抬约柜的祭司站在约但河中，等到众百姓尽都过了河，诸事都办完了，并等到约书亚照耶和华所吩咐的，吩咐百姓从约但河里上来。这是何等一幅三一神具体化身在基督里之行动的图画！祭司站在约但河中，无须惧怕，因为约柜与他们同在；他们只要仰望约柜，就有平安。
今天对我们来说，原则也是一样。三一神在这里与我们同在。因着我们的旧人已经埋葬，我们的新人正在与三一神一同作工，我们无须受任何临到我们之事的搅扰。三一神与我们同在，祂与我们一同生活，一同作工。
抬约柜的祭司从约但河里上来，脚掌刚落旱地，约但河的水就流回原处，仍旧涨过两岸。
以色列十二支派的十二代表从约但河中取来的那十二块石头，约书亚立在吉甲作为记念，见证耶和华所行的奇事，使以色列人过约但河。
我们来看约书亚三至四章所记载以色列人的历史时，必须看见同样的事也发生在我们身上。我们与基督同死，与祂一同埋葬，也与祂一同复活，成了新的。以弗所二章告诉我们，那些原来死在罪中的信徒，已经与基督活过来、复活、并坐在诸天界里，成了一个新人。这新人乃是神的杰作。
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Crossing the River Jordan (3) — Eph. 2:5-6
The priests who carried the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan until all the people had completely crossed over the river and everything was completed and until Joshua commanded them, according to the command of Jehovah, to come up out of the Jordan. What a marvelous picture of the move of the Triune God embodied in Christ! As the priests stood in the middle of the Jordan, there was no need for them to be afraid, for the ark was with them. They simply had to look at the ark and be at peace.
The principle is the same with us today. The Triune God is here with us. Because our old man has been buried and our new man is working with the Triune God, we do not need to be troubled by anything that may befall us. The Triune God is with us, and He and we are living together and working together.
When the priests who carried the ark came up out of the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up onto the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and went over its banks as before.
After the children of Israel crossed over, Joshua erected in Gilgal the twelve stones taken from the Jordan by the twelve representatives of the twelve tribes, as a memorial testifying of Israel’s crossing over the Jordan by Jehovah’s miraculous deed.
As we consider Israel’s history recorded in Joshua 3 and 4, we need to realize that the same things have happened to us. We died with Christ, we were buried with Him, and we were resurrected with Him to become something new. Ephesians 2 tells us that the believers, who were dead in sin, have been made alive, raised and seated together with Christ to be one new man. This new man is God’s masterpiece.