
Today's podcast is brought to you by Gospel in Life, the site for all sermons, books, study guides and resources from Timothy Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian Church. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on September 22, 1996. There are three lessons we draw from this passage: 1) this is Jesus, 2) Jesus is absolutely holy, and 3) Jesus had a drawn sword.

When he gets out there, he has this amazing encounter with God. He’s remembering something that happened 40 years before. In this passage, Joshua goes out all by himself and looks at it. It’s important to remember that this is not the first time Joshua has been to Jericho. Jericho was a huge city, a fortified city, and humanly speaking, an impossible city for the Israelites to handle.

But you probably didn’t know about what happens in these first three verses. Many of you have probably heard of the battle of Jericho.
