and went even though he did
know where he was going... ”
Hebrews 11:8
• "were still living [and obeying] by faith
when they died [even though] they did
not receive the things promised.“
Hebrews 11:13
“many people don't
see the answers to
their prayers
simply because
they have stopped
one round short in
their conquest of
their personal
Jericho.”
– Dr Alan Redpath
Lee Trevino
"Christian
discipleship is
a long
obedience in
the same
direction."
- Eugene Peterson
Shout of Victory
“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 city!”
Joshua 6:16
Shout of Victory (6:16, 20-21)
"The city's wall do appear to have collapsed
suddenly and the blackened timbers and
stones, as well as a layer of soot dating to
1400 B.C., .all suggest that the city burned,
as the Bible says it did. Archaeologist
Kathleen Kenyon also found bushels of grain
on the site, .consistent with the Bible's
account of a springtime conquest so rapid
that Jericho's besieged populace had not
exhausted their food."
U.S. News and World Report Oct 1991