The Beloved Disciple recorded by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 8:
1 When He (Jesus) opened the seventh seal, there was silence in Heaven for about half an hour.
2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets.
The Book of Joshua parallels the Book of Revelation as a type and shadow:
The name of Joshua means: Jehoshua = “Jehovah is salvation”, which is a variant of the Name of Jesus.
The Book of Joshua focuses on the military commander removing the usurpers from the land.
Joshua has a 7-year campaign equivalent to the 70th week.
Joshua is going against seven nations.
The Sabbath is ignored, and the Levites are involved at Jericho, ignoring the Torah.
Two spies (witnesses to Rahab the harlot) are sent out and in Revelation, there are two witnesses.
Levites were not supposed to go to war.
It is recorded by THE SPIRIT in Joshua chapter 5:
13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, a Man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in His Hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, “Are You for us or for our adversaries?”
14 So He said, “No, but as Commander of the army of the LORD I have now come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and said to Him, “What does my Lord say to His servant?”
15 Then the Commander of the LORD’s army said to Joshua, “Take your sandal off your foot, for the place where you stand is Holy.” And Joshua did so.
This was not an angel, but Jesus Himself. Angels are not associated with Holy ground when they arrive on the scene. Joshua is commanded to worship Him whereas angels are not allowed to be worshipped.
Joshua 6:2 And the LORD said to Joshua: “See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor.
3 You shall march around the city, all you men of war; you shall go all around the city once. This you shall do six days.
4 And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. But the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.
5 It shall come to pass, when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, that all the people shall shout with a great shout; then the wall of the city will fall down flat. And the people shall go up every man straight before him.”
6 Then Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD.”
7 And he said to the people, “Proceed, and march around the city, and let him who is armed advance before the ark of the LORD.”
10 Now Joshua had commanded the people, saying, “You shall not shout or make any noise with your voice, nor shall a word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I say to you, ‘Shout!’ Then you shall shout.”
Just as the theme and pattern are seen by John in the Book of Revelation, there are sevens within sevens also in the Book of Joshua.
Rahab (a non-Jew) is saved and becomes the mother of Boaz who is the kinsman-redeemer in the Book of Ruth (another non-Jew). Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi, who is Jewish is restored as well.
There are seven trumpet events preceded by silence.
And in Joshua chapter 10:
1Now it came to pass when Adoni-Zedek (translated king of righteousness) king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai and had utterly destroyed it-as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king-and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them,
2 that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
The usurper king of Jerusalem attempted to take on the title of Jesus but Jesus, the true King, will conquer ALL the land and set up His Throne in Jerusalem. He will sit on the real Throne of David as prophesied to Mary.
Joshua 10:
1 Now it came to pass when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai and had utterly destroyed it-as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king-and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them,
2 that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
When Jesus returns with His Saints, great fear will come upon the earth as the inhabitants realize their loyalty was misdirected and they will forever regret their misguided path!