Recap: Joshua

In this message on Joshua, Pastor Mark Allen teaches that the book opens with God’s announcement that Joshua will lead Israel into the Promised Land—a picture of salvation, inheritance, and stepping into all God has given. Joshua’s name means “The Lord is salvation,” foreshadowing Jesus (Yeshua), whose name means “I am salvation.” Pastor Mark shows how God prepared the way long before Israel crossed the Jordan, how Jericho already feared the God of Israel, and how faith and obedience are required for believers to take ground today. He explains that crossing the Jordan symbolizes salvation, circumcision symbolizes removing the flesh (pictured in baptism), and meeting the “Captain of the Lord’s Host” is a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus—the Prince of Peace with a sword in His hand. God’s victory plan is not human strategy but obedience to His Word. The message concludes with Joshua’s life-defining call: fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and truth, throw away false gods, and declare, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”