Hour 6 In The Land Joshua Judges Ruth
Joshua: entering the Land; overcoming the Land (Addenda: The Sun Stood Still?); and, dividing the Land.
Judges: 450 years of doing “what was right in their own eyes”; sinning, suffering, repentance, deliverance.
Ruth: The Kinsman-Redeemer a love story studied in college.
The Book of Joshua
Joshua was the eldest son of Nun (he had a special interest in Passover 40 years ago!)
• Entering the Land (Chapters 1 – 5):
- Crossing the Jordan;
- Circumcision at Gilgal; Manna ceases…;
- The Night Visitor.
• Overcoming the Land (Chapters 6 - 12)
• Occupying the Land (Chapters 13 - 24): The victory of faith.
Joshua makes a Monument of 12 Stones
John 1:28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
Bethabara = “House of Passage.”
Matthew 3:9
We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these
stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Monument of 12 Stones
The Strange Visitor
– Captain here means the top guy, Commander of the Lord’s Host.
– “Take off your shoes…” angels do not allow themselves to be worshipped
– Who “fought the battle of Jericho”?
Zech 14:3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.]
The Conquest of Canaan
• The Conquest of Jericho
• The Failure at Ai
• The Battle at BethHoron
• The Division of the Land
Jericho: Bet Yerah:
“House of the Moon God:”
Capital of PLO is in Jericho symbol of Islam is the Moon god
• Two “Spies” sent; sheltered by Rahab (“Spies” or “Witnesses”?) Rahab got saved
• Battle Plan: March around city 1/day, for 6 days; march 7 times on the 7th day;
• the Wall will fall down… take no spoil; “no accursed thing.”
• Every Torah rule violated here: 7th day;
• Levites lead procession, etc.
The Failure at Ai
• Confidence in self:
• underestimated enemy; 3,000 sufficient?
• Routed: lost 36 men.
• Only loss of the seven-year campaign.
Joshua 6:10
“And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?”
• Achan had smuggled forbidden loot, violating God’s injunction.
• After stoning Achan (and his family and belongings), a second attack was undertaken.
• 30,000 men, with a 5,000 man ambush force, wiped out the city.
The Battle of Beth-Horon
• Kings confederate under “Adonai-Zedek (Lord of righteousness),” king of Jerusalem.
• Defeated with “stones of fire” from heaven.
• The sun commanded to “stand still” to give them more time to complete the rout…
• the Sun (and the moon) were extended an entire day.
• The kings hide in a cave and are dealt with.
• Completes the southern strategy; the rest is mop up…
• Gibeonites deception results in a peace treaty; honored even when deception known.
The “Sun Stood Still?”
• Ancient calendars based on 360 day years.
• All ancient calendars changed after 701 B.C.
• The planet Mars worshiped by ancient cultures.
• Near Pass-by Hypothesis: Earth and Mars originally on resonant orbits; near pass-bys on every 108 years; would account for catastrophic events on a number occasions in history; energy transfers stabilized in 701 B.C.
http://www.khouse.org/articles/2013/1099/
Virtually all ancient calendars were initially based on a 360-day year:
• 12 months of 30 days each.
• However, all calendars changed in 701 B.C.;
• they all resort to adjustments to accommodate the current sidereal reckoning.
Why? Something distinctive occurred that year, 701 B.C., to perturb the previous resonances.
• It is interesting to catalog the Biblically recorded catastrophes:
• A change in precession is all that is necessary.
Mars Near Pass-Bys?
Spring: Mar 20, 21 every 108 years
Inside; after perihelion
Ahead, loses energy
Earth +, Mars -
Fall: Oct 25 108 years
Outside; from aphelion
Passes behind Earth
Earth -, Mars +
Mars
Earth
Resonant Orbit
Earth: 360 days
Mars: 720 days
• After it stabilized Earth has 365 ¼ days and Mars has 687 days.
• Sources: Donald Patten, Ronald Hatch, and Loren Steinhauer, The Long Day of Joshua, Pacific Meridian Publishing Company, Seattle, WA, 1973. Also, Patten, Donald, W., and Windsor, Samuel R., Recent
• Organization of the Solar System, Pacific Meridian Publishing Company, Seattle, WA, 1995.
