We left Rahab behind in Jericho yesterday, but today, we bring the Hebrew people to the edge of the Jordan River. At their head is Joshua. He will be the one to lead the people into the Promised Land. Moses could not be the one who brought the people into the promise of God. Moses is inextricably tied to the Law, and we know that the Law can save no one. Joshua (Yeshua, God Saves) would lead the people into the Promised Land. Jesus is the one who brings about the promise of God. (It has never been through the Law)

God caused the water of the Jordan River, which was at flood stage, to stand up in a heap so the people could walk across on dry land. This very thing would solidify in the hearts of the Hebrew people Joshua as their leader. Those who had been around forty years earlier and had not died in the wilderness remembered Moses leading through the Red Sea on dry land. Those who had previously followed Moses were now ready to follow Joshua. This is helpful for us as we consider how to think about the Law of Moses and Jesus as people of the New Covenant. Since Christ has come, the Law has been brought to nothing. The Law was a tutor and a guardian until Christ, the Promised One, would bring about the New Covenant of God. That which had previously had glory has now come to have no glory. Moses had been the leader; now Joshua was. The Law, like Moses, served its purpose and has been replaced by something better in Christ...