03/15/2023
"THE BOOK OF JOSHUA - a Type & Shadow" A-81 (03-15-23) Joshua 18:11-14
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This week’s episode was lesson #81 from Joshua 18:11-15 as we continue in this study.
● Joshua 18:11 (New English Translation) says, “The first lot belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. Their allotted territory was between Judah and Joseph.”
● From www.preceptaustin.org (v.11) says, “Benjamin, although not the largest tribe of the 7 remaining to receive their lot, was described in considerably more detail than that of the other tribes.” A massive tribe, known by the indication, “son of the right hand.”
● This designation, “son of the right hand” may not have anything to do with the “right hand of God,” but still when it comes to scripture, this phrase is best known for the power and authority of God within you.
● Joshua 18:12 (NET) says, “Their northern border started at the Jordan, went up to the slope of Jericho on the north, ascended westward to the hill country, and extended to the wilderness of Beth Aven.”
● This place, Beth Aven is interpreted as house of vanity. A synonym for vanity is pride and arrogance, and yet is also defined as, “excessive pride in or admiration of one’s own appearance or achievements.” The name Benjamin from the Hebrew word and is used as son of the right hand,” we have already seen a metaphor of the right hand of God within this tribe. The fact is that we all carry within us the “right hand as in a positioning of power and authority of our Creator,” however, never allow what you know and how you live as the creation of God, to cause you to be so arrogant that you want to display anything other than who the Father is.
● Joshua 18:13 (NET) says, “It then crossed from there to Luz, to the slope of Luz to the south (that is, Bethel), and descended to Ataroth Addar located on the hill that is south of lower Beth Horon.”
● Now, Bethel is used as house of God. Yet, Ataroth Addar is interpreted as crowns of Addar, and is used to mean crowns of glory. Metaphorically, this tribe crossed from the slope of Luz, south of Bethel, or the house of God, they then descended to Ataroth Addar used to mean crowns of glory, then located on the hill, that is south of lower Beth Horon, meaning, house of hollowness.
● As we look at the scriptures, there are times when we must take a different kind of look at them such in a symbolic, metaphoric, or allegorical way. What this does is give us another or different view or perspective of the situation.
● Joshua 18:14 (NET) says, “It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe of Judah. This is the western border.”
● Once again, this is a matter of perspective, because when you are aware that you are the house of God, and that you have come to an understanding of wearing a crown of glory, never take for granted of what you have and who created you as His glory, and you will never discover any form of hollowness within your experience in this journey.
● Joshua 18:15 (NET) says, “The southern side started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and extended westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.”
● The Type & Shadow I see in these verses has to do with the progress we make in the human-experience of our journey, and how we climb, and grow in grace, only to allow pride and arrogance to reinforce the mind of flesh, to the degree that a person can begin to feel hollow or empty.
● The bottom line here is that you are the house of the Lord, and you are crowned with His glory. In His eyes, you are already holy and covered with an unstained innocence, and you are the product of His love and nothing will ever change that.
● Like this place, Beth Aven which was interpreted as house of vanity, we must never allow pride and arrogance, as in “excessive pride” which is ones admiration of own appearance, achievements, and more to rule us and slow down the process of excelling in the journey that we are on. The children of Israel were blessed of the Lord because they were the children of His creation, and yet they were always attempting to attain that which already belonged to them. We are who God says we are and we have what God says we have.
● Never seek to strive for things of the exterior, enticed by the mind of flesh, but always realize that your inheritance is your eternal birthright of origin and all things pertaining to life and godliness have been supernaturally implanted within you. I hope you were enlightened and inspired to “dig deep into the well of Father’s mind within” as you watch this video lesson!
"THE BOOK OF JOSHUA - a Type & Shadow" A-81 (03-15-23) Joshua 18:11-14 ---------------------------------------------------------- This week’s episode was l...