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I John 3:2-3
We know that, when He appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see
Him just as He is. And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies
himself, just as He is pure.

This is the fulfillment of what was observed at the crossing of the Jordan. The wonders
Yahweh would do among us is to transform us into His own glorious image. This is the
meaning of “consecrate yourselves.” John said “everyone who has this hope... purifies
himself.” Do you want to see the wonders of Yahweh? Do you want to attain to the
resurrection of the firstborn? Then you must lead a consecrated life. You must be wholly
devoted, leading a life dedicated to the will and pleasure of God.
Christ has crossed over ahead of His brethren. A space separates Yahshua and those
of His people who follow Him of about 2,000 years. It has now been about two thousand
years. All who would attain to the first resurrection must be wholehearted in their pursuit
of the goal. Their eyes must be fixed on the finish line. They must let nothing distract them
or slow them down.

Joshua 3:14-16
So it came about when the people set out from their tents to cross the Jordan with
the priests carrying the ark of the covenant before the people, and when those who
carried the ark came into the Jordan, and the feet of the priests carrying the ark were
dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of
harvest), that the waters which were flowing down from above stood and rose up in
one heap, a great distance away at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those
which were flowing down toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely
cut off. So the people crossed opposite Jericho.

What is signified in the words “So it came about when the people set out from their
tents”? The apostle Paul gives us understanding.

II Corinthians 5:2-4
For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from
heaven; inasmuch as we, having put it on, shall not be found naked. For indeed while
we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be
unclothed, but to be clothed, in order that what is mortal may be swallowed up by
life.

We must leave this tent of mortal flesh in order to enter into our inheritance in Christ.
There is a body prepared for us, a dwelling suited to our new status as glorified sons of God.
Note in the account of Joshua leading the people across the swelling of the Jordan that
the waters which symbolize death, “rose up in one heap, a great distance away at Adam.”
This signifies that all men will have access to the crossing of the Jordan, as far back as
Adam. All men will be granted the ability to follow Yahshua across the Jordan into the
inheritance prepared for the sons of God.
Let us focus upon one more detail of this narrative, for it will lead us into a discovery
of the three resurrections prepared for man. It is written in this account that the priests