Prepare!

Joshua 1.10-18,CB OT p. 330-331

Great Sea(Mediterranean)

Jebusites

Kir-moab

Heshbon

Rabbath-ammon

Ashtaroth

Hazor

Megiddo

Bethshan

JerichoJebus

Beer-shebaAmalekites

KenitesMoabites

Hitt

ites

Hiv

ites

Edomites

Per

izzi

tesCan

aani

tes

Bashan(Kingdom of Og)

Sihon(Amorites)

Ammonites

Sidonians(Phoenicians)

Sea ofChinnereth

SaltSea

Jord

an R

iver

Nations of Canaan(Before Conquest)

N

S

EW

c 1999 MANNA

Scale of Miles0 50

HazorMerom

Madon

Dor

Ashtaroth

Edrei

Shiloh

Jebus

Gaza

AshdodJericho

AiGibeon

Debir

Kir-moab

Jahaz

Jazer

Heshbon

Dibon

Gezer

JarmuthLibnah

EglonHebron

Mt. EbalMt. Gerizim

Mt.Hermon

Mt. Nebo

Conquest of Canaan

SaltSea

Great Sea(Mediterranean)

Bashan(Kingdom of Og)

Amalekites

Ammonites

Am

orite

s(K

ingd

om o

f Sih

on)

Canaanites

N

S

EW

c 1999 MANNA

Scale of Miles0 50

JordanRiver

Sea ofChinnereth

Makkedah

Gilgal

Megiddo

Moabites

Lachish

Israel conquered

the landeast of the

Jordan river.

MANASSEH(North)

BENJAMIN

DAN(South)

EPHRAIM

MANASSEH(South)

DAN(North)

JUDAH

SIMEON

REUBEN

GAD

ISSACHARZEBULUN

ASHERNAPHTALI

Sinai

EGYPT

AMMON

MOAB

EDOM

ARAM

Great Sea(Mediterranean)

Nation of Israel(Twelve Tribes)

SaltSea

Sea ofGalilee

BitterLakes

N

S

EW

c 1999 MANNA

Scale of Miles0 50

The land was given to

three tribes:

ManassehGad &

Reuben

HazorMerom

Madon

Dor

Ashtaroth

Edrei

Shiloh

Jebus

Gaza

AshdodJericho

AiGibeon

Debir

Kir-moab

Jahaz

Jazer

Heshbon

Dibon

Gezer

JarmuthLibnah

EglonHebron

Mt. EbalMt. Gerizim

Mt.Hermon

Mt. Nebo

Conquest of Canaan

SaltSea

Great Sea(Mediterranean)

Bashan(Kingdom of Og)

Amalekites

Ammonites

Am

orite

s(K

ingd

om o

f Sih

on)

Canaanites

N

S

EW

c 1999 MANNA

Scale of Miles0 50

JordanRiver

Sea ofChinnereth

Makkedah

Gilgal

Megiddo

Moabites

Lachish

Israelcamped opposite Jericho.

Prepare!

“The complacency of fools destroys them”

—Proverbs 1.32-33CB OT p. 1000

“Woe to those who are at ease in Zion”

—Amos 6.1CB OT p. 1468

Prepare!

God hadprovided...BREAD

WATERCLOTHING

SHOES

Prepare!

Now, theywould have tobe prepared.

“Go”

“prepared to make a defense”

—1 Peter 3.15,CB NT p. 411

“Put on the whole armor of God”—Ephesians 6.11,

CB NT p. 343

Are you prepared?

Unity

MANASSEH(North)

BENJAMIN

DAN(South)

EPHRAIM

MANASSEH(South)

DAN(North)

JUDAH

SIMEON

REUBEN

GAD

ISSACHARZEBULUN

ASHERNAPHTALI

Sinai

EGYPT

AMMON

MOAB

EDOM

ARAM

Great Sea(Mediterranean)

Nation of Israel(Twelve Tribes)

SaltSea

Sea ofGalilee

BitterLakes

N

S

EW

c 1999 MANNA

Scale of Miles0 50

Focus onJehovah!

Not JoshuaNot NationNot Self

Focus onJehovah!

Not preacherNot churchNot self

Focus onJehovah!

“be united in the same mind andthe same judgment”

— 1 Corinthians 1.10CB NT p. 289

Will youfight

with us?

Commitment

“Which of the two did the will of his father?”— Matthew 21.31

CB NT p. 41

Are you committed?

Some of us are not prepared.

Some of us are resting.

Some of us are not committed.

“Only bestrong

and courageous.”

Will today be the day you decide to

go to heaven?

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Be Strong and Courageous

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Prepare!Joshua 1.10-18

Compiled and Presented by:

Dave Stewart9 October, 2011Las Cruces, NM

www.churchofchristmiranda.com

Synopsis: Chosen by God to lead Israel, Joshua turns to the people and reminds them what they must now do. You will learn from this lesson the importance of Preparing yourself for the battle, maintaining unity in Christ, and being committed to obeying God.

“Let all that you do be done with love.”

“Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.”