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their garment IN the hands OF Potl-
phar's wife, though it meant prison
life (Gen. xxx, 49, The famine in
Canaan is type of Gods punishments
sent on the people for prosecuting his
holy church. The abundance that
Joseph was able to store away is full
filling of Gods promises to his obedi-
ent, holy children (Mal. iii, 1O.) Israel
in bondage under King Pharaoh is
type of the sinful life serving the devil.
Crossing the Red Sea is type of going
to Gods spiritual kingdom, which is
back in the Canaan or promised holy
land. Faith in God brings regenera-
tion and the dividing Of the Red Sea
surely gave them faith as well as the
ten plaques which God sent on the
Egyptians, for it is written "They were
all baptized unto Moses in the cloud
and in the sea, and did all drink of that
spiritual rock, which was Christ Il
Cor. Z, to4)
The wilderness is type of the con-
verted or regenerated state Of the chris
tian life which is an unsatisfied life not
knowing who, what or where you are,
but realize that you have the peace Of
God many times, yet like little child,
you are often falling, but your father
lifts you up again. AS God furnished
them pilot day and night and pre-
served their clothes and fed them on
mama and quail, SO he has pilot now
to lead his children, but some are blind
pilots, and lots are falling into the
ditch. And these pilots are still feed
ing on milk and giving it to some that
are forty years old in the regenerated
experience and yet not able to eat strong
meat Heb. v, 49, What a shame on
Gods ministry. Why don't you tell
your people TO cross the Jordan and
feast upon some of the fat cattle and
old corn and wine in the Canaan land?
But fellow has to cross himself before
he can help his brother over. Jordan is
type of spiritual death to sin or cru
cifiction of the old man in which Paul
says, "'You are buried with Christ in
baptism of death to be raised to walk
in q new life" (Rom. vi, 4. And he
says that sin shall not have dominion
over you (Rom. vi, IA. Six hundred
thousand men who had been numbered
as warriors crossed the Red sea, beside
I women and children, yet but two out
a Of this number who were men of war
I ever crossed the Jordan and received
q an inheritance in the Canaan land.
Caleb and Joshua are names that we
: love and will never be forgotten, while
g the names of the other ten spies only
: remember while / read them. The
: tabernacle built in the wilderness was
d type of Solomon's temple and point
1 ed to better things.
= The crossing Of the Jordan was by
faith as was the crossing of the Rec
J, sea. Then sanctification is obtained
= by faith and faith only III Thes. ii, 13.
9 The Holy Ghost, the promised comfort
. er, is the holy teacher, as we'll as Got
o given power to fight the battles for th,
- Lord against sin and Satan. Hence
:, God told Joshua that he would send al
y angel to stand by him. And whel
!" Joshua saw the angel he said, car
= thou for us or against us?" as the ange
10 appeared to him as q man. And b
= said, "Nay! But as a captain of th
- host of the Lord ana now come (Josh
- ua v, 13-14) The seven nations in Ga
70 naan that Joshua had to subdue ar
. types of the seven kingdoms now in th
y world that will be brought into hi
70 spiritual Kingdom by the power of hi
70 word, or will be destroyed by th
. breath of his mouth at his coming. H
~ told Joshua that he could not take th
:, land all at once, but little by little b
= should possess the land David is
~ type Of God in his word to conquer Ii
great Goliath, sin. BE is also q tyr
~ Of war as one Of Gods great generals
- conquer sin, and that is why God sal
~ he was a man after his own heart, as |
'A loves fearless soldier. Why can't v
u all be soldiers for God?
GRO BE CoETINUED)