Early Telescope Technology
• 1610 Galileo discovered 4 Moons of Jupiter; and Saturn’s rings.
• 1781 Hershel discovered Uranus.
• 1787 “ 2 Moons of Uranus.
• 1789 “ 2 more Moons of Uranus.
• 1846 Laverrier Neptune; 1 Moon.
1877 Asaph Hall 2 Moons of Mars .
Deimos: 30 hours 18minutes (almost orbit synchronous).
Phobos: 7hours 39 minutes eastward; 8 mi dia.; (albedo 3%).
Gulliver’s Testimony
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), in his Gulliver’s Travels published in 1726,
• (“Voyage to Laputa”), details the size, revolutions, and orbits, of the two moons of Mars 151 years before they were discovered by astronomers!
• He probably was drawing on some legends that he had heard.
The Long Day
• 1/3 of million men at Beth-Horon.
• Oct. 25, 1404 B.C.:
– Mars on a polar pass at 70,000 miles.
– Appeared to rise 50 times the size of Moon.
– Severe earthquakes, land tides.
– Polar shift of 5 degrees, the “day” was lengthened.
– Meteors follow 2-3 hours later, @ 30,000 mph and wiped out Israel’s enemies
• Included in other ancient legends and folklore (long night of China).
Source: Immanuel Velikovsky, Worlds in Collision, 1950.
The Campaign
South (Joshua 10):
• The Southern campaign was triggered by the treaty he made with the city of Gibeon. • • Five local kings went to war against Gibeon for its defection to the Israelites.
• Joshua conquered all their cities (except Jerusalem) using speedy marches and surprise attacks.
North (Joshua 11):
• The collapse of the south to Joshua spurred the powerful King Jabin of Hazor to assemble a large army for war.
• Again Joshua’s shock tactics demolished the enemy. But these quick victories
had to be followed up by a slower guerilla war, rooting out pockets of resistance
• Joshua 11:18
Joshua vs. Ephesians: Victorious Christian Living
Joshua Ephesians
Israel and the Church
Entering & Possessing Entering & Possessing
• Israel has an Earthly Inheritance
• In Ephesians the Church has a Heavenly Inheritance
Israel
• Given in Abraham
The Church
• Given in Christ
• Each opened by a Divinely Appointed Leader.
• Each given by Grace; received by Faith.
• Each the sphere of striking divine revelations.
• Each a scene of warfare and conflict, Ephesians 6 for the church.
Joshua vs. Revelation
• (Yehoshua is a variant of Yeshua).
• A military commander dispossessing the usurpers.
• Seven-year campaign.
– Against seven (of an original 10) nations;
– Torah ignored at Jericho:
• Sabbath ignored; Levites involved they lead the procession
– First sent in “Two Witnesses”
• Rahab got saved and in the Davidic line
– Seven Trumpet Events;
• Revelation 8 there is silence in Heaven for ½ hour
– (preceded by “Silence in heaven for ½ hour”);
• Enemies confederated under a leader in Jerusalem.
– Adoni-Zedek, “Lord of Righteousness.”
• In Revelation you have the anti-Christ
• Ultimately defeated with
– Hailstones and fire from heaven; signs in the Sun, Moon, etc.
• Kings hide in caves (Revelation “Rocks fall on us…”).
Division of the Land
The Tribes were allocated their portions by casting lots.
• The Levites didn’t get any land because the Lord is their inheritance.
• They were assigned to 48 cities;
• Six of which were designated “Cities of Refuge.”
Cities of Refuge
• Available in cases of manslaughter. They didn’t have prisons or a police force
– Not premeditated murder.
• [Was the Crucifixion of Christ premeditated or manslaughter?]
• From God’s point of view “slain before the foundation of the world”.
• From man’s point of view “Father forgive them for they know not what they do”
• Secured against the Avenger of Blood.
– As long as abiding in the City of Refuge.
• [How secure are we in Christ?]
• Prevailed until the High Priest died.
• Who is our High Priest?
• When did He die?
Daughters of Zelophehad
• Torah exception on rules of inheritance.
– Requested of Moses (Numbers 27:1-11).
– Granted by Joshua (Joshua 17:3-6).
