THE FALL OF JERICHO Joshua 6

Preparation for the Battle Joshua 1:2-4 God’s promise and command to get the people ready God prepares Joshua 1:6-9 Joshua organizes the people 1:10-18 Joshua sends the spies 2:1-24 Rahab’s conversion 2:8-13 The Amorites’ fear 2:24, 5:1 Crossing the Jordan 3:1-4:24; 4:14

Preparation for the Battle 5:1-9 the men were circumcised This distinguished them from the previous generation Uncircumcision represented sinfulness Col. 2:11-13 5:10-12 the manna stopped 5:13-15 God was present at the battle He was on neither side v.14 God has given the city to them 6:2

The Strategy of the Battle 6:3-7 the men march around the city once a day for six days Seven priests with ram’s horns follow while blowing the horns Priests follow with the ark of the covenant They march seven times on the seventh day The priests blow extra long at the end The people shout The walls would fall flat Each man to enter at the spot he was

Lessons of the Battle God gave Israel the city Joshua 6:2 The walls fell by faith Hebrews 11:30 They fell only after Israel obeyed God Saved by grace through faith that works Ephesians 2:8-10, James 2:24 2. The trumpet and the shout are parallel to the passage in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Also the men entering immediately where they were 1 Corinthians 15:51-54

Lessons of the Battle 3. Rahab and the scarlet cord 2:15,18 Means of the spies’ salvation was also her salvation What would it look like hanging out the window? A picture of the blood of Christ 4. Rahab was instrumental in the genealogy of Christ Matthew 1:5 We are saved by the blood of Christ through faith (Eph. 1:7) that obeys (Romans 6:3)