hey everybody. Welcome back to another edition of the Daily Bible Podcast. Hey, we are back for more of Joshua. We're finishing up Joshua pretty soon here though I feel like Joshua was a kinda a flash in the pan a little bit. I like Joshua, but it's a great book. Yeah, great book. It is. Hey, something we didn't talk about that is totally noteworthy. People are gonna love hearing about this. People will, people need to know that we went Frisbee golfing on Monday. We did go Frisbee golfing. We didn't talk anything about that. We didn't. You're right. Actually, now that I think about it, we took a day off to play Frisbee golf. With Jason. We played on our day off. We should say. Yeah, that's true. I guess we could take a day off to do it, but yeah, that was fun. I think I think you got bit by the bug. I see you got stickers on your car now that saved Frisbee golf or die disc golf for life, all that stuff. Yeah, no it was a lot of fun. That was my first time out. Not at a summer camp. Not just thrown it at a couple of Yeah. Random baskets. So this was pro level, a pro working with a lot of amateur-ish people. Yeah. You and me. That is, yeah. That was fun. I didn't realize there was so much more to it than. You would even dare to guess when you're watching it casually throw in the general direction of that. Yeah, I guess it's like any sport really. It's like baseball. It's like, how hard could it be? They're throwing a ball. You hit it with a stick, you run around a base, it's good to go. That's it. That's it. But it's a little more complicated than that. So is Frisbee golf? Come to find out? Yeah. Yeah. Jason's good, by the way, if you are or Jason Cooper hit him up. He's a disc golfer extraordinaire. What do you call those people? A disc golfer? I don't know. He. He texted me that this, because he played a second round after we left. He got a hole in, he got a hole in one on that second round. Wow. Which one? Which hole number seven? I don't know which one that was because I don't remember number seven. Yeah. I can't remember it either, but I'm sure it was a good one. But he got it. Yeah. So good job, Jason. And yeah, it was fun. It was fun to go out and and play. That was fun. Nice weather too. It was perfect weather and I think what made it. Most fun was that we were hanging out, chatting about everything under the sun, which I'm sure is the redeeming aspect of games like that. Yeah. If if you're gonna play golf, even if you don't like the sport, that part is fun. Yeah. The one thing I would give Golf the Edge for. And there's not many. But the one thing I would give it the edge for is that you get the golf cart. This, there was no golf cart. True. I would like the golf cart though, probably a little bit more cardiovascular exercise happening in this. But and I understand that everyone who goes to a golf course actually rinse the golf cart. Some people actually walk those things, which I think is crazy. Yeah. 'cause it's so much fun. The best part about golf is the golf cart driving the golf cart. Everything else is peripheral to the main event. Yeah. Except after you, turn 16 and get an actual car, the golf cart loses some of its interest. Not a lot though. I loved it, man. Every time we did a focal point golf tournament. Yeah. I signed up to help because I wanted to drive the golf cart. Yeah. Let me just drive around the course with the golf cart and talk to people as they're sway in and cough. Before they swing. Right before the swing. Yeah. Yeah. That's good i's mean. Stuff like that. That's fine. That's good. Yeah. We didn't talk about Frisbee golf etiquette. I don't even know if there is. Do you agree? I, based on what I observed. There's none. When you knee, knee tapped him on that one hole, I just, I thought that was a little outta line. But I went with it, winning at all costs. That's basically, that was how I understood the game. Yeah. It, it's a little wheels off there. You're literally just going through the woods and it's we're just gonna put a basket over here. Yeah. And here's a stream that you get across and there's falling trees. Yeah. Mud pits. There's a chasm, slew of despair. Pit of snakes. Pit of snakes. Yeah. All those things. It was a good time. It was the weather again. Perfect. It was in little Elm. So if you care to go disc golfing with Jason, invite yourself to Little Elm with him. McCord Park is what it is. That sounds right. M-C-C-O-R-D. And we did the red course or the red line. I don't what? Red Ts red tea. Yeah. Whatever that means. I think those are a little easier. Yeah. And we're grateful for that. That was fun. Yeah, it was fun. Yeah. And it's all community. Like he saw a couple of people out there and he was calling 'em by name. One guy named Bear. There's a guy named, that's his real name. His real name is Bear. We found out. Yeah, he's apparently good and likes to chop down trees. Yes. Yeah. If the city won't do it, he'll make it happen. Bear will make it happen. I