From a Prophecy by Sandy Warner

THE STORY OF JOSHUA

As I watched city after city pass over in peace I could see the
fulfillment of the prophetic scriptures in Joshua 3 & 4. To save
space, these are excerpts of the story from The Living Bible.
Bracketed sidebars are my comments:

"Early the next morning Joshua and all the people of Israel left
Acacia and arrived that evening at the banks of the Jordan River,
where they camped for a few days before crossing." [We were camping,
waiting on the banks of the Jordan for a few years, waiting upon the
Lord to occupy our promises, our inheritances.]

THE THIRD DAY

"On the third day officers went through the camp giving these
instructions: "When you see the priests carrying the Ark of God,
follow them. You have never before been where we are going now, so
they will guide you." [Historically, we are now in the 3rd day. We
are going to experience new things and events that history has never
recorded before. If you do a Bible study on the 3rd day, you will see
almost every place that 3 days is recorded is a prophetic Word from
the Lord about the parable of coming 3rd day events.]

"Then Joshua told the people to purify themselves. "For tomorrow," he
said, "the Lord will do a great miracle." In the morning Joshua
ordered the priests, "Take up the Ark and lead us across the river!"
And so they started out." [The prophets gave warning, calling for
repentance and holiness. They went before the masses, obeying His
command to move forward and stand against the floods.]

NOW YOU'LL KNOW FOR SURE ABOUT GOD BEING WITH YOU!

"Then Joshua summoned all the people and told them, "Come and listen
to what the Lord your God has said. Today you are going to know for
sure that the living God is among you and that he will, without fail,
drive out the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites,
Amorites, and Jebusites-all the people who now live in the land you
will soon occupy. Think of it! The Ark of God, who is Lord of the
whole earth, will lead you across the river!" [When we inherit our
promises, we will do so by warfare, overcoming and driving out God's
enemies.]

"When the priests who are carrying the Ark touch the water with their
feet, the river will stop flowing as though held back by a dam, and
will pile up as though against an invisible wall!" Now it was the
harvest season and the Jordan was overflowing all its banks; but as
the people set out to cross the river and as the feet of the priests
who were carrying the Ark touched the water at the river's edge,
suddenly, far up the river at the city of Adam, near Zarethan, the
water began piling up as though against a dam! And the water below
that point flowed on to the Dead Sea until the riverbed was empty.

THE JORDAN AND JERICHO

Then all the people crossed at a spot where the river was close to the
city of Jericho, and the priests who were carrying the Ark stood on
dry ground in the middle of the Jordan and waited as all the people
passed by." [Now in the season, we have never been so close to the
Great Harvest as we are now, neither have we been so vulnerable to
enemy floods. For a brief time in history, intercession has stood in
the gap, causing the demonic floods to roll back even as far as Adam
giving us a brief glimpse that what Adam lost will become manifest.]

"Meanwhile, the people had hurried across the riverbed, and when
everyone was over, the people watched the priests carry the Ark up out
of the riverbed ."Come up from the riverbed," the Lord now told him to
command them. So Joshua issued the order. And as soon as the priests
came out, the water poured down again as usual and overflowed the
banks of the river as before! This miracle occurred on the 25th of
March. That day the entire nation crossed the Jordan River and camped
in Gilgal at the eastern edge of the city of Jericho "

WHAT GILGAL IS ALL ABOUT

[Gilgal will now be our home for a while. At Gilgal, we will
experience: 1) The circumcision of the flesh of the spiritual
children, as bought and paid for by Christ Jesus. (Josh 5:7 & Col 2:
11-15) 2) Abiding until all recover from this. (Joshua 5:8) 3) The
rolling away of the shame and guilt caused by generational & personal
sins and the rolling away of the reproach and condemnation from our
enemies. (Josh 5:9) 4) Finishing the last of the old bread. Old
prophesies of God's future promises will have become old bread. God's
children will have become manifest to the world, and will be walking
in signs and wonders as He rains His Spirit upon all flesh. (Josh
5:12, Joel 2:28, Rom 8:18,19) 5) New promises, new food in a new land
will be gathered and eaten. 6) Preparations for war - moving out to
encircle Jericho, and the returning to Gilgal each day. (Josh 6:11)
7) The first conquest in warfare as the walls of Jericho fall and a
return to Gilgal. 7) Gilgal is the headquarters for war (Josh 9:3,
10:6, 10:15, 14:6) until the move to Shiloh (Josh 18:1)

THE LORD'S ACT OF MERCY

When I first heard of the Y2K bug and the potential "meltdown" of
society, I understood that it was an act of mercy from the Lord. This
so shook the world that for those who believed the warnings, whether
righteous or unrighteous, they prepared for coming hard times. I knew
that no matter what the outcome of Y2K, God had mercifully prepared
the people. For you see, those who did not follow the priests and
cross over the Jordan, they are still on the other side. The flood
waters will rise once again. They must now pass through the floods to
find the promised land.

THE FIRE DRILL

A week before Y2K the Lord gave me a dream where He had taken His
people on a fire drill and they were practicing their preparations and
training. For those Christians who gathered supplies you have obeyed
the Lord. Historically, we are now walking out the story of Joshua.
If you remember, waiting to cross the river Jordan while they camped
for 3 days, the scripture says, "Then Joshua commanded the officers of
the people, saying, "Pass through the camp and command the people,
saying, 'Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you
will cross over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which the
LORD your God is giving you to possess.' " (Josh 1:10-11)

A MEMORIAL STONE

I write this letter as a memorial stone, to be passed down to the
children of promise. One day they will hear the story of how so many
people in so many lands, gathered together to celebrate a day in
passing, with joy & peace and without tragedy. As I watched the
multitude of faces gathered in so many cites, I wept. I said, "Lord
You LOVE all those people." I became jealous for God, that one day
these same multitudes will celebrate Jesus. (Isaiah 11:9)

Lovingly,
Sandy

Sandy Warner is the author of the book,
"101+ Ways God Speaks" and other writings. Her site may
be found at: http://member.aol.com/swauthor/webpage/