The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Joshua 4:5b-7,
"Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, 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."
Twelve men, one from each tribe of Israel, were selected to carry a stone from where the priests carrying the ark were standing in the Jordan River when God stopped its flow so Israel could cross over to the promised land. They were instructed to carry the stones out and set them up as a memorial at Gilgal.
The Quest Study Bible has a great comment on this, "Stone monuments usually outlive the people who erect them. They keep memories alive long after the original players who could tell the stories are gone. These stones were meant to remind the people of God's faithfulness at the beginning of their conquest of Canaan. Together, these 12 stones were also meant to remind them of their national unity."
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"Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, 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."
Twelve men, one from each tribe of Israel, were selected to carry a stone from where the priests carrying the ark were standing in the Jordan River when God stopped its flow so Israel could cross over to the promised land. They were instructed to carry the stones out and set them up as a memorial at Gilgal.
The Quest Study Bible has a great comment on this, "Stone monuments usually outlive the people who erect them. They keep memories alive long after the original players who could tell the stories are gone. These stones were meant to remind the people of God's faithfulness at the beginning of their conquest of Canaan. Together, these 12 stones were also meant to remind them of their national unity."
As history was being made, a history of the wonderful and remarkable works of God, the physical documentation of it was likewise being made as with this monument (along with the documentation the Scriptures provided that were now being produced - starting with Moses).
In Acts 17:26, we read that God makes all nations and determines their times and borders. I firmly believe in God's hand being intimately involved with the founding of our nation. No wonder the Marxists of our day (who march to the drummer of the dark side) seek to scrub the history of this nation, God's providential hand in it, through the tearing down of monuments, the renaming of institutions, buildings and landmarks, and the rewriting of our history.
I'm quite certain that someday they will be coming for our Bibles as well, as it will be determined they are a dangerous source of whatever. Documentation of truthful history is just not tolerated by the dark side!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
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