It is one of the climactic events in all of biblical history. The Israelites had waited forty years, but now the time had come. It is a poignant moment as they stride across the riverbed of the Jordan, opened for them by the miraculous power of God. Behind them, they leave the wearying decades of meandering around in a barren wilderness. Before them lay the beauty of the promised land, more fruitful than their hopes, and more beautiful than their imagination.

Yet, this was a pivotal point for them, for they had never been this way before and there was still much that they needed to listen to God for so that they could safely navigate this new corner, at this their greatest turning point.