• Husband adopted by father of the bride
Ezra 2:61=Nehemiah 7:63 And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.; Numbers 32:41, cf. 1 Chr 2:21-23, 34-35). Galatians 3:13-14 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
• Anticipates the lineage of Christ…
• There is a blood curse on the line of Joseph,
• Jesus is not a son of Joseph, he’s just a legal father.
• That’s why he has a virgin birth
• Mary’s father was Heli she had no brothers.
• When Mary marries Joseph, Heli adopts Joseph as his son.
• Matthew records a Jewish line from Abraham to Joseph,
• Luke being a doctor interested in Jesus humanity starts at Adam to Abraham.
• From Abraham to David the line is identical, but at David, Luke takes a left turn and goes through the second surviving son of Bathsheba all the way to Mary.
• Every detail—even in the regulations of the Torah—are there by
deliberate design; and always point to Christ!
Judges
• ~450 years following the Conquest, the next generation blows it.
• 400-year segments of Nation’s history:
– Birth of Abram to death of Joseph ~400 yrs
– Death of Joseph to Exodus ~400 yrs
– Exodus to the Monarchy period ~400 yrs
– The Monarchy period to the Exile ~400 yrs
• A record of occasional deliverers rather than a succession of governors, probably written by Samuel prior to the accession of David.
• “Everyone did what was right in their own eyes.” which led to chaos
The Costs of Compromise: (A Pathetic Anticlimax)
• Another generation arose:
– Unwilling to help the rest;
– Living among idolaters, became contaminated;
• God had told them to wipe out every man, woman and child of certain tribes, because there were Nephilim among them. And they didn’t do that they made peace with them. • If you study the book of Judges you’ll discover their failures are up in the Golan Heights, up at Bashan, they’re also in the core middle area, and down in the Gaza Strip. • • It’s exactly the same thing today, those places when they didn’t deal with it back them they are now suffering for it, demons are territorial.
– Surrounding nations exploited their degeneracy.
• Incomplete mastery.
• Military alliances.
• Intermarriage.
• Apostasy and idolatry.
• God’s occasional interventions interrupted their sordid slide into failure.
The Lessons
• Six servitudes:
– Not accidents.
– Brought on by YHWH as punishments.
– Privileges are not license to sin.
• The Pattern:
– Sinning.
– Suffering.
– Repentance.
– Deliverance.
The Decline
• Started well; finished dismally.
• Without a King: God was to be their King.
• “Everyone did what was right in their own eyes.”
• The degradation of the role of women.
• Deborah .
• Jephthah.
• The concubine gets raped and killed.
Tribe of Dan: Leaves allotment to take over Laish in North; cf. Moses’
prophecy.
Six Servitudes
Judges People Deliverer Years
3:8 Mesopotamia Othaniel 8
3:12-14 Moabites Ehud 18
4:2,3 Canaanites Deborah 20
6:1 Midianites Gideon 7
10:7,8 Ammonites Jephthah 18
13:1 Philistines Sampson 40
111
490 Year Segments? (70 Week Segments?)
1) Abraham to the Exodus
Promise Gen 12:4 75 years
Gal. 3:17 + 430
505
Ishmael Gen 16:16; 21:5 -15
490 years
2) Exodus to the Temple
Begun: 1 Kgs 6 - 8 594
Completed: 1 Ki 6:38 + 7
601
Servitudes: Judges
Mesopotamia 3:8 8
Moabites 3:12-14 18
Canaanites 4:2,3 20
Midianites 6:1 7
Ammonites 10:7,8 18
Philistines 13:1 40
-111
490 years
We will explore this more thoroughly when we get to Daniel 9…
The Levite and His Concubine
• Travels to repair his marriage.
• Unable to find safe lodging.
• Concubine raped and left dead by the tribe of Benjamin.
• He sends her in 12 parts to the Twelve Tribes.
• Outraged tribes attack the Benjamites.
• Almost eliminate the Tribe of Benjamin;
• Only 600 left and are assisted in obtaining brides for survival of the tribe.
“In the days the judges ruled…”
The book of Ruth is the Ultimate Love Story, both at the - literary level and
- at the prophetic, personal level.
• The book of Ruth is also one of the most significant books for the Church, demonstrating
- the role of the Kinsman-Redeemer, making it an essential prerequisite to the book of Revelation.
