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Daily Lesson for Wednesday 3rd of December 2025

The story of Joshua must be seen through the prism of typology. The wars Joshua conducted are historical events, constituting an essential segment of Israel’s history. The goal of these wars is to settle the Israelites in the Promised Land, where they can enjoy their allotted inheritance in peace and establish a new society based on the principles of God’s law.

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Later, Old Testament authors, such as Isaiah, present the work of the Messiah as also consisting of allotting the “desolate inheritances [to His people]” (Isaiah 49:8, NIV), using the same terminology that is so frequent in the book of Joshua. As the task of Joshua had been to apportion the land to the Israelites, so the Messiah, portrayed as the new Joshua, assigns the spiritual inheritance to a new Israel.

The authors of the New Testament presented many aspects of the ministry of Jesus Christ in terms of Joshua’s work. As Joshua stepped into Canaan after 40 years in the wilderness, so the “antitypical Joshua,” Jesus, entered His earthly ministry after 40 days in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1-11, Luke 4:1-13) and His heavenly ministry after 40 days in the wilderness of this earth (Acts 1:3,9-11; Hebrews 1:2).

After Jesus’ baptism in the river Jordan (His “crossing of the Jordan” [Matthew 3:13-17, Mark 1:9-11]), the gospel writers quote from Psalms 2:7 and Isaiah 42:1, from a Messianic psalm and from a song about the Suffering Servant of Yahweh (Matthew 3:17, Mark 1:11, Luke 3:22). Consequently, through His baptism, Jesus is presented as the Divine Warrior who will—through a life of faithful obedience, even unto death—wage the wars of Yahweh against the evil forces. His life and death on the cross brought about the casting out of Satan, led the conquest over our spiritual enemies, offered spiritual rest to His people, and allotted an inheritance for the redeemed (Ephesians 4:8, Hebrews 1:4, Hebrews 9:15).

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Daily Lesson for Tuesday 2nd of December 2025

As we discovered in the first week, Joshua was presented as a new Moses who, in the life of the second generation, repeated the most significant steps of the Exodus from Egypt. Just as Moses was, Joshua was commissioned by a personal encounter with the Lord. Under the leadership of both Moses and Joshua, Israel’s fame among the nations inspired fear.

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Moses led Israel in crossing the Red Sea, and Joshua led Israel in a miraculous crossing of the Jordan. Both leaders were reminded of the necessity of circumcision and the importance of the Passover. Manna began to fall in the time of Moses, and it ended with Joshua. Both were commanded to take off their sandals. The outstretched hand of both signaled victory for Israel. Moses gave instructions for the division of the land and the institution of cities of refuge. Joshua fulfilled the instructions. Both gave a farewell address to the nation and renewed the covenant for the people at the end of their ministry.

Joshua’s life was a partial fulfillment of the prophecy made by Moses (Deuteronomy 18:15,18). However, the prophecy made by Moses was not fulfilled in its ultimate sense. In its ultimate sense, the prophecy could be accomplished (or fulfilled) only by the Messiah. The Messiah knew the Father intimately (John 1:14,18); He was true and revealed God truthfully (Luke 10:22, John 14:6, Matthew 22:16). God indeed put His words in His mouth (John 14:24). So, both the life of Moses and that of Joshua become types of the coming Messiah, Jesus.

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Key Thought. This week we will look at typology and how the life of Joshua foreshadowed the ministry of the Messiah and the symbolism fulfilled in the church.
December 6, 2025

1. Have a volunteer read Psalm 5:14, I Corinthians 10:1-13, Hebrews 8:5, 9:23.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What is Biblical typology indicated by these verses?
3. Personal Application: How is our spiritual warfare like the conquest of Canaan, and how is it different? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “How can we relate to types in the life of Christ, the church’s experience, and the end of time? What truths can we glean from the experiences of the types we find in the Bible? How do we know when we are looking at a type and that there is an antitype?” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Exodus 3:1,2, John 1:1-3, Joshua 2:1, Exodus 3:5, Joshua 3:5.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What is the significance of the multitude of parallels between the lives of Moses and Joshua?
3. Personal Application: Why must Jesus and what He has done for you be the foundation of your whole Christian experience? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “How can we deal with the uncertainties of human existence and interactions? Can we trust in the consistency and control of our history today? Is this true only for nations and leaders, or do our insignificant individual lives get affected as well?” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Hebrews 3:7 – 4:11.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How does the New Testament confirm that Joshua, the new Moses, is himself a type of Christ?
3. Personal Application: What are some practical ways that you can allow Jesus to reflect His character in you more completely? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “What does it mean to rest in what Christ has done for us? How can we have assurance that Jesus has defeated Satan on our behalf? ” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read I Timothy 1:18, 2 Timothy 4:7, Ephesians 6:10-12, 2 Cor 10:3-5, Acts 22:32.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. In what sense do the wars Israel fought foreshadow the spiritual struggle of the church?
3. Personal Application: Joshua said, How long will you neglect to go and possess the land? How would Joshua phrase that question to us today? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(“Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.” Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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Daily Lesson for Monday 1st of December 2025

Interpreters of the Bible cannot arbitrarily decide on what constitutes a biblical type or how that particular type is fulfilled in the New Testament and beyond. The Bible itself provides some controls and principles as to the application of biblical typology.

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Similarly, the New Testament unfolds the antitypical fulfillment of a type in three distinct phases: (1) in the life of Christ (the Christological fulfillment), (2) in the experience of the church (the ecclesiological fulfillment), and (3) at the end of time (the eschatological fulfillment).

We can find these types and antitypes all through the Bible, and they are very helpful in showing readers how to understand the Bible and what truths the Word of God is teaching about Jesus, salvation, and the ultimate hope that we have.

1. Israel

a. Christological phase (Matthew 2:15)

b. Ecclesiological phase (Galatians 6:16)

c. Eschatological phase (Revelation 7:4-8,14)

2. The Exodus

a. Christological phase (Matthew 2:19-21)

b. Ecclesiological phase (2 Corinthians 6:17)

c. Eschatological phase (Revelation 18:4)

3. The Sanctuary

a. Christological phase (John 1:14, John 2:21, Matthew 26:61)

b. Ecclesiological phase (1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 2 Corinthians 6:16)

c. Eschatological phase (Revelation 3:12, Revelation 11:19, Revelation 21:3, Revelation 21:22)

“Since Scripture has a single divine Author, the various parts of Scripture are consistent with each other. . . . All the doctrines of the Bible will cohere with each other; interpretations of individual passages will harmonize with the totality of what Scripture teaches on a given subject.”—Raoul Dederen, ed., Handbook of Seventh-day Adventist Theology (Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 2000), p. 65.

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