Symbolically comparing Joshua to Jesus
I love the word of God. Just when you think you have a story down pat God shows you a little more. If you have been in children’s Sunday School growing up than you are sure to have heard about Joshua. Now God has connected some dots for me symbolically comparing Joshua to Jesus, and I wanted to share it with you. This is one of those did you know moments. I even looked up to make sure it was in the Strong’s Concordance which stated: 2424 Iēsoús – Jesus, the transliteration of the Hebrew term, 3091 /Lṓt ("Yehoshua"/Jehoshua, contracted to "Joshua") which means "Yahweh saves" (or "Yahweh is salvation"). In the Greek speaking world we know Jesus as the Messiah. However in Hebrew Jesus’s name is Joshua. This proclaiming Jesus the same as Joshua the one they called Conqueror of Palestine (The name Palestine, as a geographical term, is of later origin and is derived from : The story of the Conquest is told in Joshua 1 to 12). It is no wonder the...