LESSONS OF FAITH FROM JOSHUA
Lesson 10 : The True Joshua

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10.2 Type and Antitype
Unity in Diversity – How Typology unfolds God’s work of salvation

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Introduction

The Bible tells one continuous story of salvation.
The Old Testament reveals shadows – the New Testament reveals their reality.
Types are more than symbols – they are prophecy in pictures.
Antitypes are their fulfillment in Christ, the Church, and the end of time.

Typology means:

• discovering Jesus in the Old Testament
• understanding God’s way of leading His people
• finding hope, because every type points toward redemption

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Bible Study

We examine three major Old Testament types:

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1. Israel as a Type

Israel is called God’s son (Hosea 11:1).
Yet Israel failed — lacking trust, obedience, faithfulness.
Christ becomes the true Israel — the perfect Son who fulfills the calling fully.

In the New Testament this calling expands:
A spiritual Israel forms — born not from blood, but from faith and rebirth.

In the end-time a restored Israel stands again — sealed, purified, faithful.

Movement:
Israel → Jesus → Church → End-time Remnant

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2. The Exodus from Egypt as a Type

Egypt represents bondage, sin, false security.
The Exodus is God’s intervention — salvation from the humanly impossible.

Christ experiences His own “Exodus,” called out of Egypt as a child —
the beginning of His mission as the new Moses, Redeemer and Deliverer.

The Church shares the same calling:
Out of the old life — out of spiritual chains —
not into a geographical land, but into a spiritual inheritance.

At the end of time God calls His people again:
“Come out of Babylon” — the final Exodus before Christ returns.

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3. The Sanctuary as a Type

The earthly sanctuary made visible what is reality in heaven:

S in → Sacrifice → Atonement → Restoration

In Christ, God Himself dwells bodily among us.
Jesus is the Lamb, the High Priest, and the Sanctuary.

The Church becomes the temple —
a dwelling place for the Holy Spirit.

In eternity God will dwell with His people directly —
no temple, no veil, no separation.

The line is clear:
Shadow Sanctuary → Christ in the flesh → Church as His dwelling → Eternal Presence with no temple needed

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Answers to the Questions

Frage 1: How are Israel, the Exodus and the Sanctuary fulfilled in three phases — Christological, Ecclesiological and Eschatological?

1. Israel
a) Christological (Matt. 2:15):
Jesus is the true Israel — He repeats and perfects Israel’s history.

b) Ecclesiological (Gal. 6:16):
The Church becomes the Israel of God — defined by faith, not bloodline.

c) Eschatological (Rev. 7:4–8,14):
A final remnant appears — sealed, purified, faithful to God.

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2. Exodus from Egypt
a) Christological (Matt. 2:19–21):
Jesus lives His own Exodus — salvation begins in Him.

b) Ecclesiological (2 Cor. 6:17):
The Church is called out of spiritual bondage — out of worldliness & darkness.

c) Eschatological (Rev. 18:4):
God’s people leave end-time Babylon — the last great Exodus.

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3. Sanctuary
a) Christological (John 1:14; 2:21):
Christ Himself is the temple — God lived in Him.

b) Ecclesiological (1 Cor. 3:16–17):
The Church becomes God’s temple — the Spirit dwells in believers.

c) Eschatological (Rev. 3:12; 11:19; 21:3,22):
God dwells forever with His people — no temple needed, for God IS the temple.

Question 2: What do you do when it is sometimes difficult for you to understand the meaning of certain passages?

• I pray for light — understanding comes from God.
• I keep reading — patience deepens comprehension.
• I compare Scripture with Scripture.
• I use study tools (commentaries, concordance).
• I discuss passages with other believers.
• I accept that growth is a journey — not a leap.

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Spiritual Principles

Christ stands at the center of all typology
Faith sees light inside shadows
Every Exodus begins with obedience
Whoever lives near the Sanctuary lives near God

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Life Application

Leave your “Egypt” — habits that enslave you
Live as a temple — pure, open to the Spirit
Stand as the remnant — faithful, loving, stable
Walk by faith even when you see nothing

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Conclusion

Old Testament types are signposts.
They lead from shadow → to the Cross → to the Church → to eternity.

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Thought of the Day

Faith begins where sight ends — and God takes over.

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Illustration

Shadows in the Glass Light
The story of Israel, Exodus, and Sanctuary inside a modern soul

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Chapter 1 – Israel in the Heart

When David closed the door of his small apartment, he felt like a wanderer once again.
No destination, no homeland — only questions.
His room was filled with things, but not with peace.
His life with schedules — not with meaning.

