04 Dec Gilgal

When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua, 2 “Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe, 3 and tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from right where the priests are standing, and carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight.”

4 So Joshua called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe, 5 and said to them, “Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, 6 to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’ 7 tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever.”

8 So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, as the Lord had told Joshua; and they carried them over with them to their camp, where they put them down. 9 Joshua set up the twelve stones that had been[a] in the middle of the Jordan at the spot where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant had stood. And they are there to this day.

10 Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua was done by the people, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried over, 11 and as soon as all of them had crossed, the ark of the Lord and the priests came to the other side while the people watched. 12 The men of Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over, ready for battle, in front of the Israelites, as Moses had directed them. 13 About forty thousand armed for battle crossed over before the Lord to the plains of Jericho for war.

14 That day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they stood in awe of him all the days of his life, just as they had stood in awe of Moses.

15 Then the Lord said to Joshua, 16 “Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant law to come up out of the Jordan.”

17 So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up out of the Jordan.”

18 And the priests came up out of the river carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord. No sooner had they set their feet on the dry ground than the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and ran at flood stage as before.

19 On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho. 20 And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken out of the Jordan. 21 He said to the Israelites, “In the future when your descendants ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’ 22 tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’ 23 For the Lord your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The Lord your God did to the Jordan what he had done to the Red Sea[b] when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over. 24 He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the Lord is powerful and so that you might always fear the Lord your God.”

(Joshua 4)

1 Aug 2021

This morning God ministered and encouraged, its more than one year since wilderness journey.

In tears, I saw us climbing up to land with Jesus in front. Jesus our shepherd bring us up to land.

13 Aug 2021

App development for startup was difficult, telling God that what He is asking me to do is so difficult, pleading for Him to teach us. Was rushing for time one morning so I only read 1 page of bible. God pointed me to Joshua. Impressed that we are at Gilgal.

I googled Gilgal, it’s east of Jericho and the images of barren land resembled the image I saw when Jesus told us we have crossed the river and at shore.

30 Dec 2021 – 4 Jan 2022:

God continued speaking to me about Gilgal. I also continued to research more about Gilgal.

During a morning worship with Mr A, he sensed God telling him that the 12 stones are 12 people.

One morning during my private prayer, God told me that in Joshua’s time, people look at the 12 stones and remember that Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground – presence and miracles of God. A reminder that God did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the Lord is powerful and so that you might always fear the Lord your God.

In our current days, the stones are people. As Christ is the cornerstone and we are like living stones being built into a spiritual house. This is in line with what Mr A sensed.

Another morning I was jogging and God continue to speak about 12 living stones. That just like the Israelites look at the stones and remembered God, the 12 living stones (people) that God is bringing to us in whatever that God is asking us to do, our lives will be looked at by people and they will remember God’s presence and miracles.