think's, sounds a good guy. That's on his business card. I think we could use him on our setup. Team Bear, if you're listening. We don't know who you are, right? But we've heard good things about you. We'd invite you to join our setup team. Hey, speaking of setup team we're always in I don't wanna say need in the sense of Hey, we just need more bodies to fill holes. But we could always use help on our setup teams, on our tear down teams. That's an evergreen need for us as a church plant. Those of you that, that serve regularly on those teams, we could always use more people on that. And so if you're out there listening to this, it would really be great. We are, as a church plant. Spread thin in a lot of ways. We have a lot of people pulling double duty, some triple, quadruple duty. And so if we can add more to our setup teams, tear down teams, then, when we have people that are on the worship team or in student, involved in kids' ministry or somewhere else like that it just really helps us be more efficient at what we do. True. So if you're out there. Pondering, Hey, maybe I could do a little bit more or maybe I can jump in and serve it all. Set up Team, tear down team are great places for you to jump in at and it's a great kind of, I don't know, on-ramp to serving in the church as well. If you're new to the church, this is an area that we're not, we don't need to background check on you to get you, helping with set up and tear down. And it's all on the job training. Exactly. And it's a great place to build relationships with other people too, because you're gonna be working side by side. Either loading the trailer, unloading the trailer you'll have opportunities to talk and get to know people. And it's a lot of fun to to do it. And there's a sense of accomplishment too. I feel that every week, once the room is set up, and then every week once it's torn down, it's the gym again. It's oh man, this is really cool. It looks just like it looked when we walked in, and yet we did so much here. By having church in this place, it's gratifying. Set up, tear down team. That's our shameless plug for that. If you are not actively serving somewhere else, or even if you are and you want to do a little bit more set up, tear down team. Great places to go please. Let's talk about Joshua 1920 and 21, 19 20 and 21. We are again, like we talked about yesterday, I believe it was yesterday's podcast where you asked me about what to do when the Bible's boring. Yes. Yeah. We're still in the sloth we're in the. The weeds, so to speak, walking through some of this reading about these inheritances and remember our suggestions. A good atlas, a good study Bible. It's gonna do a lot of good for you. Look for something, some, something to focus on, to pull out that you can think about here. This is relevant for us, maybe not as directly relevant or accessible as Paul's writings, but still important for us. And so in Joshua 19, as. It opens up here. We're dealing with the inheritance for really the rest of the tribes here. 19 one through nine. You've got Simeon 1910 through 16, Zein 17 through 23 Iscar 4 24 through 31 Asher 32 through 39. Naftali. 40 through 48 Dan and 49 through 51. You've got Joshua's inheritance as well. So more of the tribes taking their places. And again, maybe pick out one of these tribes and say, okay, I, I wanna know a little bit more about Asher. Find out more about Asher. Do a deeper dive on Asher or Dan or some of these other ones on there. Yeah. A couple quick notes here. Number one, you'll notice that Simeon is given a reason here for why they're. Inheritance is in the midst of Judahs and it's here said because they're, their portion of Judahs was too large for them. And you should know that eventually Judah absorbs Simeon into their territory and they disappear as a clan even though they're technically given that little space in between them. So it's like a donut hole. Also noticed to that, for the tribe, Dan, you're given information here that likely comes from somebody who knew what happened in the future. 'cause it says it here in verse 47, when the territory of the people of Dan was. Lost to them. So initially, Dan has given some really sweet territory that you know is right up next to the sea. They're given a little slice of land there, and it's in the midst of the other tribes, but eventually they go way up north and decide to do something else. So they lose their territory, they lose their promised land. They're still within the parameters of the promised land, but they're not originally where they're supposed to be. They go somewhere else. That's an interesting side note there, that there, alluded to here. But that's a big deal and there's reasons for that. They offer reasons for why they do it, but ultimately I think that was a bad move on their part. Yeah, I would agree. And in fact, Dan becomes one of the hubs for the northern kingdom idolatry to where the right, the altar, the. False altar is built