He sat at the kitchen table, too small for dreams and too large for loneliness, and whispered:

“Lord… who am I in Your story?”

Israel.
Not the land — the heart.
Calling without obedience.
Longing without direction.

A quiet, unsettling truth echoed inside his chest:

He was Israel — called, but scattered.
Loved, yet running.

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Chapter 2 – Egypt in Neon Light

His city was not named Egypt.
And yet — it was.

People chased security in money, achievement, approval.
David too was enslaved by deadlines, ambition, and the need to prove himself.
He worked hard, laughed rarely, prayed fast.

One evening — tired, overworked, empty — he stopped before a glass facade.
His reflection stared back like a prisoner behind transparent walls.

“I am free, yet I live bound,” he thought.

Then he remembered the Exodus:
Israel did not free itself — God did.
They did not break chains — He opened a path through the sea.

David closed his eyes.
Maybe freedom did not begin with strength.
Maybe it began with surrender.

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Chapter 3 – The Sanctuary of Flesh

The next morning he set his coffee aside and reached for his Bible —
not as duty, but as search.

“If You dwell here, Lord… show me the way.”

While he read, he sensed something new.
Not loud, not emotional —
more like warm wind in a cold room.

Christ was not only history.
Not only Redeemer —
He was Presence.

David saw:

He didn’t have to climb up to God —
God came down.
Into flesh.
Into weakness.
Into nearness.

If Christ was the temple —
and we are His body —
then David himself was a sanctuary.

A place designed for Presence.
Not for noise.
Not for fear.
For God.

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Chapter 4 – The Antitype in Everyday Life

The shadows of the Old Testament began to shine inside him.

Israel → God’s call
Egypt → deliverance
Sanctuary → presence

Not just history.
His story.

He rose from the table, opened the window, and breathed deeply.
Today was no ordinary day.
Today was Exodus.
Today was restoration.

David put away his phone —
and chose not to spend his lunch break in the office, but in the park.
With a chapter of Scripture.
With prayer.
With silence.

Not because he was holy —
but because God was holy, and He sought him.

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Chapter 5 – The Future in Light

Weeks later David shared his journey with his small group.
No dramatic miracle, no shining vision —
only a heart that had learned:

Faith is more a walking than a explaining.

They listened, some with tears.
Others nodded softly.
The shadow of Israel, the Exodus from Egypt, the sanctuary of God —
they were not just theological categories.

They had become life.

And David knew:
This was not the end.
Only prophecy.
Foreshadowing.
Shadow of a glory yet to come.

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Final Reflection on the Story

The Bible does not end on paper —
it continues writing itself into human hearts.

Type becomes path.
Antitype becomes life.
And you are part of it.

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1 december 2025

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BELIEVE HIS PROPHETS
Daily Bible Reading

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Judges 18 – The Lost Path of the Tribe of Dan
When people act without divine guidance

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Read online here

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Introduction

Judges 18 takes us into the unrest and disorientation of a time “when there was no king in Israel.”
Not only political leadership was missing — spiritual grounding was absent.

The tribe of Dan, dissatisfied with their situation, searches for an inheritance and does find land — but through a path shaped by human planning rather than divine guidance.

What follows is a quiet yet striking testimony of what happens when a people keep religious appearance, yet lose living obedience to God.

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Commentary

You can see the Danites on the move — determined, maybe desperate, seeking land to claim.
Five scouts travel through Ephraim, and almost by chance — or perhaps as a divine mirror of testing — they come to the house of a man who has built his own shrine: Micah.

A private priest.
A self-made faith.
A household altar that looks like religion, but does not follow God.

They recognize the Levite’s voice — the one Micah made priest, a man from Bethlehem seeking a place, recognition, perhaps purpose.
The scouts ask him for God’s will, although God never appointed that place.
And the young priest answers calmly:

“Go in peace.”
Words that sound right — yet without divine authority.
Like many voices today that promise peace but carry no truth from God.

Soon they see the city of Laish — peaceful, carefree, unprotected.
No alarm.
No preparation.
A silent courtyard before judgment.

They return convinced:
The land is good — easy to take.

So 600 armed men march back to Micah’s house.
No prayer. No humility.
Only the thought:
“We know what to do.”

They steal the idols, the ephod, the priest — and offer him promotion:
“Be priest of a whole tribe.”
Ambition triumphs over loyalty.
The priest follows.

Micah runs behind them and cries:
“You have taken my gods — and my priest — and you ask what I lack?”
One of the most heartbreaking lines in Scripture.
He made gods — and now cannot save them.

