WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:13.240 practical ways. Well, Kyle, here we are right, we're the 4 00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:15.720 Bible Guys. I'm Jeff, he's Kyle. Chris is out of 5 00:00:15.759 --> 00:00:19.760 town today, and we are wrapping up this week's episodes 6 00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:23.600 with a really dynamic story. There's some big choices, the 7 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:25.640 big decisions that the people are gonna have to make 8 00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:29.440 here because they've been at this moment before, yes, and 9 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:31.960 they made the wrong choice. So this time they're gonna 10 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:34.560 have to make a big choice. But before we jump 11 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:38.039 into that, speaking of choices, big choices, big choices, Speaking 12 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:40.200 of choices, I thought I would take you on a 13 00:00:40.280 --> 00:00:42.799 journey of would you rather? Chris, and I always like these, 14 00:00:42.799 --> 00:00:45.560 So would you rather do this? And so you have 15 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:47.520 to take these as like, would you rather have it 16 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:50.280 always be this way or always that's what we're doing? Okay, 17 00:00:50.759 --> 00:00:53.079 right here we go. Would you rather have to always 18 00:00:53.159 --> 00:00:58.280 speak in rhymes or always speak in riddles? Oh? Would 19 00:00:58.320 --> 00:01:01.200 you rather have everything always rhyme? Or would you always 20 00:01:01.200 --> 00:01:03.200 have to rather I always have to speak in riddles? 21 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:04.840 I think it'd be fun to always be able to 22 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:07.359 speak in rhymes, you'd be. 23 00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:08.480 Like a rapper exactly. 24 00:01:08.519 --> 00:01:11.760 Then maybe my, my, my, my wrap can finally flourish. 25 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:15.000 I've been waiting for that to finally take off. But yeah, 26 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:18.079 I'm gonna go with the rhymes. I like that one better. Okay, Okay, 27 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:18.560 that's good. 28 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:23.480 Would you rather have spaghetti for hair or maple syrup 29 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:30.439 for sweat? Oh, spaghetti for hair, Spaghetti for hair or 30 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:33.879 maybe for sweat? Dude? Oh, I like my hair. 31 00:01:33.879 --> 00:01:35.840 It's gray a lot, but my hair is still pretty deep. 32 00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:38.480 I'm gonna keep my hair and I'll take the maple 33 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:39.359 syrup for sweat. 34 00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:42.439 Okay, So I just before you make that choice, Okay, 35 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:46.680 what about those hot nights okay, right where you just 36 00:01:46.799 --> 00:01:51.120 kind of or when you're sick and you get a fever, right, 37 00:01:51.159 --> 00:01:52.400 you just be all sticky? 38 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:55.000 Yeah, and I do play hockey, which is weird because 39 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:57.200 when it's a weird sports play because when you sweat 40 00:01:57.319 --> 00:01:59.239 and then it gets cold, so it's a weird thing. 41 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:02.200 So maybe just be like sticky inside of your hockey. 42 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:03.920 I'm gonna I'm gonna stick with maple syrup. 43 00:02:04.920 --> 00:02:09.280 So you'd rather still went out? Okay, nothing about spaghetta 44 00:02:10.039 --> 00:02:14.479 would you rather always smell like cheese or always smell 45 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:15.199 like onions? 46 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:21.800 Oh my gosh, it's terrible. That is terrible. What's the 47 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:25.560 worst of two evils here? Smell like cheese or smell 48 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:26.120 like onions? 49 00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:27.319 I gotta so. 50 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:31.560 Do you think onions smell bad? Personally old onions? 51 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:32.159 Yes? 52 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:34.439 I think when the onions are chopped up, like when 53 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:38.360 they're fresh like they oh, man, smell like onions versusmell 54 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:39.919 like cheese. I don't know, Man, this is tough. I'm 55 00:02:39.919 --> 00:02:41.240 gonna go with smelling like. 56 00:02:41.560 --> 00:02:44.960 Wait, before you have that question, always which which is 57 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:46.759 your wife repulsed most by? Yeah? 58 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:48.520 I know that's a tough one. So she does not 59 00:02:48.800 --> 00:02:51.560 like cooked onions. I'm thinking like, can I say chopped 60 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:52.280 onions like fresh? 61 00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:53.520 Yeah? 62 00:02:53.520 --> 00:02:54.479 I'd like to smell like. 63 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:57.319 Fresh, fresh chopped onions over smell like cheese. 