The document provides an overview and analysis of the Book of Judges in the Old Testament. It discusses the repeating cycle of sin and restoration that Israel experienced, where they would disobey God, fall into bondage, repent, and be delivered. Some key points included are: Israel failed to pass on God's word to future generations; their leaders/judges became faithless; and they foolishly made covenants with neighboring groups ("Trojan horses") instead of driving them out as God commanded. This led them to gradually slip away from God's promises of rest and victory in the land of Canaan.

1. GOD’S TOUCHPOINTS
Old Testament (OT) Journey
Lesson 15: Joshua: The Land of Rest
Old Testament (OT) Summary
The Patriarchal Ages
The Judges
The Reign of Royalty
The Royal Verses
The Prophetic Era

2. OT Journey- The Judges
• Joshua: The Land of Rest
• Judges: Slipping from the
Promises
• Ruth: Familiarity to Faith
• Hannah: the Liberated
Woman

3. Joshua:the Land of Rest
Presentation Overview
• Introduction
• Clear Direction
• Deep Conviction
• Formidable Wins
• Negligible Sins?
• Our True Rest
• Discussion

4. Theme Verse
Joshua 1:13 "Remember the word which
Moses the servant of the LORD commanded
you, saying, ‘The Lord your God gives you
rest and will give you this land.’

5. Joshua:The Land of Rest
Objectives
To enable us to:
• Understand our role in entering the current and future
land of rest
• Realize and avoid the subtle dangers that ensnared the
Israelites for centuries.

6. Joshua: The Land of Rest
Introduction
• The name “Joshua” in the OT means the same as “Jesus”
in the NT – “the Lord is salvation”
• Jesus leads the people into the promised land into rest. –
one temporal (Canaan), the other eternal. One perfect,
the other fallible. Heb 3:5-4:13 brings out a comparison:
• Emphasizing true rest as the rest God anticipates with his
people forever
• Reminding us that the word of God searches our heart to
show whether we are truly believers in Jesus Christ or not
(Heb. 4:11-13) [1]

7. Joshua: The Land of Rest
Clear Direction
• The Book of the Law
• The Legacy of God
• Jesus, the Captain

8. Clear Direction
The Book of the Law
Joshua 1:8 This book of
the law shall not depart
from your mouth, but you
shall meditate on it
day and night, so that
you may be careful to do
according to all that is
written in it; for then you
will make your way
prosperous, and then
you will have success.

9. Clear Direction
The Legacy of God
Joshua 4:21 “When your
children ask their fathers in
time to come, saying, ‘What
are these stones?’ 22 then
you shall inform your
children, saying, ‘Israel
crossed this Jordan on dry
ground…. 24 that all the
peoples of the earth
may know that
the hand of the Lord is
mighty, so that you
may fear the Lord your
God forever.”

10. Clear Direction
Jesus, the Captain
Joshua 5:13 A man was
standing opposite him
with his sword drawn in
his hand…14 He said, “I
indeed come
now as Captain of the
Host of the Lord. ..
Remove your sandals
from your feet, for the
place where you are
standing is holy.”

11. Deep Conviction
Chose God over King
Joshua 2:3 And the king
of Jericho sent word to
Rahab, saying, “Bring
out the men who have
come to you,...” 4 But
the woman had taken
the two men and
hidden them, and
she said, “.. I do not
know where the men
went.

12. Deep Conviction
Chose God over King
Joshua 2:9 “I know that
the Lord has given
you the land, and that
the terror of you has fallen
on us,.. 10 For we have
heard how the Lord dried
up the water of the Red
Sea .. and what you did to
the two kings of the
Amorites.. 11 .. for the
Lord your God, He is
God in heaven above
and on earth beneath.

13. Deep Conviction
She Sealed Her Choice
Joshua 2:12 Now
therefore, please swear
to me by the Lord.. give
me a pledge
of truth, 13 and..
deliver our lives from
death.”

14. Deep Conviction
She Sealed Her Choice
Matt 1:5 Salmon was
the father of Boaz by
Rahab, Boaz was the
father of Obed by
Ruth, and Obed the
father of Jesse.

15. Rahab chose God and
sealed her choice.
Children of Israel chose
God but did not seal
their choice.

16. Rahab made her place
in the annals of history
whereas the children of
Israel lost their face in
the annals of history

17. Joshua: The Land of Rest
Formidable Wins
Through:
• Waters
• Walls
• Wars

18. Formidable Wins
Through Waters
Joshua 3:15 and
when… the feet of the
priests carrying the ark
were dipped in the edge
of the water.. 16 the
waters which
were flowing down
from above
stood and rose up
in one heap

19. Formidable Wins
Through Walls
When the people heard
the sound of the
trumpet, the people
shouted with a great
shout and the wall fell
down flat, so that the
people went up.. and
they took the city. - Ch
6:20

20. Formidable Wins
Through Wars
Joshua 11:16 Thus
Joshua took all that land:..
And he captured all
their kings and struck
them down and put them
to death.. 19 There was
not a city which made
peace with the sons of
Israel except the
Hivites living in Gibeon;
they took them all in
battle. 20 For it was of
the Lord to harden
their hearts,

21. Joshua:The Land of Rest
Negligable Sins?
•Little deviation
•Subtle
deception

22. Formidable wins with
negligible sins lead to
formidable sins and
negligible wins

23. Negligable Sins?
Little Deviation
Joshua 7:1 But the sons
of Israel acted
unfaithfully in regard to
the things under the
ban, for Achan…took
some of the things
under the ban, therefore
the anger of
the Lord burned against
the sons of Israel.