The Tenth Man
In the genealogies of the Bible the tenth man is always significant
Adam Shem Isaac
Seth Arphaxad Jacob
Enosh Salah Judah
Kenan Eber Perez
Mahalael Peleg Hezron
Jared Reu Ram
Enoch Serug Amminadab
Methuselah Nahor Nahshon
Lamech Terah Salman
Noah Abraham Boaz
The Book of Ruth
• Love’s Resolve Chapter 1
– Ruth cleaving to Naomi
• Love’s Response Chapter 2
– Ruth gleaning
• Love’s Request Chapter 3
– The Threshing Floor Scene
• Love’s Reward Chapter 4
– The Redemption of both Land and Bride
Ruth Cleaving: Chapter 1
• “In the days the judges ruled…”
• Famine drives family to Moab.
– Elimelech (“God is my King”)
– Naomi (“Pleasant” (Land?)
– Mahlon (“Unhealthy”; “to blot out”)
– Chilion (“Puny”; “to perish”)
• Naomi deters daughters-in-law from following.
– Orpah (“Fawn”) [Ultimately returns]
– Ruth (“Desirable”) [Remains with Naomi]
Ruth’s Dedication
Ruth 1:16-17
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after
thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge:
thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will
I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if
ought but death part thee and me.
Ruth Gleaning: Chapter 2
• The Law of Gleaning (Leviticus 19:9,10; Deuteronomy 24:19-2)
– Provision for the Destitute.
• “Happens” upon the field of Boaz.
– Boaz = “In Him is Strength” (Temple Pillar).
– Introduced by “Unnamed Servant.” (John the Baptist introduced Jesus)
– Protection + “Drops handfuls on purpose…”
• Goel: Kinsman-Redeemer
– Law of Redemption (Leviticus 25:47-50).
– Law of Levirite Marriage (Deuteronomy 25:5-10).
The Threshing Floor: Chapter 3
• Naomi recognizes an opportunity for the redemption of her land and for a new life for Ruth. She instructs Ruth on what to do.
• Ruth approaches Boaz to fulfill the role of a Goel.
• Ruth is asking Boaz to do his part by fulfilling the role as Kinsman Redeemer.
• The hem on the border of a garment was a badge of authority, we use stripes on a shoulder.
• Ruth asks Boaz to put his skirt over her.
• BUT, there is a “nearer kinsman” in the way . . .
• Six measures of barley = a code for Naomi
• Six days God created and on the seventh He rested.
• Six means that Boaz won’t rest until he accomplishes the mission.
The Redemption: Chapter 4
• Boaz confronts the “Nearer Kinsman”: he is willing to redeem the property, but he is not willing to take Ruth as bride. He yields his shoe to relieve the obligation.
• Boaz steps up: he purchases the land for Naomi,
• he “purchases” Ruth as bride.
• “May your house be like Perez…” Genesis 38 Tamar gets Judah to have a child by incest.
Deuteronomy 23:2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.
The Strange Prophecy
• Perez • Salmon
• Hezron • Boaz
• Ram • Obed
• Amminadab • Jesse
• Nahshon • David
Typological Analysis
• Goel = Kinsman-Redeemer: Must be a Kinsman;
- must be able to perform;
- must be willing; and,
- must assume all the obligations.
• Boaz = The Lord of the Harvest/The Kinsman-Redeemer.
• Naomi = Israel.
• Ruth = Gentile Bride.
Boaz’s mother was Rahab the harlot
Observations Boaz and Jesus
• In order to bring Ruth to Naomi, Naomi had to be exiled from her land.
• What the Law could not do, Grace did.
• Ruth does not replace Naomi.
• Ruth learns of Boaz’s ways thru Naomi
• Naomi meets Boaz thru Ruth
• No matter how much Boaz loved Ruth, he had to wait for her move.
• Boaz, not Ruth, confronts the Nearer Kinsman.
• Book of Ruth always read at the Feast of Pentecost (Shavout ).
• You can’t really understand Revelation 5 without understanding the Book of Ruth.
• You and I are also beneficiaries of a love story, that was written in blood, on a wooden cross, erected in Judea almost 2,000 years
ago.
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