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PART 3 EXCEPT YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS EXCEED THAT OF THE PHARISEES

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1 Preparation and desire for the kingdom

2 Passing before Judgment Seat of Christ

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“For we must all pass before the judgment seat of Christ”

PROPHECY OF CHRIST

And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets” Joshua 6:4

“And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout” Joshua 6:10

“And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets” Rev 8:1-2

“But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him” Hab 2:20

SIX DAYS OF SILENCE

Joshua 6:15 At the dawning of the seventh day

Joshua 6:16 - trumpet and a shout 1 Thessalonians 4:16

Revelation 11:15

“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first” 1 Thess 4:16

“And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever” Revelation 11:15

REVELATION OF CHRIST TO WORLD

Joshua 6:15 At the dawning of the seventh day

Joshua 6:16 - trumpet and a shout 1 Thessalonians 4:16

Revelation 11:15

Joshua 6:18-19 Victory only if no part with accursed thing

Type of the future Zechariah 14:14

“And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance” Zechariah 14:14


Spiritual application 2 Corinthians 10:3-6

Cast down walls – barrier to land We cast down barriers to kingdom

How? – God was their weapon Word of God – our weapon

“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled” 2 Corinthians 10:3-6


Why did Joshua send the spies? See the strength of the enemy See the stronghold of Jericho Enable a battle plan to be drawn up

Joshua 6:1-5 none was required Strength of the enemy irrelevant Strength of Jericho irrelevant God gave the strategy

So no need to enter Jericho

God had a different mission for the spies

Jericho all about saving Rahab 6:25

About deliverance not destruction

WHY SPY OUT THE LAND?

2:22-23 When the walls fell flat what would they have seen.

Where Rahab lived would have been obvious

So what was the purpose of the scarlet line?

WHY A SCARLET LINE?

Where scarlet line come from?

Which tribes brought a faithful report? Joshua - Ephraim

Caleb – Judah

Same tribes selected by Joshua?

Numbers 10:14 – Nahshon

Matthew 1:3-4 – Salmon son of Naasson – descendant of Phares

Genesis 38:28-29 – scarlet line transferred to Pharez as firstborn

Handed down generations?

SCARLET LINE

“And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai” Joshua 7:2

FAILURE AT AI

Ai = “ruin”


FAILURE AT AI

Ai = “ruin”

Bethaven = “house of vanity”


FAILURE AT AI

Ai = “ruin”


Bethel = “house of God”


FAILURE AT AI

Ai = “ruin”



Achan caused ruin in Israel because he was beside the house of vanity and away from the house of God

What caused the failure?

“And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.” Joshua 7:5

FAILURE AT AI

Ai = “ruin”




What caused the failure? Vanity of Achan

“Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you..” Joshua 7:13

FAILURE AT AI

Ai = “ruin”




What caused the failure? Vanity of Achan

Israel relying on own strength

“And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.” Joshua 7:3

FAILURE AT AI

“But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.” Joshua 7:1

Achan = “trouble” – 1 Chronicles 2:7

7:19 - “my son” – a leader in Israel?

What did Achan take?

“And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed” 1 Chronicles 2:7

“When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it” Joshua 7:21

ACHAN

Achan = “trouble” – 1 Chronicles 2:7

7:19 - “my son” – a leader in Israel?

What did Achan take?

What did he do with it?

“And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed” 1 Chronicles 2:7

“When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it” Joshua 7:21

ACHAN

Genesis 38:28-29 – Achan’s descendant drew back

ACHAN

“And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez” Genesis 38:28-29

Genesis 38:28-29 – Achan’s descendant drew back

Symbolically so had Achan – Hebrews 10:38-39

Rahab faithfully hid spies – on roof (above)

Achan unfaithfully hid the spoils – in earth

ACHAN

“Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul” Hebrews 10:38-39

Proverbs 15:27

7:25 – compare with what Jericho’s fate was

“And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD” Joshua 6:24

“He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.” Proverbs 15:27

“And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones” Joshua 7:25

ACHAN

Proverbs 15:27

v25 – compare with what Jericho’s fate was

“And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD” Joshua 6:24

“He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.” Proverbs 15:27

“And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones” Joshua 7:25

ACHAN

Left without the camp

“And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel” Joshua 6:23

EXCEPT YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS EXCEED THAT OF THE PHARISEES


Us - Hebrews 13:12-13

“Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach” Hebrews 13:12-13




Babylon – Genesis 10:8-10 beginning of Man’s Kingdom

Gilgal – 1 Samuel 11:14 beginning of God’s Kingdom

“And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar” Genesis 10:8-10

“Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.” 1 Samuel 11:14






As if Rahab replaces Achan in Israel – because her righteousness exceeded that of a leader in Israel



Hebrews 13:12-13



As if Rahab replaces Achan in Israel – because her righteousness exceeded that of a leader in Israel

LESSON FOR US

“And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel” Acts 20:32-33


Death of Achan turned trouble into hope

Joshua 7:26 valley of Achor = “valley of trouble”

“And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day” Joshua 7:26

DOOR OF HOPE

Death of Achan turned trouble into hope

Joshua 7:26 valley of Achor = “valley of trouble”

Hosea 2:14-15

“Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt” Hosea 2:14-15

DOOR OF HOPE

What was required to turn defeat into victory at Ai? Sin of Achan had to be identified

Achan had to die to bring victory

“And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land” Joshua 8:1

GRANTING IMMORTALITY

What was required to turn defeat into victory at Ai? Sin of Achan had to be identified

Achan had to die to bring victory

What is required to turn sin into immortality Sin must be identified

Then put to death

“mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry” Colossians 3:5

GRANTING IMMORTALITY

1 Preparation and desire for the kingdom

2 Passing before Judgment Seat of Christ

3 Gathering of saints and granting of immortality

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“Except your righteousness exceed that of the Pharisees ye shall in no wise enter of the kingdom of God”

PROPHECY OF CHRIST

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