S8 || Victory Over Big Things || Joshua 6:1-26 || Session 8 || Verse by Verse Bible Study

The ancient city of Jericho—its walls towering before the Israelites, its gates sealed tight in fear—stands as the first major obstacle between God's people and their promised inheritance. But rather than calling for battering rams and siege towers, God delivers one of the most unconventional military strategies ever recorded.

Walking you through Joshua chapter 6, we unpack the profound symbolism behind God's instructions to march silently around Jericho for seven days. The mysterious sevens that permeate this narrative—seven priests, seven trumpets, seven days, seven circuits on the final day—reveal a divine pattern pointing to God's perfect completion rather than human strength. When those massive walls finally collapse, there's no question who deserves the glory.

We explore how the Ark of the Covenant—containing God's law covered by sacrificial blood—represents the dual power that conquers our own worldly strongholds today: God's Word and Christ's atonement. Just as Israel couldn't defeat Jericho through conventional warfare, we can't overcome our spiritual battles through mere human effort. The victory comes through faith and obedience to seemingly simple, yet spiritually powerful commands.

The archaeological evidence supporting this biblical account is fascinating—excavations reveal double walls that fell outward, springtime conquest evidenced by full grain stores, and even housing structures built into the outer wall where someone like Rahab might have lived. These discoveries align perfectly with Joshua's eyewitness account, written while Rahab was still alive among the Israelites.

Most challenging is God's command that Israel take nothing from Jericho for themselves—a powerful lesson about completely separating from worldly influences rather than hiding away small compromises. As we'll discover in coming episodes, even "little sins" can lead to devastating consequences when we refuse to fully surrender worldly attachments.

What Jericho stands between you and God's promises today? Join us as we discover how faith-filled obedience brings down walls that human strength could never conquer.

Questions in this session:  

• Is it difficult to follow God’s commands?
• Can God’s word overcome the world? 
• What is it like to fight against God? 
• What should I take up to help me against the world?  

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