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Crossing into Canaan to
end of Old Testament
Death of Moses
Deuteronomy 34:1-8.
Realizing that his work was coming to and end, Moses gives his farewell address to the children of Israel. This farewell address takes up the entire book of Deuteronomy.
After he has finished speaking to the people, Moses goes to the top of Mount Pisgah where God let him see all the Promised Land before he died.
God buried Moses in a valley in the land of Moab and no one knows the location of his grave.
Deuteronomy 34:9 Joshua takes over as leader of Israel.
Joshua
Joshua 1:1-9 God tells Joshua to be strong and very courageous and promises to stand by Joshua just as he did Moses.
Joshua 1:10-11 Joshua tells the people to get ready to cross the Jordan river.
Joshua chapter 2 is the story of the two spies Joshua sent to check out Jericho.
Joshua 3:14-17 The priests enter the Jordan river and the waters part and they stand on dry ground as the people pass over Jordan.
Joshua 4:1-10 God commanded Jushua to have twelve men each take a stone from the Jordan to set up at the place where they would lodge that night. Joshua did as the Lord had commanded and also placed twelve stones as a memorial in the Jordan where the feet of the priests stood.
Joshua 4:15-18 God orders the priests out of the Jordan so the waters could flow as before.
Joshua 4:19-24 Joshua had the twelve stones set up in Gilgal where the children of Israel camped that night.
Joshua chapter 5 When the children of Israel camped at Gilgal, all the males had to be circumcised, it was the time of the passover, and after the passover the manna ceased and they ate the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
Joshua chapter 6 The story about the fall of Jericho.
Joshua chapter 7 Achan's sin. There is no victory where there is sin.
Joshua chapter 8 Victory over Ai and an altar built on mount Ebal.
Joshua leads the people through victory after victory until all of the Promised Land is theirs as God had promised them.
Joshua 24:29-30 Joshua dies.
The Judges
Judges 2:10-23 The period of time from the death of Joshua until the crowning of Saul as king of Israel is known as the time of the judges.
God told his people to have nothing to do with the remaining inhabitants of the land, but to utterly destroy them. Instead, the children of Israel would make alliances with them and even took their daughters to wife and worshipped idol gods.
This brought the judgments of God upon Israel in the form of bondage and slavery to other nations.
In their distress, Israel would turn back to God and call upon Him for help. At this time God would raise up a deliverer. During the lifetime of this leader the children of Israel would remain faithful and true to God. After this judge would die, Israel would relax and turn back to sin again. This is a cycle that is repeated a number of times.
In The Bible we find the names of 16 Judges.
- Othniel (Judges 3:9-11)
- Ehud (Judges 3:12-30)
- Shamgar (Judges 3:31)
- Deborah (Judges 4:5)
- Barak (Judges 4:6-10)
- Gideon (Judges 6:7-23) (Judges 8:33)
- Abimelech (Judges chapter 9)
- Tola (Judges 10:1-2)
- Lair (Judges 10:3-5)
- Jephthah (Judges chapter 12:7)
- Ibson (Judges 12:8-10)
- Elon (Judges 12:11-12)
- Abdon (Judges 12:13-15)
- Sampson (Judges chapter 13,14,15,16)
- Eli (I Samuel chapters 1 and 2)
- Samuel (I Samuel chapter 3)
Israel demands a king like other nations.
(I Samuel 8:4-5)
- Saul
- I Samuel 10:1 Samuel anoints Saul to be first king of Israel.
- I Samuel 10:24-23 Saul is the first king of Israel.
- Saul disobeyed God and did not repent, but made excuse, therefore God rejects him as king of Israel.
- I Samuel chapter 31 The death of Saul.
- David
- I Samuel 16:11-13 Samuel anoints David to be the second king of Israel.
- II Samuel chapter 11 David's sin.
- II Samuel chapter 12 David repents, and God does not reject him as He did Saul.
- Solomon
- I Kings 1:32-50 Solomon is anointed to be the third king of Israel.
- I Kings 11:1-6 Solomon also turns away from God.
The Divided Kingdom.
I Kings 12:1-20 Solomon's son Rehoboam becomes king, is more harsh than Solomon, and increases the taxes on the people. This causes a revolt and ten of the twelve tribes rebel against him. Only the tribes of Benjamin and Judah remain loyal to Rehoboam.
- Israel the northern kingdom.
- I Kings 12:19 Ten tribes of Israel rebel against Rehoboam.
- I Kings 12:20 Jeroboam is made king over all Israel.
- I Kings 12:25-30 Jeroboam creates counterfeit religious system including
golden idols.
- I Kings 12:31 Jeroboam made counterfiet priests of those who were not
of the house of Levi.
