jos 20v02 Cities
Of Refuge
"CITIES OF
REFUGE"
Joshua 20:2
The six cities of refuge
which Joshua appointed in the
KADESH MEANS
"HOLY". Christ is the Holy One, both as God and as man. Being the
holy God-man, he is abundantly qualified to be our Mediator, Savior, and
Redeemer. Christ is the Fountain of Holiness to his people. He is made of God
unto us righteousness and holiness, justification and sanctification (Ps.
SHECHEM MEANS "THE SHOULDER". Christ is our broad-shouldered Redeemer. He carried the enormous load of our sin upon the cross, and put it away (Isa. 53:6). The government of the world in general and of his church in particular is upon his shoulder (Isa. 9:6). And in conversion, he finds his lost sheep, lays it upon his shoulder, and carries it home (Luke 15:4).
HEBRON MEANS
"FELLOWSHIP". "Truly our fellowship is with the Father and
with his Son Jesus Christ" (I John 1:3). In Christ we have access to and
fellowship with the eternal God, and shall have uninterrupted communion with
him in heaven's eternal glory (I Cor. 1:9; Eph.
BEZER MEANS "A
FORTIFIED PLACE". "I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my
fortress: my God; in him will I trust" (Ps. 91:2). "The name of the
Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it and is safe" (Prov.
RAMOTH MEANS "EXALTED". Christ is our exalted Savior. "God hath highly exalted him" (Phil. 2:9). Christ is the One by whom we have been exalted from our low estate to sit among princes and to inherit the throne of glory (Eph. 2:4-7). And Christ is the One we exalt, honor, and magnify (Rev. 5:9-10).
GOLAN MEANS "REVEALED,
OR MANIFESTED". Christ is God manifest in the flesh (I Tim.
Meditate upon Christ and use
him as the Refuge for your soul.