Welcome to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace. The Bible tells one big story of redemption,

and we want to spend five minutes every day journeying through the Bible from start to

finish and exploring how all of it points to Jesus.

Hey everybody, welcome back to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace. My name is Jenny,

and today we are discussing Joshua 436. So Joshua 4 picks up in the middle of the miraculous

crossing of the Jordan River. As you may remember from yesterday, God separated the waters

of the Jordan River, just as he did with the Red Sea. Now, as the Israelites are nearing

the Promised Land, we realize that God's promised Abraham to give this land to his descendants

is finally being fulfilled. However, before getting to the scene where the Israelites enter

the Promised Land, we see them pausing to remember God's faithfulness through three things,

stones, circumcision, and the Passover. First, let's talk about the stones. As the twelve

priests are standing in the middle of the Jordan with the ark, Joshua gives the Israelites

another directive. He commands them to take twelve stones from where the priests are

standing and set them down at the place where they are to spend the night as a reminder

of God's faithfulness. After crossing the Jordan, Joshua completes the second thing to

remember God's faithfulness. He circumcises all of the Israelites men. This may seem

like an odd thing to do, but remember from Genesis 17 that the purpose of circumcision

is to remind God's people of the covenant between God and Abraham. After the circumcision,

the Lord told Joshua, today I have rolled away the disgrace of Egypt from you. It is important

to note that the circumcision took place during the Passover, which leads us to our third

remembrance of God's faithfulness. This once again offers the perfect and kept the Israelites

Exodus. As the Passover marked the final plague from Exodus, chapters 11-13, when the Israelites

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