Joshua
4 Two Memorials
Twelve
men were appointed to take twelve stones out of the Jordan River, and twelve
other stones are set up in the middle of the Jordan as a memorial. The priests
carrying the ark pass over the river, and the water of the river returns to its
normal flow. The twelve stones taken out
of the Jordan and put on the west bank of the river were a reminder of God’s
tremendous power on Israel’s behalf. The twelve stones that were placed in the
Jordan River speak of the death of Christ. The twelve stones taken out of the
Jordan represent the resurrection of Christ.
What
God did for the children of Israel He did for their benefit, your benefit and
mine. He did it that all the people of the earth might know that the hand of
the Lord is indeed mighty.
Our
business as parents is to give our children the Gospel. Christ goes before us
through death but also goes with us through life.
The
stones on the shore reminded the people that the old life was buried and they
should walk ‘in newness of life.” Romans
6:4
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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and New King James Bible.
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