up in the area of Dan. It's where one of the golden calves that Jere bone, the second erect is stationed. And Dan, when they resettle, is gonna be in, in a place that's not good, by the way. From Dan de Beersheba, sometimes you'll hear that it's references of the parameters, the borders of the territory of Israel. So Dan being the farther, farthest north border when they finally resettle and they get their ultimate territory there, they're on the edge. They're right there. In fact, even you go there today, they're right on the border of Lebanon. When we went there with our church back in California in 2 20 19. It was more of a peaceful time in Israel at the time, but we were able to walk right up to literally the border between Israel and Lebanon. And we were in Dan right there, right by where the altar of Jira had been constructed. Wow. And you can look over and see straight into Lebanon there. So it was a pretty amazing amazing time, amazing sight. Joshua 20, then we get into the cities of refuge. Short chapter. Short chapter, cities of refuge. We've talked about the cities of refuge. Remember, for the manslaughter to be able to flee to, and there were principles that they had to stay there. If they were to found to be not guilty of premeditated murder, then they could stay in the city of refuge until the high priest died. If they left the city of refuge, then they were subject to revenge being taken upon them. But if as long as they were within the walls there, they were protected, and they could be there until again the high priest died. Once the high priest died, they could. Leave. So the cities of refuge are identified here from multiple different tribes Here. You've got naf, you've got rem, you've got Judah, you've got Ruben, you've got Gad and Manassa. All of those are gonna have cities of refuge that are found within their borders there. Chapter 21 then gets into the Levitical cities. And so the cities of refuge are a subset of the Levitical cities, but the Levitical cities, remember the Levites, they didn't have a tribal allotment. So they weren't gonna get the tribe of Levi was not gonna get a particular boundary of land given to them because the Lord is their inheritance. But they were still gonna be given cities within all of the other tribe's, land allotments there. And so the Levites were given land. They were given land to farm, to help them be able to subsist and live and have crops and things like that. Also where they could build homes and have their residences. And so these cities are scattered throughout all of Israel, and there's 48 of them in total there. So I have a question here that I think would be worth us trying to tackle, and it's this very last line in chapter 21 that says as summary summarizing what's happening here, it says in verse 45, not one word. Of all the good promises that the Lord had made to the house of Israel had failed, all came to pass. Now we prefer to read the Bible grammatically histor, a grammatical historical approach. And we were not necessary. We don't infuse hyperbole or anything like that. We try to read the Bible as it offers itself. This is one of those sections here that as a dispensationalist, it seems like there would be an issue with this, because according to verse 45, it looks like, it seems like superficially, at least, that what is being said here is that the promises for the land have been full fulfill. Filled. Is that what you believe? And if not, why not? How do we best understand verse 45? I think it's not as much exaggeration or hyper hyperbole here, but it's asking, okay, what's the parameters of this statement? All of the promises that the Lord had made. What's the object of the promises? Is it all of the promises? Reaching all the way back to Abraham, seeing this is going all the way back to the Abraham, a covenant scene. All the Abrahamic covenant is fulfilled, or are we dealing specifically with the promises the Lord made to Israel regarding the entrance into the promised land? Contextually, as we look back over the recent history of God telling the Israelites through Moses and then through Joshua, Hey, be strong and courageous. I'm gonna go before you. I'm gonna drive out the inhabitants of the land before you and when you enter the land, that these are the things that are gonna happen. This is the type of land that you're gonna find, and I'm gonna settle you there, and I'm gonna give you peace there and give you rest there, and so forth and so on. That's how I take this, is that this is not referring back to. Every promise God had made since the dawn of time to Israel, but more specifically contextually to the promises regarding their entrance into the promised land, under the leadership of Joshua that he had started to talk to them about even before that, during the time of Moses's Reign. So I don't think this is referring to the fact that the Abraham and Covenant Good is done. Promises fulfilled, and so we can set that aside. I