(Jesus) Occupy till I come – Luke 19:13 (KJV)
For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea; and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and all ate the same spiritual food; and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ. Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness. Now these things happened as examples (tupos: types [YLT]) for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved. – 1 Corinthians 10:1-6 (NASB95)
So we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief. – Hebrews 3:19 (NASB95)
Joshua in the Hebrew is in Greek (vv.1-2)
Now it came about after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun… – Joshua 1:1 (NASB)
Nun: a verb meaning to continue, to increase (CWSBD)
…from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun… – Numbers 13:8 (NASB)
Hoshea: salvation, deliverance (CWSBD)
…but Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun…Joshua. – Numbers 13:16 (NASB)
Joshua: Yehoshua – The Lord is Salvation (BD&B)
Jesus: iesous – is a transliteration of the Hebrew “Joshua,” meaning “Jehovah is salvation” (VCED)
The Promised Land is not Heaven
Heaven is and there will be no
Taking the Promised Land involves and
Look at the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather crops into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more important than they? – Matthew 6:26 (NASB)
Their going forward is all based upon what
(vv.2,3,6,11,13)
It’s given, but like us they decide they want to go
The Promised Land is over square miles
Israel takes only about square miles
For we are His workmanship (poiema: masterpiece [NLT]), created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. – Ephesians 2:10 (NASB)
A Calvary Perspective: God will never something in His and later the opposite
(Moses) “The LORD will fight for you while you keep silent.” Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward.” – Exodus 14:14-15 (NASB95)
What is God ?