1. Jericho Conquest
Joshua 6

3. Jericho conquest God Commands the Ridiculous
“Go and loosen the sackcloth from your hips and take your shoes off your feet … [and go] naked and barefoot [for] three years as a sign and token against Egypt and Cush.” - Isaiah 20:2-3

4. Jericho conquest God Commands the Ridiculous
“Now you son of man, get yourself a brick, place it before you and inscribe a city on it, Jerusalem. Then lay siege against it, build a siege wall, raise up a ramp, pitch camps and place battering rams against it all around. Then get yourself an iron plate

5. Jericho conquest God Commands the Ridiculous
… and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city, and set your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This is a sign to the house of Israel … Lie down on your left side … for 390 days … [and then] on your right side for 40 days.”

6. Jericho conquest II. God judges the entirety
“When the Lord your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, and clears away many nations before you. Then you shall utterly destroy them. Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them. For they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods.” - Deuteronomy 7:1-4

7. Jericho conquest II. God judges the entirety
“Now Joshua lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand. He said, ‘I indeed come now as captain of the host of the Lord.’ And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down, and said to him, ‘What has my lord to say to his servant?’ The captain of the Lord’s …

8. Jericho conquest II. God judges the entirety
… host said to Joshua, ‘Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.’ And Joshua did so.” Joshua 5:13-15

9. Jericho conquest II. God judges the entirety
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day.” Ephesians 6:12-13

10. Jericho conquest III. God graces the unlikely
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.” – Romans 5:8-9

11. Jericho conquest IV. God exalts the obedient
“This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success.” Joshua 1:8