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Church of the Nazarene: Harrisonburg Campus
Joshua Part 3
Joshua 3 & 4
Joshua 3:1-3
Early in the morning Joshua and all the Israelites set out from Shittim and went to the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over. After three days the officers went throughout the camp, giving orders to the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the Levitical priests carrying it, you are to move out from your positions and follow it.
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OCTOBER 16, 1995 & OCTOBER 4, 1997 STAND IN THE GAP PROB ONLY A 1/3 OF THE NUMBER CROSSING
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Joshua 3:3-4
giving orders to the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the Levitical priests carrying it, you are to move out from your positions and follow it. Then you will know which way to go, since you have never been this way before. But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between you and the ark; do not go near it.”
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Tent Containing the Ark of the Covenant
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Ark of the Covenant
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Joshua 3:5-7
Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.” Joshua said to the priests, “Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.” So they took it up and went ahead of them. And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses.
Joshua 3:13
And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the Lord—the Lord of all the earth—set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap.”
Joshua 3:15
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,
Joshua 3:16
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 (that is, the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
Crossing the Jordan Geography
The Geography Behind Joshua Crossing the Jordan River
Joshua 4:1-3
When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua, “Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe, and tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from right where the priests are standing, and carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight.”
Joshua 4:4-5
So Joshua called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe, and said to them, “Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites,
Joshua 4:6-7
to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’ tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever.”
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FAMOUS MONUMENTS LEFT BEHIND- Eiffel Tower
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Statue of Liberty
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Rocky Statue: MAKE STATUES AN IMAGES OUT OF FAKE THINGS. HOW ABOUT SOMETHING REAL?
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Which chair are you sitting on?
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Chair #1-YOU DON’T BELIEVE ANY OF IT
Chair #2- YOU BELIEVE IT- YOU SUPPORT- YOU SHOW UP
Chair #3- YOU ARE SOLD OUT- THIS IS YOUR ENTIRE LIFE