![]() ![]() The moment their feet touched the swirling muddy water, the river stopped flowing and the ground beneath their feet dried up. Joshua told the priests to lift the Ark of the Covenant on their shoulder and step out into the water. ![]() Joshua 3 tells us that the Jordan River was at flood stage, which meant it was far too deep and far too swift for several million Jews and their livestock to safely cross over. And the same God performed both miracles. The Red Sea miracle met the need of the older generation the Jordan River miracle met the need of the younger generation. Both miracles happened so that each generation would know the Lord was with them in their time of need. Just as God parted the Red Sea for Moses, he parted the Jordan River for Joshua. Just as it took a miracle to get them out of Egypt, it took a miracle to get them into Canaan. After 40 years of wandering in the wilderness, the people of God have at long last entered the Promised Land. And not just rocks but piles of stones, just like the one described in Joshua 4. ![]() From the Negev Desert in the south to the verdant fields of Galilee in the north, you see rocks everywhere you look. There are huge stones and boulders, and smaller rocks and pebbles that fill the streams. You can’t miss the rocks-they’re everywhere. Rocks aren’t hard to find in the Holy Land. He said to the Israelites, “In the future when your descendants ask their fathers, ‘What do these stones mean?’ tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground’” (Joshua 4:21-22). ![]()
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