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Joshua 4:15-24 - And the Lord said to Joshua, “Command the priests bearing the ark of the testimony to come up out of the Jordan.” So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up out of the Jordan.” And when the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord came up from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up on dry ground, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and overflowed all its banks, as before. The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they encamped at Gilgal on the east border of Jericho. And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal. And he said to the people of Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in times to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’ then you shall let your children know, ‘Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.’ For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up for us until we passed over, so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty, that you may fear the Lord your God forever.”

Exodus 14:19-20 - Then the angel of God who was going before the host of Israel moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them, coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness. And it lit up the night without one coming near the other all night.

2 Kings 5:15 - Then he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and he came and stood before him. And he said, “Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; so accept now a present from your servant.”

Psalm 67:1-2 - May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations.

Psalm 83:17-18 - Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; let them perish in disgrace, that they may know that you alone, whose name is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth.

Application:

• ·         The pillar of cloud protected Israel.
• ·         The Lord’s revelation of His power to the Israelites was a public event that all of the Canaanites heard about, just as they had heard of the crossing of the Red Sea and defeat of Sihon and Og.
• ·         Naaman’s confession put to shame the Israelites who continued to waver in their opinion on whether Baal and the Lord were both gods, or whether Yahweh alone was God.
• ·         May God’s favors to His people be so obvious that all the world takes notice.
• ·         The ultimate goal of God’s warfare is not merely the security of Israel and the destruction of Israel’s enemies but the worldwide acknowledgment of the true God and of His rule, even to the point of seeking Him as His people do.

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