64 00:02:57.479 --> 00:03:01.439 Okay, okay, although I'm not excited about that. 65 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:05.199 Okay, here's here's one that I've never I promise you 66 00:03:05.479 --> 00:03:08.520 I have never contemplated this. Okay, I bet would you 67 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:12.759 rather have fingers as long as your legs or legs 68 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:14.000 as short as your fingers? 69 00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:22.120 This is terrible. This is a great visual though, fingers 70 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:25.000 as long as your legs, fingers as long as your 71 00:03:25.039 --> 00:03:28.919 legs or legs as long as your fingers. Oh my gosh, wow. 72 00:03:28.759 --> 00:03:29.280 I'm gonna go. 73 00:03:29.719 --> 00:03:32.280 I'm gonna go the first one. Imagine how sweet i'd 74 00:03:32.319 --> 00:03:34.840 be like dunk in a basketball super long fingers. Yeah, 75 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:37.439 I think it's as long as your legs. Yeah, how heavy? 76 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:40.599 Would your hands be very heavy? But dude, imagine yeah 77 00:03:40.639 --> 00:03:43.120 boo picking up a basketball. I think I could you 78 00:03:43.159 --> 00:03:47.080 find some usefulness in that we're having finger length feet. 79 00:03:48.759 --> 00:03:49.000 Yeah? 80 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:51.439 Okay, I'm also kind of impaid, like to move quickly. 81 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:53.280 You know, we like to go place as quickly, and 82 00:03:53.319 --> 00:03:55.159 so I couldn't imagine that'd be a tough one. 83 00:03:55.240 --> 00:03:58.639 Okay, let me see. Would you rather only be able 84 00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:04.360 to whisper or be able to shout everything you say? Oh? Man? 85 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:07.759 I know people who are quiet talkers, yeah, and I 86 00:04:07.800 --> 00:04:09.680 know people who are loud, which wanted to annoy you more. 87 00:04:09.719 --> 00:04:11.159 The ones that make me mad are the loud. 88 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:13.120 I was just gonna say, I think i'd rather, if 89 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:15.360 I had to give get the option, I'd say I'd 90 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:19.120 rather always whisper be the person that's yeah, because it's 91 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:21.639 sometimes when there someone's just like not reading the room 92 00:04:22.040 --> 00:04:24.000 and I can be that person's But I know people 93 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:25.759 like that where they're just so loud. They're on one 94 00:04:25.839 --> 00:04:27.959 hundred all the time, and you're like, come on, turn 95 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:30.439 it down. Where's the whisperers? You know, sometimes whispers they 96 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:31.360 kind of like draw you in. 97 00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:34.279 My wife and I were on a train from Vienna 98 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:37.319 to Venice. So it's like a seven and a half 99 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:40.360 hour train ride, and you come up along the edge 100 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:43.279 of the Dolomites. It's beautifully beautiful mountains, all this stuff, 101 00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:46.199 and we were we were in first class, but this 102 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:50.439 guy comes in. These two guys come in. I think 103 00:04:50.439 --> 00:04:56.120 they boarded with us, and the one guy talked so 104 00:04:57.279 --> 00:05:00.920 loudly for seven he fell us sleep from like maybe 105 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:04.000 about thank you, but for five hours of the seven 106 00:05:04.040 --> 00:05:09.000 hours he talked so loudly. I have noise canceling headphones. 107 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:10.759 And I wasn't feeling well, so I was feeling a 108 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:13.240 little sick on that On that that train ride, I'd 109 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:15.199 gotten an infection, so I had a little bit of 110 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:16.600 a fever. I wasn't feeling well, and I'm thinking, I 111 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:18.519 want to sleep so first class, I can leave my 112 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:20.959 seat way back all that kind of stuff. So I 113 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:23.519 have noise canceling headphones. I put those on. I can 114 00:05:23.560 --> 00:05:25.879 still hear this guy talking, right, and you've got the 115 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:29.240 of the train. It should just put you to sleep. 116 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:33.160 It's great, right, Nope, this guy talking so loudly and 117 00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:38.120 so the you couldn't miss anything you said, and it 118 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:41.120 was all inane, like none of it mattered. It felt 119 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:44.600 like you talked five hours of nothing, right, and so 120 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:47.279 it's just so I put on my noise canceling headphones. 121 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:49.560 I can still hear. It's the only thing I can hear. 122 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:51.920 It is so nauseating when you're like trying to block 123 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:53.160 a thing out you cannot. 