What is Israel crossing the Jordan on dry ground a picture of?
Israel's crossing of the Jordan on dry ground is a picture of the believer's coming through the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. It parallels their earlier dry-ground exit from Egypt and illustrates New Testament doctrine symbolically attached to Old Testament events.
Les explains that Israel's dry-ground crossing of the Jordan, even as they came out of Egypt, is again a picture of our coming through the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. He says everything taught from the Old Testament has a New Testament doctrine symbolically attached to it. After crossing, Israel was circumcised, celebrated the Passover, ate the old corn of Canaan, and the manna stopped. Les then directs attention to 2 Corinthians 5 for the lesson.