The actual crossing was the final step of the journey from bondage to freedom. The Jordan thus became associated in the Hebrew imagination with a glorious entry into the Promise Land.īecause the Israelites made a difficult and hazardous journey from slavery in Egypt to freedom in the Promise Land, the Jordan also refers to freedom. Both events were signs of God’s miraculous power. The water miraculously “rose up like a dam,” as had the Red Sea at the exodus from Exodus. Joshua led the nation of Israel into the Promised Land by crossing the Jordan “on dry ground” (Josh 3:17). In the Bible, most references to the Jordan treat it as a boundary, with such phrases as “beyond the Jordan,” “on this side of the Jordan,” “on the other side of the Jordan,” and “over Jordan.” Because it is most often seen as the eastern boundary of Israel, the Jordan typically symbolizes crossing into or out of the Promised Land. Elsewhere the Jordan is crossed and is used as a place of baptism and provision. The next time we come upon it, Jacob is wrestling with his adversary at the ford of the Jabbok, one of the major tributaries of the Jordan. The first mention of the Jordan occurs in the story of Abram and Lot, where Lot chose for himself “all the plan of Jordan” (Gen 13:11 KJV). It is known for being a fertile valley and an important landmark.
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