124 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:55.839 So I got up and I got my ear plugs 125 00:05:56.160 --> 00:05:59.439 out of my my thing out of my backpack, and 126 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:01.519 I put foam you're plugs in, and then my noise 127 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:03.319 kind of sending headphones on over top, and then I 128 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:05.680 couldn't hear him. Finally I was able to go to sleep. 129 00:06:05.959 --> 00:06:08.240 So finally, after like an hour and a half, you know, 130 00:06:08.279 --> 00:06:09.920 I took this little nap, I wake up. I take 131 00:06:09.959 --> 00:06:14.399 it off, and he still so loud, and that his 132 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:17.720 companion was kind of like this where I'm talking, talking, talking, 133 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:20.199 and you just keep going. Yeah. Yeah, that was his 134 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:24.399 companion for seven hours was like uh huh, yeah, dude, think. 135 00:06:24.279 --> 00:06:26.920 About how his companion felt though you were just ready 136 00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:28.800 for him to shut up, but the companion actually had 137 00:06:28.839 --> 00:06:30.319 to act engage in the conversation. 138 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:33.160 So hey, this is going to be a bonus segment 139 00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:36.680 for our listeners because this is what made Jeff mad 140 00:06:36.720 --> 00:06:39.720 this week. Right, So Chris always has a way so 141 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:41.959 on behalf of all of the people in the world. 142 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:45.879 I get mad about loud talker. Loud talkers in places 143 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:47.279 where they should have a little bit more of a 144 00:06:47.279 --> 00:06:49.920 filter aware the fact that this is a quiet space, 145 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:52.079 not a loud space. So i'ld like to add on 146 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:54.519 to that. You want to pile on so you have 147 00:06:54.519 --> 00:06:56.959 a what made Kyle mad this week so is because 148 00:06:56.959 --> 00:06:57.639 it just reminded me. 149 00:06:57.639 --> 00:06:59.199 I think the loud talkers where it's a little bit 150 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:01.480 of like low self awareness because I have a louder voice. 151 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:04.319 I think something, but like you know, you kind of 152 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:08.199 read the room once in a while and wife goes yeah. 153 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:10.439 But it's like an airplane as an example, either the 154 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:12.720 airplane or when you're waiting to get on the plane 155 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:15.319 and people will be watching like YouTube videos on full 156 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:18.639 blast or Instagram reels or TikTok or whatever, and it's 157 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:21.519 full blast, and you're like, I was so tempted. And 158 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:22.839 then you know, there's moments where you just kind of 159 00:07:22.879 --> 00:07:24.480 feel like a jerk when you're on public and you're like, 160 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:27.160 but this person was I wanted so badly to offer 161 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:30.040 him my free uh headphones that they give you on 162 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:31.959 the airplane, and because I had one that I'd gotten 163 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:33.600 on a previous fight and it was still package. I 164 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:35.560 want to so badly to a guy who was just 165 00:07:35.600 --> 00:07:37.319 for an hour or two straight, We're sitting there waiting 166 00:07:37.399 --> 00:07:39.959 playing you know a lot of them inappropriate My kids 167 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:41.839 are sitting there very inappropriate videos. I wanted so bad 168 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:43.759 to be like, you might need these more than I do. 169 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:45.480 Oh my gosh, Yes, it's frustrating. 170 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:47.000 Come okay, well, hey there we go. We got two 171 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:49.240 We got two segments in there. Yeah, well I said two. 172 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:50.879 Fair. I'm all fired up though, yeah, sweat. 173 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:58.040 Well, as I mentioned before, we jumped in to this, 174 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:00.639 there's a big decision to be made because the people 175 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:03.480 of Israel have found themselves at this situation before, and 176 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:06.199 that's what this hole would you rather thing was about. 