1. SIMILARITIES BETWEEN BOOK OF JOSHUA AND THE BOOK OF ACTS
FIRSTLY, LET’S LOOK AT THE CLASSIFICATION OF BOOKS OF JEWISH CANON AND THAT OF THE CHRISTIANS

2. CATALOGUING THE BOOKS OF THE JEWISH BIBLE –LUKE 24:44
TANAKH   (Hebrew: תַּנַ"ךְ‎)   
THE LAW - TORAH (Hebrew: תּוֹרָה‎‎, meaning "Instruction" )
THE PROPHETS  - NEVI’IM (Hebrew: נְבִיאִים  meaning "Prophets")
THE WRITINGS    - KETUVIM ( Hebrew : כְּתוּבִים‎ meaning “Writings")
WISDOM, SCROLLS, HISTORIES-WRITINGS

3. CATALOGUING THE BOOKS OF THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE7

4. SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE BOOKS OF JOSHUA AND ACTS
LOCATION
PREPARATION
QUALIFICATION (THE 4 Ms’)
DOMINATION
STRATEGIZATION
SENSATION
RETRIBUTION (QUICK)
COMMOTION
DISCRIMINATION
GLORIFICATION
DEDICATION
POSITIVE LESSONS
LESSONS FROM EVEN NEGATIVE INCIDENTS
LESSONS ONCE AGAIN FROM POSITIVE INCIDENTS

5. LIFE OF MOSES COVERED IN 4 BOOKS/LIFE OF JESUS ALSO COVERED IN 4 BOOKS
LOCATION-BOTH BEGIN WHERE EARTHLY LIFE/MINISTRY OF MOSES (A TYPE OF CHRIST-DEU 18:18) AND JESUS END RESPECTIVELY
Prophets
II Chronicles (ends waiting for Messiah's coming)
Exodus - Deut
Joshua
Matt-John
Acts
Epistles
Revelation (ends waiting for Messiah's II coming)
LIFE OF MOSES COVERED IN 4 BOOKS/LIFE OF JESUS ALSO COVERED IN 4 BOOKS

6. PREPARATION-JOSHUA PREPARED BY MOSES WHEREAS THE APOSTLES WERE PREPARED BY JESUS

7. QUALIFICATION-MIGHT
THE LORD WAS WITH APOSTLES JUST AS HE WAS WITH JOSHUA AND HIS ARMY-JOSHUA 1:5/MATT 28:20/ACTS 2:1-4

8. QUALIFICATION-MORALE
NOT EASY TO STEP INTO THE SHOES OF A GREAT LEADER! HOWEVER IN THE SERVICE OF OUR ENCOURAGING GOD, MORE THAN ABILITY, IT IS THE AVAILABILITY THAT COUNTS!
NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO STAND UP AGAINST YOU ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. AS I WAS WITH MOSES, SO I WILL BE WITH YOU; I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU –JOSHUA 1:5-MORALE BOOSTER/ACTS 4:12-13

9. QUALIFICATION - MORALITY GOD’S WORD IS LIKE A LIGHTHOUSE
“BE STRONG AND VERY COURAGEOUS. BE CAREFUL TO OBEY ALL THE LAW MY SERVANT MOSES GAVE YOU; DO NOT TURN FROM IT TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT, THAT YOU MAY BE SUCCESSFUL WHEREVER YOU GO. KEEP THIS BOOK OF THE LAW ALWAYS ON YOUR LIPS; MEDITATE ON IT DAY AND NIGHT, SO THAT YOU MAY BE CAREFUL TO DO EVERYTHING WRITTEN IN IT. THEN YOU WILL BE PROSPEROUS AND SUCCESSFUL” –JOSHUA 1:7-8
GOD’S WORD IS LIKE A LIGHTHOUSE
GOD’S WORK DONE AS PER GOD’S WILL WOULD NEVER LACK GOD’S RESOURCES!

10. QUALIFICATION -“MATRIMONY” OF SUPPORT FROM GOD AND PEOPLE
THERE WAS SUPPORT FROM GOD AND ALSO FROM PEOPLE –JOSHUA 1:9/16-18/ACTS 2:1-4/41

11. NONE COULD STOP JOSHUA AND HIS ARMY, NONE COULD STOP THE APOSTLES
DOMINATION/ACTION
NONE COULD STOP JOSHUA AND HIS ARMY,
NONE COULD STOP THE APOSTLES

12. Central and Southern Campaigns (Joshua: 6-10)
DOMINATION/ACTION

13. DOMINATION/ACTION
Northern Campaign (Joshua:11-12) And Allocation Of Unconquered Land (13:1-6)

14. RAPID GROWTH OF CHURCH – ACTS 2-10
DOMINATION/ACTION
RAPID GROWTH OF CHURCH – ACTS 2-10
MISSIONARY JOURNEYS’ OF PHILLIP
MISSIONARY JOURNEYS’ OF PETER

15. DOMINATION/ACTION
ACTS 13-14

16. DOMINATION/ACTION-
ACTS 16-18:22

17. DOMINATION/ACTION-
ACTS 18:22-21:19

18. STRATEGIZATION-JOSHUA 6-7/ACTS 23
NOTE: JOSHUA DROVE A WEDGE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH CANAAN/PAUL DID IT BETWEEN PHARISEES AND SADUCEES
ISRAELITES CAMPED HERE

19. SENSATION-AMAZING MIRACLES JOSHUA6:20/10:12-14/ACTS 5:15-16

20. TO BE FAIR SOME NEGATIVE INCIDENTS ARE ALSO FAITHFULLY RECORDED IN BOTH THE BOOKS OF JOSHUA AND ACTS. PRAISE GOD, WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM TOO-1 COR 10:11

21. RETRIBUTION-JOSHUA 7/ACTS 5:1-11
IMMEDIATE PUNISHMENT. LESSON # 1- DO NOT TAKE THE ALMIGHTY LIGHTLY!!!

22. COMMOTION-JOSHUA 9/ACTS 15:36-40
NOT DEPENDING ON GOD’S GUIDANCE! LESSON # 2- LEARN TO PRAY AND SEEK HIS COUNSEL WHILST SETTLING CONFUSING MATTERS!!!

23. DISCRIMINATION-JOSHUA 22/ACTS 11:1-18
PREJUDICE, PREJUDICE, PREJUDICE!!! LESSON # 3 - AVOID IT!!!

24. COMING BACK TO POSITIVE LESSONS…

25. GLORIFICATION-JOSHUA 23:9-10/ACTS 14:27/21:19
JOSHUA NEVER TOOK THE GLORY FOR THE MIGHTY DEEDS WROUGHT THROUGH HIM NOR DID THE APOSTLES

26. DEDICATION-JOSHUA 24:15/31/2 TIM 4:8
JOSHUA AND HIS GENERATION WERE FAITHFUL TILL THE END, SO WERE THE APOSTLES

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