The Danites advance.
Laish burns.
The innocent fall.

And instead of repentance, they build their own sanctuary with Micah’s idols.
A priesthood that endures for generations.
Faith that looks like faith — but God is absent.

In the end remains a bitter taste:

Success without obedience.
Worship without truth.
A land — but no blessing.

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Summary

Judges 18 shows how the tribe of Dan gained land —
but without God’s guidance, and contrary to His will.
They stole sacred objects, seized a priest, destroyed an innocent city, and built a long-standing shrine built not on truth, but human invention.

A warning that religious form can exist while the heart is far from God.

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Message for us today

• You can have religion — and still miss God’s will.
• Success is not proof of God’s blessing.
• When ambition outweighs faithfulness, faith loses its root.
• The gods we make — comfort, desires, security — cannot save us.
• True guidance comes not from circumstance, but from obedience to God’s Word.

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Reflection

Where in my life do “private altars” still stand —
things that appear spiritual but are not founded in God’s truth?

Today is a good day to recognize them —
and lay them down.

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1 December 2025

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Daniel – Strong in Faith. Faithful in the Fire
Devotions from the life of a young man of conviction

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2. Identity Without Compromise – Who you are remains, even when everything changes
Why your value is not determined from the outside

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Daily Verse

“New names were given to them … but Daniel resolved in his heart that he would not defile himself.”
Daniel 1:7–8

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Introduction: When others want to tell you who you are

We all know what it means to face expectations from the outside.
People label us, define us, and judge us – because of background, status, performance, failures, or opinions.
Daniel was under this pressure too. Babylon didn’t just want his skills; it wanted his inner self. A new language, a new name, a new culture – as if the Daniel from before should no longer exist.

Yet on the inside, Daniel remained the same person he had been before.
He knew to whom he belonged – and that was his decisive anchor.

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Devotion – Identity Under Pressure

Daniel came to Babylon as a very young man. He had no choice. His homeland lay in ruins, his everyday life was over. Instead of temple and Torah scrolls, there were palaces, foreign gods, and a society that wanted to shape him. Babylon did not just demand adaptation – it wanted ownership of his identity.

He was given a new name: Belteshazzar.
His original name meant something like “God is my judge.”
The new name connected him to a Babylonian god.
For the people there, this was normal and almost necessary. For Daniel, it was an intrusion into his belonging. But he reacted in a controlled way. He did not resist every change. He learned, he worked, he served. He understood that adaptation does not automatically mean loss.

The real test did not come as a big temptation, not through political power or lions. It came in the form of food.
On the table lay royal dishes – rich, valuable, but religiously unclean for him. For Babylon, this food symbolised privilege. For Daniel, it was an inner warning sign. He recognised it as a doorway to a gradual compromise.

So he made a decision. No public rebellion, no argument, no drama.
He had a conversation. Calm. Respectful.
He asked for an alternative meal and, by doing so, risked advantages and security without acting aggressively.
He drew a line – sober and deliberate.

That small decision protected his identity.
It was insignificant in the eyes of the world, but fundamental for his heart.
Because he took a stand in something small, he was able to stand firm in greater tests.

Daniel was in Babylon, but Babylon never gained power over him.
It changed his location – not his core.

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What does this mean for us?

We also live in an environment that shapes identity – through media, opinions, trends, expectations.
Not always with pressure, often with quiet invitations to adapt.

Daniel shows that faithfulness does not mean fighting against everything.
It means knowing where the line is.

You do not have to shout against the world in order to stay with God.
It is enough to be clear about to whom you belong.

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What we can learn from Daniel

• Identity starts on the inside, not on the outside.
• Not every change is a loss – but every compromise has a direction.
• You don’t have to be loud to take a clear stand.
• God honours people who remain faithful in small things.

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Practical steps for today

1. Think about where you are adapting just out of habit – and why.

2. Make one concrete, small decision today where you want to remain faithful.

3. Don’t measure your values by other people’s expectations, but by God’s standard.

4. Say a polite “no” where necessary – and do it without arrogance.

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Questions for reflection

• Where do I feel pressure to conform?
• Which decision today will show who I really am?
• What would I need to change so that my conviction remains visible – even without many words?

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Prayer

Lord,
teach me who I am in your eyes.
Give me clarity where I should yield –
and strength where I need to stand firm.
Guard my heart in the midst of all external influences.
Make me faithful in small things, like Daniel.
Amen.

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Key thought of the day

Identity is not lost through place or environment –
but only through compromise in the heart.

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