177 00:08:06.720 --> 00:08:10.759 So in Joshua chapter What's the passage for reading Joshua 178 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:16.199 Chapter three one. Here's what it says. The Israelites are 179 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:19.040 up at the River Jordan. At this point they've already 180 00:08:19.079 --> 00:08:23.279 spied out the land again. The report is, hey, we 181 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:27.839 can take them. Everybody's terrified of us. And so early 182 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:30.680 the next morning, Joshua and all the Israelites left to 183 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:33.240 Kesha Grove and arrived at the banks of the Jordan River, 184 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:37.159 where they camped before crossing. Three days later. The Israelite 185 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:40.000 officers went through the camp, saying, give these instructions to 186 00:08:40.039 --> 00:08:43.519 the people. When you see the levitical priests carrying the 187 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:45.840 Ark of the Covenant of the Lord your God, move 188 00:08:45.879 --> 00:08:48.600 out from your positions and follow them. Since you've never 189 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:52.279 traveled this way before, they will guide you. Stay about 190 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:55.039 a half mile behind them, keeping a clear distance between 191 00:08:55.039 --> 00:08:58.159 you and the ark. Make sure you've not come any closer. Then, 192 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:02.000 Joshua told the people, fire yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord 193 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:05.240 will do great wonders among you. In the morning, Joshua 194 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:07.159 said to the priests, lift up the Ark of the 195 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:09.080 Covenant and lead the people across the river. And so 196 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:12.440 they started out and went ahead of the people. The 197 00:09:12.480 --> 00:09:15.519 Lord told Joshua today, I will begin to make you 198 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:17.799 a great leader in the eyes of all the Israelites. 199 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:20.320 They will know that I am with you, just as 200 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:22.799 I am with Moses. Give this command of the priests 201 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:24.720 who carry the Ark of the Covenant. When you reach 202 00:09:24.799 --> 00:09:27.200 the banks of the river Jordan River, take a few 203 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:31.039 steps into the river and stop there. So Joshua told 204 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:32.600 the Israelites, come and listen to what the Lord your 205 00:09:32.600 --> 00:09:35.639 God says. Today. You will know that the Living God 206 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:38.360 is among you. He will surely drive out the Canaanites, 207 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:41.679 the Hittites, the high Bites, the Parizites, the Gurgashites, the Amorites, 208 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:45.639 and Jebusites. Ahead of you, look, the Ark of the Covenant, 209 00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:48.120 which belongs to the Lord of the whole Earth, will 210 00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:52.279 lead you across the Jordan River. Now, choose twelve men 211 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:54.480 from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe. The 212 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:56.320 priests will carry the Ark of the Lord, the Lord 213 00:09:56.360 --> 00:09:58.159 of all the Earth. As soon as their feet touched 214 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:00.799 the water, the flow of water will because off upstream, 215 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:03.600 and the river will stand up like a wall. So 216 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:05.799 the people left their camp to cross the Jordan and 217 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:07.679 the priests who were carrying the Ark of the Covenant 218 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:10.919 went ahead of them. It was the harvest season and 219 00:10:10.919 --> 00:10:13.879 the Jordan was overflowing its banks. But as soon as 220 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:15.720 the feet of the priests who were carrying the arc 221 00:10:15.840 --> 00:10:18.919 touched the water at the river's edge, the water above 222 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:21.799 that point began backing up a great distance away at 223 00:10:21.799 --> 00:10:24.840 a town called Adam, which is near Zarathan, and the 224 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:27.320 water below that point float on to the dead sea 225 00:10:27.399 --> 00:10:30.519 until the riverbed was dry. Then all the people crossed 226 00:10:30.559 --> 00:10:33.879 over near the town of Jericho. Meanwhile, the priests who 227 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:36.159 were carrying the Ark of the Lord's Covenant stood on 228 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:37.720 the dry ground in the middle of the river bed 229 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:40.200 as the people passed by. They waited there until the 230 00:10:40.200 --> 00:10:43.559 whole nation of Israel had crossed the Jordan on dry ground. 231 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:46.120 Yeah that's good. Yeah, that's a wild story. That's a 232 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:46.720 crazy story. 233 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:48.879 And then we talked about this before, but you said 234 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:51.240 that anywhere between one and three million people you know, 235 00:10:51.360 --> 00:10:53.480 going through this, So think about that, like, because I think, 236 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:55.240 you know, when you don't take that into context, the 237 00:10:55.279 --> 00:10:57.480 amount of people, you just think, oh, they just you. 238 00:10:57.440 --> 00:10:58.720 Know, crossed over real quick. 