At flood stage, the Jordan yields to the Lord of all the earth as priests stand firm and a nation walks through on dry ground. This study traces the context, theology, and lived application of Joshua 3 for today.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
At flood stage, the Jordan yields to the Lord of all the earth as priests stand firm and a nation walks through on dry ground. This study traces the context, theology, and lived application of Joshua 3 for today.
After the golden calf, God rewrites the tablets and restores the path. Deuteronomy 10 calls Israel to fear, love, and serve—and to love the outsider as God does.
Exodus 37 moves from blueprint to holy furniture: ark and mercy seat, table, lampstand, and incense altar. The chapter shows mercy enthroned and beauty serving truth as God prepares to dwell among His people.
Exodus 25 begins God’s dwelling among His people with willing gifts and precise patterns. At the mercy-seat God meets and speaks, bread remains before Him, and the lamp never goes out.
God formed David in hidden places, then raised him to lead Israel with faith and restraint. His story points to Jesus, the Son of David, whose kingdom will not end.
The departure of God’s glory from Shiloh stands as a sobering testimony of what happens when a people entrusted with divine truth turn away in rebellion. This event, recorded in Israel’s early history, serves as a dispensational warning that God’s presence and blessing are contingent upon faithfulness, and its implications reach far beyond ancient Israel to the coming judgment of the Tribulation.