Pastor Mike Impact Ministries

Now in Joshua 22, we come to a very interesting incident and conflict that almost caused a war between the tribes before they hardly get settled into their inheritance because of the “great impressive altar” that the two and half tribes built on the border at the Jordan River.   The word traveled quickly that the tribes east of the Jordan had erected an altar. While these two and a half tribes had...

10 And when they came to the region of the Jordan which is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan--a great, impressive altar.   When we come to Joshua 22, the conquest of the Promise Land by the twelve tribes of Israel is complete. The battles have been fought and won. The inheritance of the land has bee...

6 So Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents. 7 Now to half the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given a possession in Bashan, but to the other half of it Joshua gave a possession among their brethren on this side of the Jordan, westward. And indeed, when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them, 8 and spoke to them, saying, "Return with much riches to you...

When we come to Joshua 22, the conquest of the Promise Land by the twelve tribes of Israel is complete. The battles have been fought and won. The inheritance of the land has been successfully distributed to all the tribes. It is at this point, after seven years of battles, in Joshua 22:1-4, that Joshua gives a honorable discharge to the two tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh...

When we come to Joshua 22, the conquest of the Promise Land by the twelve tribes of Israel is complete. The battles have been fought and won. The inheritance of the land has been successful distributed to all the tribes, the “Cities of Refuge” have been designated, and the priestly tribe of the Levites have settled in their forty-eight cities among the tribes to lead the nation spiritually with th...

We have been looking at Joshua 13-21 for the past several days. It is in these chapters that the twelve tribes received their inheritance that had been promised to them by Moses in the Law. Chapters 13-17 took place at Gilgal where Joshua and the elders cast lots and distributed the land to five of the tribes. In chapters 18-19, Joshua moved the tabernacle to Shiloh where he surveyed the rest of t...

After the land had been conquered (Joshua 6-12), then the twelve tribes received their inheritance that had been promised to them by Moses in the Law. But there remained one more thing to do and that was to give to the Levitical tribe the cities that were promised to them by the LORD through Moses in Numbers 35:1-5. If you go back and read this passage in Numbers 35 you will find that God was very...

7 So they appointed Kedesh in Galilee, in the mountains of Naphtali, Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and Kirjath Arba (which is Hebron) in the mountains of Judah. 8 And on the other side of the Jordan, by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness on the plain, from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead, from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh. 9 Th...

Again, let me begin by thanking you for all the prayers for my grandson, Luke. Shortly after I finished posting my pastor’s chat Sunday morning we received a call from Kimberly that the medical staff at the hospital found an infection on the shunt tubing and they would be taking Luke back to the OR to remove all the tubing that is involved in draining the excess fluid around the brain. This of cou...

Joshua 18:1-3 1 Now the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of meeting there. And the land was subdued before them. 2 But there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes which had not yet received their inheritance. 3 Then Joshua said to the children of Israel: "How long will you neglect to go and possess the land which...

I want to begin my chat today by again asking for special prayer for Luke, our little grandson. We received a call late last night from Kimberly on her way to the Emergency Department at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Luke was screaming in the background with pain. It appears that he is experiencing another shunt failure on relieving the pressure on his brain, or there is an infection. Our last text f...

We are looking at six lessons we can learn from the Joshua 13-21 as we are claiming our inheritance that God has promised us in Christ. So far, we learned that we don’t want to be like the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh that chose their inheritance on the border on the east side of the Jordan River. We don’t want to become borderline believers. The second lesson is found in...

We are looking at seven lessons we can learn from the Joshua 13-21 as we are claiming our inheritance that God has promised us in Christ. So far, we learned that we don’t want to be like the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh that chose their inheritance on the border on the east side of the Jordan River. We don’t want to become borderline believers. The second lesson is found i...

We are looking at seven lessons we can learn from the Joshua 13-21 as we are claiming our inheritance that God has promised us in Christ. The first lesson we learned from the twelve tribes receiving their inheritance, is from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. They chose their inheritance on the border on the east side of the Jordan River. We don’t want to become borderline...

6 Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him: "You know the word which the LORD said to Moses the man of God concerning you and me in Kadesh Barnea. 7 I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back word to him as it was in my heart. 8 Nevertheless my...

Yesterday we said that we will be looking at least seven spiritual lessons that we can apply to our spiritual journey from this section of Joshua 13-21. From the land inheritance of the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh we the first lesson we should learn is that we should not be borderline believers.   You will find the background to their inheritance on the east side of the J...

10 And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, as He said, these forty-five years, ever since the LORD spoke this word to Moses while Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, here I am this day, eighty-five years old.   Beginning in Joshua 13, through chapter 21 Joshua and the leaders of Israel distribute the inheritance to the various tribes of Israel. And just in case you might not remember,...

Today, we will begin to look at a new section of the Book of Joshua in chapters 13-21. We need to remember that the Book of Joshua is an historic record of the people of Israel under Joshua’s leadership, conquering and taking control of the Promise Land and then dividing the land as an inheritance to the twelve tribes of Israel. At the same time, Joshua is a spiritual lesson book teaching us how t...

Beginning at Joshua 10:29 through Joshua 12:24, this section of the Book of Joshua summarizes Israel's conquest of the southern (10:29-43) and northern cities (11:1-15) in Palestine, and closes with a list of the names of some of the kings whom Israel defeated (11:16-12:24). Since there is probably a map of the conquest located in the back of your Bible, it would be very helpful as you read th...

As we said a few days ago we have one of the greatest miracles ever in the course of human history recorded here in Joshua 10. But before we discuss it, let me ask you a question. Do you need a miracle? Do you need something to take place in your life that is supernatural, something that cannot be explained. If you can explain it, it probably is not a miracle.   My friend, today America needs a mi...

The king of Jerusalem enlisted four other kings to join him in attacking the Gibeonites because of the peace they had made with the Joshua and the rulers of Israel. In Joshua 10:1-5, they surrounded the great city of Gibeon and were proceeding to destroy it.   In verse 6, the Gibeonites' sent word to Joshua pleading for help. In spite of their paganism, these Gibeonites are a good example for...

Today we will be moving on to Joshua 10. But first I’ll give a brief update on our grandson Luke and his very extensive surgery yesterday. We have been told that the surgery was successful with the placement of a second shunt that will work with the first one to continuously drain the fluid leak from his brain. I believe that this is the thirteenth surgery to deal with this leakage since Luke was...

Again, I cannot thank everyone enough for your prayers for Luke, our grandson. Early this afternoon Luke is scheduled for surgery to relieve the pain that is being caused by the fluid leak from his brain. It will be a very extensive and complicated surgery involving so many factors that there will be a whole team of surgeons and specialists involved in it. We are so thankful for all the special ca...

First, I want to thank everyone for your prayers for Luke, our grandson. He has had a good couple of days now in the hospital as they prepare him for his surgery tomorrow morning to relieve the pain that is being caused by the fluid leak from his brain. We can feel your prayers and are so thankful for them. Please be praying especially for the extensive surgery that is scheduled Monday morning on...

Joshua 9:1-10 1 And it came to pass when all the kings who were on this side of the Jordan, in the hills and in the lowland and in all the coasts of the Great Sea toward Lebanon--the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite--heard about it, 2 that they gathered together to fight with Joshua and Israel with one accord. 3 But when the inhabitants of Gibeon hea...