239 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:01.000 Like how long would that have I mean, that would 240 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:03.720 have taken a very long time to hours, Yeah, to 241 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:06.159 get you know, one point five whatever, two million people 242 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:08.200 across that is, that's that's wild. 243 00:11:08.639 --> 00:11:11.559 Yeah, So it was how many miles north? Did it 244 00:11:11.639 --> 00:11:15.200 start to back up in that near that town called Adam? 245 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:19.159 Did it say how many miles? It was twelve minute? 246 00:11:19.320 --> 00:11:21.960 Uh big? The arc of the Covenant began backing up 247 00:11:21.960 --> 00:11:24.720 a great distance at the town called Adam, yep, which 248 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:27.919 is near Zarathan. So they're in a kasha grove. Do 249 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:29.799 we have a map, Yeah, there's a map here in 250 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:33.759 the in the thing. It looks like it was about 251 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:39.799 twenty miles north. Yeah, you see that, yep. So as 252 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:41.559 you if you ever get a chance, this is one 253 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:43.000 of the things, man, you should get yourself a good 254 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:45.879 study Bible. I love that life application study Bible. I 255 00:11:45.919 --> 00:11:48.000 know a lot of times we talk about this chronological 256 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:50.600 life application study Bible. It's useful for what we're doing 257 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:52.240 where we're trying to go in the order of things. 258 00:11:52.559 --> 00:11:55.840 For practical Bible study. Just get a regular life application 259 00:11:55.919 --> 00:12:00.000 study Bible with a new living translation. That's what you use, right, 260 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:01.159 isn't that same way? 261 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:01.360 So? 262 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:05.480 But in it there's a map here, and then it 263 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:07.559 gives you scale, right, it shows you where the city 264 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:09.519 where the Acacia Grove was, and where the plains of 265 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:12.200 Moab are and then where Adam is about twenty miles north, 266 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:14.919 give or take. So it starts to back up there, 267 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:16.919 the water starts to stand up. Then the water runs 268 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:19.600 past down into the sea, the Dead Sea, and then 269 00:12:19.639 --> 00:12:22.639 everything is dry. So they had miles and miles and 270 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:25.000 miles across. It wasn't like you had three million people 271 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:28.679 getting in line and we're going, you know, three hundred 272 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:32.120 people wide across the river. It was miles. God backed 273 00:12:32.200 --> 00:12:36.080 up so much of the river and it's during flood season. 274 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:40.960 This miracle, quite honestly, some some archaeologists, some historians would 275 00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:44.039 say this was a bigger miracle than God making the 276 00:12:44.080 --> 00:12:46.919 Red Sea, dividing the Red Sea and drying that because 277 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:49.639 of the flowing water during flood stage of the Jordan 278 00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:51.080 River and the amount of people. 279 00:12:51.080 --> 00:12:52.840 I think the different to be with the Red Sea 280 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:56.240 would just be the adversary like with having faro. Oh 281 00:12:56.279 --> 00:12:58.320 that probably sure, Yeah, yeah yeah. When you read this, 282 00:12:58.360 --> 00:12:59.840 you's like, hold the what just happened? 283 00:12:59.879 --> 00:13:01.799 Like this? Just say I'm talking about the sheer amount 284 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:04.720 of water. This is more water move incredible. 285 00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:07.279 Yes, One of the things that stood out that I 286 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:08.919 think you know when you read over it. You know 287 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:12.000 Joshua telling the people purify yourselves for tomorrow the Lord 288 00:13:12.039 --> 00:13:14.799 will do great wonders among you. Just to read this 289 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:16.879 note on here it says before entering the Promised Land, 290 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:21.759 the Israelites were to perform a purification ceremony. This was done, Uh, 291 00:13:21.919 --> 00:13:24.519 this is often done before making a sacrifice, or is 292 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:26.840 in this case before witnessing a great act of God. 293 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:30.240 And said a person could become unclean for many reasons, 294 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:30.559 which we. 295 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:31.960 Know about that, right, we see that. 296 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:35.559 But but here it says God used these various outwards 297 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:39.480 signs of uncleanliness to illustrate a person's inward uncleanliness that 298 00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:42.679 comes as a result of sin. So this purification ceremony 299 00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:45.399 pictured the importance of approaching God with a pure heart. 