24. Negligable Sins?
Subtle Deception
Joshua 9:14 So the
men of Israel took some
of their provisions,
and did not ask for
the counsel of the
Lord. 15 Joshua made
peace with them and
made a covenant
with them, to let them
live; and the leaders of
the congregation
swore an oath to them.

25. Joshua: The Land of Rest
Discussion
When this potentially
HUGE cascading error
happens, why does God
remain silent? (Joshua
11:20)

26. When one member
slips there can be
painful recovery
When a leader slips,
it’s “field day” for the
enemy

27. Joshua: The Land of Rest
Our True Rest
• Jesus today, is leading us into rest (Heb 4:1-3).
• Eternal rest
• Rest in His Kingdom here and now: "Come to Me, all who
are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. –
Matt 11:28.
• Just like Joshua and Rahab, we too can be “more than
conquerers” – Rom 8:37

28. Joshua: The Land of Rest:
Our True Rest
As Jesus led Joshua into the Land of Rest, he is doing the
same today. This book is a stark reminder to us to:
• Meditate on the word of God day and night
• Reach out to save the lost
• Trust in God amidst challenges
• Glorify God through passing the legacy
• Follow baptism (as Joshua did, circumcision)
• Follow Holy communion (as Joshua did, passover)
• Destroy enemy strongholds with all in it
• Have zero tolerance of sin
• Do things God’s way for success
• Consult God in everything

29. Joshua: the Land of Rest
Recap
• Clear Direction
• Book of the Law
• Jesus, the Captain
• Legacy of God
• Deep Conviction
• Chose God over King
• Sealed her Choice
• Formidable Wins
• Through Waters
• Through Walls
• Through Wars
• Negligible Sins?
• Little Deviation
• Subtle Deception
• Our True Rest

30. Discussion
• How can we enjoy true “rest” even in this life?
• What steps do we need to do to enhance that experience.
Share
• What are the “Trojan Horses”/ aliens invading our lives –
silently?
• What can we do to keep them completely out?

31. References
• 1. Dr. Jack Scott – bereanbibleexpositions.org

32. GOD’S TOUCHPOINTS
Old Testament (OT) Journey
Lesson 16: The Judges – Slipping from the Promises
Old Testament (OT) Summary
The Patriarchal Ages
The Judges
The Reign of Royalty
The Royal Verses
The Prophetic Era

33. OT Journey- The Judges
• Joshua: The Land of Rest
• Judges: Slipping from the Promises
• Ruth: Familiarity to Faith
• Hannah: the Liberated Woman

34. Objectives
To understand:
• The deteriorating cycle of sin and restoration in Israel and
the church today
• The secrets of recovery and victorious living

35. The Repeating Cycle
Peace, rest
Disobedience,
Bondage,
misery
Repentance,
deliverance

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37. Israel’s Downfall
• Failure to receive/ pass on God’s word
• Foolishness to covenant with “Trojan horses”
• Faithlessness of leaders/judges
• Falling away from God

38. Failure to Pass on/ Receive God’s Word
God’s command through Moses
Deuteronomy 6:6 These commandments that I give you
today are to be on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your
children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when
you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you
get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind
them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of
your houses and on your gates.

39. Failure to Pass on/ Receive God’s Word
God’s command through:
• Abraham (Gen. 18:19) For I have chosen him, so that he
will direct his children and his household after him to keep
the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just…
• Paul (Eph. 6:4). Fathers,do not exasperate your
children; instead, bring them up in the training and
instruction of the Lord.
• Jesus charged the parents and his disciples, to bring the
little children to him (Luke 18:15-17).

40. Failure to Pass on/ Receive God’s Word
• Judges 2:8 Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord,
died… of Mount Gaash.
• Judges 2:10 After that whole generation had been
gathered to their ancestors, another generation
grew up who knew neither the Lord nor what
he had done for Israel”

41. Failure to Pass on/ Receive God’s Word
Results in:
• God turning away from them and becoming not a
helper but an enemy (2:11-15).
• Loving the world and the things in the world (1 John
2:14-17).

42. Foolishness to Covenant with “Trojan
Horses”
Joshua’s mistake of allowing the Gibeonites repeated itself.
• The angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said,
“I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land I swore to give
to your ancestors. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you,2 and
you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land, but you
shall break down their altars.’ Yet you have disobeyed me. Why have
you done this? 3 And I have also said, ‘I will not drive them out before
you; they will become traps for you, and their gods will
become snares to you.’” – judges 2:1-4

43. Covenant with Trojan Horses
• What are the trojan horses:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td1uPq9K--E
• In our country
• In our churches
• In our lives?
• How do we deal with them?

44. Faithlessness of Leaders/Judges
The cycle of sin continues
though God raises
Caleb’s brother, Ehud:
• Faith of leaders’
deteriorate
• Barak does not have
courage
• Gideon requires a fleece
• Jepthah sacrifices his
daughter
• Samson yields to
carnality

45. Some videos on Judges
• Gideon and the Fleece
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsGbd9J8guQ&t=3s
• Mideonites defeated
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jafsnzfpXc&t=54s
• Deborah leads
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myeSLGXHt4k
• Samson and Delilah
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-ODFJ24JpI

46. Israel Falls away from God
In those days Israel had
no king; everyone did
as they saw fit.
Judges 21:25

47. Video Clip – Rubber band
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbrtkVMzybY

48. Discussion
Which of the following is the most dangerous in your view?
• Failure to receive/ pass on God’s word
• Foolishness to covenant with “Trojan horses”
• Faithlessness of Leaders/Judges
• Falling away from God

49. References
• India.christiantraining online.org