- I Kings 13:1-3 The time of the prophets begins. God sends prophets to
Isreal to warn them of impending judgment. The two most notable prophets to Israel were Elijah
and Elisha.
- II Kings 17:1-23 The ten tribes of Israel are taken away into captivity by
Assyria as a judgment of God because they refused to serve him.
- Judah the southern kingdom.
- The southern kingdom consisted of two tribes, Judah and Benjamin, and was known as the
kingdom of Judah.
- Judah did have some good kings, but most were idolatrous and evil.
- Judah also received prophets from God. These prophets warned of the judgment of God and His
wrath that was sure to come unless the people repented. God sent people like Isaiah and Jeremiah to
Judah with the message of impending judgment.
- Judah refused to repent and was carried into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.
(II Kings 24:1- 4, II Kings 24:8-17, II Kings 25:1-7, II Kings 25:8-12).
- Judah's captivity was to last seventy years. (Jeremiah 25:11-12)
The return to Jerusalem
- Cyrus king of Persia made a proclamation that the temple of God should be rebuilt
in Jerusalem and let everyone who would help rebuild the temple go. (Ezra 1:1-3)
- Cyrus even returned the vessels of the house of the Lord that Nebuchadnezzar had taken.
(Ezra 1:7- 11)
- Zerubbabel was the leader of the group going to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple.
(Ezra 2:2)
- Rebuilding of temple begun. Ezra 3:8-9
- Adversaries of Judah persuaded Artaxerxes king of Persia to order the restoration stopped.
- Walls broken down and gates burned. (Nehemiah 1:1-4)
- Zerubbabel begins again to build the temple. (Ezra 5:1-17)
- Nehemiah joins Zerubbabel to help rebuild the walls.
(Nehemiah 2:9-20)
- Zerubbabel also gets Darius king of persia to make a decree that they should
not be hindered. (Ezra 6:1-12)
- Walls finished under dierction of Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 6:15)
- Temple rebuilt and dedicated(Ezra 6:13-22)
End of the Old Testament
- The last prophets of the Old Testament were Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.
- Haggai made the trip back to Jerusalem and challenged the people to rise up
and build the temple. (Haggai chapter 1)
- Zechariah encouraged the people, taught them the ways of God, and warned
them of the judgments to be expected if they fail.
- Malachi warns the people of the comming judgment because they are begining
to fail God.
- End of the Old Testament For 400 years no one hears from God until the angel
visits Mary to tell her that she is to be that special one to bear the saviour of the world.
Old Testament prophets tell of Christ
Luke 24:44-45
44. And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you,
that all things must be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms,
concerning me.
45. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures.
Place of birth.
- Prophesy - Micah 5:2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among
the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings
forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
- Fulfilled - Matthew 2:1-2 Now when Jesus was born in Beth-lehem of Judaea in the
days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is
born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
Born of a virgin.
- Prophesy - Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold,
a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
- Fulfilled - Matthew 1:22-23 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which
was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a
son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
His rejection by Jews.
- Prophesy - Isaih 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and
acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed
him not.
- Fulfilled - John 1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
His triumphal entry.
- Prophesy - Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of
Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass,
and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
- Fulfilled - John 12:12-15 On the next day much people that were come to the feast,
when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet
him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. And Jesus, when
he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh,
sitting on an ass's colt.
Betrayed by a friend.
- Prophesy - Psalms 41:9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did
eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
- Fulfilled - Mark 14:10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests,
to betray him unto them.
Sold for 30 pieces of silver.
- Prophesy - Zechariah 11:12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price;
and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
- Fulfilled - Matthew 26:15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver
him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
Smitten and spat upon.
- Prophesy - Isaiah 50:6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that
plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
- Fulfilled - Mark 14:65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and
to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.
Suffered for us.
- Prophesy - Isaiah 53:4-5 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we
did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was
bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
- Fulfilled - Matthew 8:16-17 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that
were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: That it
might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our
sicknesses.
Hands and feet pierced.
- Prophesy - Psalms 22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked
have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
- Fulfilled - John 20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my
hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
Given gall and vinegar.
- Prophesy - Psalm 69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they
gave me vinegar to drink.
- Fulfilled - John 19:29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a
spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
Soldiers cast lots for garments.
- Prophesy - Psalms 22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon
my vesture.
- Fulfilled - Mark 15:24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments,
casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
Not a bone to be broken.
- Prophesy - Psalms 34:20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
- Fulfilled - John 19:33-36 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead
already, they brake not his legs: But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came
there out blood and water. And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he
saith true, that ye might believe. For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone
of him shall not be broken.
His ascension.
- Prophesy - Psalms 68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive:
thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
- Fulfilled - Luke 24:50-51 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up
his hands, and blessed them. And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried
up into heaven.
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