Joshua - WarcrySample

Israel’s next step was baptism in the Jordan. Moses led Joshua and the previous generation of Israel out of slavery through the Red Sea. God prepared, guided, and trained Joshua for this day. Just as God exalted Jesus when He was baptized in the Jordan, God exalted Joshua (the Lord is Salvation) among the people of Israel.

Moses, whose name means “to draw out,” represents the Law. The Law might draw you out of slavery, but it cannot save you to the Promised Land. Moses led Israel out of slavery to the border of the Promised Land. Joshua (the Lord is salvation) brought Israel into Promised Land rest. 

This is how the Law and Jesus work in our lives: The Law reveals our slavery, but only Jesus saves us to rest in God’s blessings.

Water symbolizes death and the grave. When we baptize someone, we take them below the water and raise them up, demonstrating their spiritual identification with Christs’ death and resurrection. When Israel passed through the waters of the Jordan, they moved from wilderness death to Promised Land rest.

The Ark symbolizes Jesus. When the Ark entered the Jordan, it stopped the waters all the way back to the city of Adam. Let me rephrase that: 

The power of Jesus stopped death all the way back to Adam.  

Challenge:

• Memorize Joshua 1:9
•  How is God preparing you to serve Him today?