Wednesday, December 12, 2007
The Book of Joshua 3:14-17 (NIV)
14 So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them. 15 Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water's edge, 16 the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea [b] ) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho. 17 The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.
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This obviously reminds us of Moses crossing the red sea. This was visual, physical proof that Moses' authority had passed to Joshua. God was with Joshua as he was with Moses.
Just as God led the people of Israel out of Egypt and into the desert through Moses. Now God was leading this next generation of Israel from the desert to their promised homeland through Joshua. God was keeping a promise he had made long ago to Abraham. God keeps his promises, but in his own time and in his own way.
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