In What Manner Is Joshua a 'Type' For Leadership In Christ

[Mr. M]

We know Joshua received the Anointing from Moses,

and how he lead Israel into the Land of Promise.

Numbers Twenty-Seven:

15 And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying,

16 Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh,

set a man over the congregation,

17 Which may go out before them, and which may

go in before them, and which may lead them out,

and which may bring them in; that the congregation

of the Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd.

18 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua

the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit,

and lay thine hand upon him;

19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before

all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.

20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him,

that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.

Joshua One:

1 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord,

it came to pass that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Nun,

Moses’ assistant, saying: 

2 “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan,

you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them—the children of Israel.

What training or preparation, if any, did Joshua experience

for his commission as a Shepherd of Israel?

[Mr. M]

18 hours ago, Mr. M said:

What training or preparation, if any, did Joshua experience

for his commission as a Shepherd of Israel?

Consider this as foundational.

Exodus 33:

10 All the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the tabernacle door, and all the people rose and worshiped, each man in his tent door. 

11 So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.

This means that Joshua heard every Word the Lord spoke to Moses, implying what? That as a leader, he was intimate with the Voice of the Lord, and like Abraham, would recognize Him, even in the most intense of circumstances. 

"Like a warhorse"

Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek, they shall inherit the earth.

the meek=praus

A word used by Greek cavalry to describe a warhorse that was fully trained such that they would be highly reliable to follow the commands and movements of the master/rider, even in the clash and chaos of battle.

The warhorse was said to be praus, meek, as described here.

Psalm 123:

1 Unto You I lift up my eyes,
O You who dwell in the heavens.
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters,
As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
So our eyes look to the Lord our God,
Until He has mercy on us.

This helps..

Psalm 131:

1 Lord, my heart is not haughty,
Nor my eyes lofty.
Neither do I concern myself with great matters,
Nor with things too profound for me.

2 Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul,
Like a weaned child with his mother;
Like a weaned child is my soul within me.

[Mr. M]

41 minutes ago, Mr. M said:

This means that Joshua heard every Word the Lord spoke to Moses, implying what? That as a leader, he was intimate with the Voice of the Lord, and like Abraham, would recognize Him, even in the most intense of circumstances. 

Not only did Joshua know the Lord's Voice, the Lord gave heed to his!

 

Joshua Ten:

12 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.