Josué 21

Josué 21

Vernon McGee - The children of Israel now possessed the land of Canaan, but that was only a small segment of the land God had promised them. If they are to get any more land, they will have to go and possess it. The rule still stands that every place their feet stand upon will be theirs. That which the Israelites possess now, however, is free from the enemy and they can enter into rest. The rest for us today is the rest of redemption. It is the rest that we desperately need. We live in an age of tension. There are many pressures, and if there is one thing that the average Christian needs, it is to enter into the rest God has provided. As we shall see as we move into the Book of Judges, Israel failed to completely rid her possession of her enemies. Why? Because of her unbelief. Even Joshua could not give them the rest they needed since they failed to believe God and appropriate His power. The writer of the Hebrews warns us about repeating Israel’s failure: “There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief” (Heb. 4:9–11). How do you and I enter into that rest? By faith, that is the only way. At the time of Christ, when Israel rejected Him as King and He rejected their cities, He gave a personal invitation which stands yet today, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matt. 11:28). That rest is the rest of redemption. Now here in Joshua 21 the people have entered into the rest—at least temporarily—which God had provided for them. My, how wonderful it must have been after the long, weary journey through the wilderness and the warfare to take their possessions, to settle down on their own parcel of ground. What a thrill it must have been to cultivate it and eat the fruits of it (Joshua 21) Joshua 21:45 Not one of the good promises which the LORD had made to the house of Israel failed; all came to pass. KJV Joshua 21:45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. NET Joshua 21:45 Not one of the LORD's faithful promises to the family of Israel was left unfulfilled; every one was realized. BGT Joshua 21:45 οὐ διέπεσεν ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ῥημάτων τῶν καλῶν ὧν ἐλάλησεν κύριος τοῖς υἱοῖς Ισραηλ πάντα παρεγένετο NLT Joshua 21:45 Not a single one of all the good promises the LORD had given to the family of Israel was left unfulfilled; everything he had spoken came true. ESV Joshua 21:45 Not one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass. NIV Joshua 21:45 Not one of all the LORD's good promises to the house of Israel failed; every one was fulfilled. YLT Joshua 21:45 there hath not fallen a thing of all the good thing which Jehovah spake unto the house of Israel -- the whole hath come. LXE Joshua 21:45 There failed not one of the good things which the Lord spoke to the children of Israel; all came to pass. CSB Joshua 21:45 None of the good promises the LORD had made to the house of Israel failed. Everything was fulfilled. NKJ Joshua 21:45 Not a word failed of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass. NRS Joshua 21:45 Not one of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass. Jos 23:14-15 Nu 23:19 1Ki 8:56 1Co 1:9 1Th 5:24 Titus 1:2 Heb 6:18 Joshua 21 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: Joshua 23:14-15 “Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one word of all the good words which the LORD your God spoke concerning you has failed; all have been fulfilled for you, not one of them has failed. 15 “It shall come about that just as all the good words which the LORD your God spoke to you have come upon you, so the LORD will bring upon you all the threats, until He has destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you. Numbers 23:19 “God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? 1 Kings 8:56 “Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised; not one word has failed of all His good promise, which He promised through Moses His servant. 1 Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful, through Whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Thessalonians 5:24 Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass. Titus 1:1-2 Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago, NOT ONE GOOD PROMISE FAILED Not one of the good promises which the LORD had made to the house of Israel failed; all came to pass - As noted in the previous comments, Israel would fail in the time of the Judges, but that was because of their unfaithfulness to God, not because of the failure of His good promises. This recalls Paul's words "If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself." (2Ti 2:13+). THOUGHT - Good promises is an interesting description, for in one sense all God's promises are good, because that is His nature. There are some promises that don't come across as "good," such as 2 Ti 3:12, but they are still good!