300 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:48.440 So like the Israelites, we need God forgiveness before we 301 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:49.120 approach him. 302 00:13:49.279 --> 00:13:49.559 Wow. 303 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:52.759 So it's important right that that was step one purification. 304 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:56.080 This is a part of the communion act that we 305 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:59.960 should have you know in the in First Gritians chapter eleven. Listen, 306 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:02.240 you should go and read First Corinthians chapter eleven again. 307 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:06.559 One you have to remember communion in their day, the 308 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:10.440 Lord's supper was a meal. It was the Passover meal, right, 309 00:14:10.720 --> 00:14:13.600 and so it was like Thanksgiving dinner, and everybody'd rush in. 310 00:14:13.679 --> 00:14:15.759 It was a huge party. You drink all the wine, 311 00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:17.559 you gobble up all the food, you eat until you 312 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:21.919 can't hardly move. That was the idea. It wasn't supposed 313 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:23.840 to be that way, but that's what it had become. 314 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:27.559 And especially among the gentiles who didn't understand the passover, 315 00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:30.159 so they just come in and just eat, you know, 316 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:34.919 And so Paul is having to remind them, Hey, the 317 00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:39.879 Lord gave me this, you know, don't do that. And 318 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:41.879 then he talks about, as a matter of fact, you 319 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:45.360 should check yourself. You should consider whether or not in 320 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:49.320 this moment, you're worthy of receiving communion. Right. It's because 321 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:53.159 some people are sick, some people even die because of 322 00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:56.639 the fact that they're receiving communion unworthily. And not that 323 00:14:56.679 --> 00:14:59.480 you and I are ever totally worthy, but Jesus makes 324 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:01.519 us worthy. But the idea here is that we should 325 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:04.120 consider where are we at with God. It's almost a 326 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:08.000 purification moment. It's a moment of confessing sin, purging this sin, 327 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:10.759 of saying, God, I recognize that I've allowed these things 328 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:12.399 to creep back in my life. I'm asking you to 329 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:16.080 forgive me, purify me, make me worthy to receive this 330 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:20.200 moment of communion where I'm remembering Jesus' death right, his sacrifice, 331 00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:22.759 the punishment he took in his body, and the payment 332 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:26.320 that he paid with his blood. And so even in 333 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:30.080 modern Christianity, we should still have this purification moment, this 334 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:32.639 moment of re engaging with God in a serious way 335 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:35.320 before we just run off and take the thing we want. Yes, 336 00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:37.440 because what they want is the Promised Land. Yes, we've 337 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:39.559 been wandering around for a generation, and now we're going 338 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:41.279 to get it. Let's just run across the river and 339 00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:46.200 go and celebrate. Joshua goes hey, calm down, purify. 340 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:47.399 Well, that's all I was going to say. I think 341 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:49.039 you've already mentioned a couple of times. But the fact 342 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:52.039 that they've been here before, right, But is this. 343 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:53.600 What they did before? No? 344 00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:56.039 No, So it's so interesting that they actually took a 345 00:15:56.080 --> 00:16:00.879 different The story changed and the outcome, the result changed 346 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:02.200 when they did it God's way. 347 00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:03.200 Right before you enter. 