< Joshua 4 >

Israel was commanded to erect a memorial to their crossing the River Jordan and they did this by setting twelve great stones, one for each tribe, in the midst of the river where the priests had stood with the ark. This was to be a sign to their children in the future,v.6,21Waiting for response for Joshua 4:6,21 and also a sign to all people of the earth v.24.Waiting for response for Joshua 4:24 God performed these great acts, including drying up the Red Sea and the River Jordan, to save Israel and to demonstrate to mankind that he, the God of Israel, is supreme. Most now dismiss these events as myths but soon similar deeds will be performed in the earth by Jesus, and then all will be convinced because the knowledge of God’s glory with cover the earth Habakkuk 2:14.Waiting for response for Habakkuk 2:14 Jesus will be greatly exalted in that day, just as Joshua was exalted then v.14.Waiting for response for Joshua 4:14

Israel crossed the river Jordan exactly forty years from the day they took the Passover lamb in Egypt on the tenth day of the first month. Thus we see that God executes his purposes exactly according to his own predetermined timetable, and we can be sure that the time periods in prophecies concerning our own days will also conclude precisely.

After crossing the river, Israel camped at a place they named “Gilgal”, meaning “rolling”, for “the reproach of Egypt was rolled away” Joshua 5:9.Waiting for response for Joshua 5:9 So in the future, when God’s people enter the land with Jesus, all the reproach of the world will be rolled away from them and they will never be tainted by it again.