Mark Massaro – First Baptist Church Dunkirk NY

The Inheritance

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Scripture: Joshua 12-19 Overview
Some History

Moses defeated Sihon and Og

Joshua defeated thirty-one kings

Inheritance East

Num 32 – Reuben, Gad, & Manasseh asked for land on the east of Jericho

Inheritance West

3 1/2 + 9 1/2 = ?

Levites were not given land
Caleb’s land – Kiriath-arba renamed Hebron

Josh 17:12-13 not all Canaanites were eliminated

Num 33:55 – barbs, thorns, & trouble

Josh 18 – whole congregation gathers at Shiloh

Survey of remaining land
7 more portions allotted
Josh 18:7 Levites had the Priesthood as their heritage.
Cast lots to decide the rest

Joshua was given Timnath-serah in Ephraim

Eleazar the priest was part of the distribution – God’s sovereignty

Our Inheritance

Heb 8:10 – Abraham looking forward to ultimate inheritance – city designed by God

Eph 1:11-14 – Jesus paid for our inheritance
Revelation – names in the book of life

Take Aways

Is your name in the Book of Life?

Are you faithful like God?

Do you trust God in your suffering?

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