348 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:05.159 Here's we're we're going to go through this cleanliness ceremony 349 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:07.159 and remember you know what God has done or and 350 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:10.440 and and pure or sorry pure fa purification ceremony. And 351 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:13.360 I think it's really awesome to see that, Like literally 352 00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:14.799 before Josh was ready to do that. He said, Hey, 353 00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:16.559 we're gonna we're starting new here, and this is what 354 00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:18.919 we're gonna do. We're gonna, you know, purify ourselves before 355 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:19.200 the Lord. 356 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:21.080 I think it's really you haven't been here before. He 357 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:23.720 literally says that you haven't been here before. Anytime you 358 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:26.679 come up to a new thing, a new moment, it's 359 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:29.279 worth recognizing, Hey, this is a holy moment. I haven't 360 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:31.480 been here before. God. You're getting ready to be a 361 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:33.840 new parent, you're getting ready to go into you know, 362 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:35.759 you're getting ready to get married. You're getting ready to 363 00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:38.600 be a new parent, You're you're you're raising teenagers. Suddenly 364 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:41.279 you've never done this before. You have an opportunity for 365 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:43.639 a new job or a new career. Those are all 366 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:46.879 holy moments. Right. You didn't you didn't create that, God 367 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:48.840 gave you that. This is a this is a new 368 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:51.840 season of life that God has giving you. Now you're 369 00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:53.919 you're an empty nester for the first time. What do 370 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:56.639 I do with retirement in the future? Right, these are 371 00:16:56.679 --> 00:16:59.559 all holy moments. Holy seasons, and you haven't been here before. 372 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:01.399 When you get to a moment where you say, okay, 373 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:05.240 I haven't been here before. Pause, cleanse yourself, surrender to 374 00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:07.519 God again. And then do you know what else he did? 375 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:09.960 And I was going to comment on the other side 376 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:13.319 of this. In verse nine, Joshua tells the Israelites come 377 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:15.480 and listen to what the Lord your God says, and 378 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:17.880 he sits down. They want to rush across the river, 379 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:20.880 and he goes, hey, hey, before we run, let's not 380 00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:24.359 get out ahead of ourselves. Let's remember again what God said. 381 00:17:24.799 --> 00:17:27.160 This isn't what we want to do. This is what 382 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:29.799 God is telling us to do. And so the note here, 383 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:32.599 which I just love in life, have kiss said Bibes says. 384 00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:36.000 Just before crossing over into the Promised Land, Joshua gathered 385 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:37.559 the people to hear the words of the Lord. Remember, 386 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:40.480 they just purified themselves. They confess their sin, they get clean, 387 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:42.640 they get right with God, and then they sit down 388 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:44.960 with God's word. That's what they're doing back to back 389 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:48.920 before they go rushing in. And it says no doubt 390 00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:52.119 their excitement was high. They wanted to rush on, but 391 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:55.000 Joshua made them stop and listen. We live in a 392 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:57.720 fast paced age where everyone rushes just to keep up. 393 00:17:58.039 --> 00:18:00.400 It's easy to get caught up in our task asks, 394 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:03.640 becoming too busy for what God says is most important. 395 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:07.200 Listening to his words before making your schedule. Take time 396 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:10.000 to focus on what God wants from all of your activities. 397 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:12.799 Knowing what God has said before you rush into your 398 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:15.400 day can help you avoid foolish mistake preaching. Right, isn't 399 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:18.279 this fantastic? Good? Yeah? And so I want to commend 400 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:20.519 our listeners and our viewers. Right, this is what you're doing. 401 00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:22.839