think this is saying more specifically the promise of the giving of the land during this season to the Israelites. Yeah. And we would, I would have to agree with you there. It seems though, when you read this section, thus the Lord gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers. Yeah. That's a, that's a tough one to tackle. Yeah. And they took possession of it and they settled there and the Lord gave them rest on every side. Just as he had sworn to their fathers. Now, one of all their enemies had what stood them. That's not true. We know that from the context for the Lord had given all their enemies into their hands. And then you had that la last summarizing verse in 45. And this is interesting because it challenges me to say, okay, this is one of those sections where even though it seems like it's saying without qualification. Everything that God had promised had been fulfilled. And it suggests that even in verses 43 through 45, but as a Bible student, you have to learn to read not only in the immediate context, but also in the larger context within where the book is located. And even within the book of Joshua, you know that what's being said here is not an unqualified true statement. That is to say that the. People gained land and they lost land even within this same book, which means that what's happening here is a summarization. It's not meant to be a broad brush stroke and just saying, generally speaking, this is what happened. But more of along the lines of God is faithful. He gave them what he said he would give them. The job is not done. They're not finished. They're not. They're not done possessing the land, but in terms of God's faithfulness, you can say without qualification, he has been faithful. He's done what he's promised to do, and it is so much so that basically what he's offered them is the opportunity to take him at his word and to do what that, to do what they're supposed to do. But the fact that they failed is no indictment upon God. It's really upon them. It's in we've talked about it before too, as partial fulfillment, and I think that's what we have here. It's in, in the partial fulfillment. He was good on his word. Everything that he said would come to pass him to pass. It doesn't say that it's done being fulfilled. It just says that so far everything that he is done is, has come to pass. Yeah. Yeah, I would agree. I've got this song down. I'll take you at your word stuck in my head. That's a good one. That's a good song. It is a good song if you care to do any research on this. 'cause I did before I came to the mic. Yes. You can do I, I found a Master's journal article rather a, an journal, a article within the Master's journal. And I can't recall the name right now, but it has to do with Joshua 2145. So look up Joshua 2145, the Master's Journal. There's two parts, part one and part two. Specifically speaking to. Whether or not Israel had the law or had the promises of the land fulfilled, they're free. They're on PDF. You could download them, take a perusal, do those things. It was helpful. Yeah. Master seminary journal. The Master Seminary Journal, right? Yeah. Maybe I said the wrong thing. Just master jour. Yeah. Toward a biblical understanding of Joshua 21, 43 through 45. That's the one. Yep. So if you Google Joshua 2145 Master Seminary Journal, first hit, that comes back, boom. Toward a biblical understanding of Joshua 21, 43 through 45. And there's two parts, even though the first one, I think part two shows up. I don't know if the first one shows up first, but there's two parts to it. Yeah, there is. Second part is called Did God fulfill Every Good Promise? Ooh dun. That's a hook. It is a hook. It was great. It was a great read. Good. Okay let's pray and then we'll be done with this article. Yeah. We thank you for resources like journal articles and others that we can dive deeper and benefit from the scholarship of others that have gone before us and thought things about these things and studied them in ways that we haven't yet. And so help us to be wise students of the resources and stewards of the resources that you've given us to do just that. And so we want to know your word. We want to study your word. We want to become more knowledgeable, not just for the sake of knowledge, but so that it really does help our understanding of who you are, which in turn will transform us and increase our faith and increase our confidence in you. You are still the same God today who fulfills all of his promises to us as you fulfill them to Israel. We have different promises. They look different. And yet we know that you are reliable and you are faithful. To to your word, and we're thank thankful for that, that we can truly take you at your word. And so we pray this all in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Keep in your bibles. Tune in again tomorrow for another edition of the Daily Bible Podcast. See you. Bye.

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