Joshua 4 and Isaiah 58

Joshua 4
- Joshua told one man from each of the 12 tribes to take one stone each from the dry land in the middle of the Jordan where the priests stood.
- This would be a sign for their future generations
- They shall tell their children that this was where the waters stopped as the ark crossed the Jordan.
- Joshua also set up 12 stones in the midst of the Jordan where the priests stood until everyone had crossed.
- When everyone had crossed, the ark came too.
- The sons of Gad, Reuben and the half tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed fro battle, 40,000
- That day God exalted Joshua and the people stood in awe of them as they had done with Moses.
- The Lord told Joshua to have the priests come out of the Jordan and when they did the river flowed again.
- They crossed the Jordan on the 10th day of the 1st month.
- They set up the 12 stone memorial in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho
- Joshua tells the people to tell their children that these 12 stones show they crossed the Jordan on dry ground as they had done at the Red Sea.
- This will show all people that God is mighty and to be feared forever

Isaiah 58
- These verses are about fasting according to the heading.
- God seems to be telling Isaiah to declare the transgressions and sins of the people of Jacob.
- God says they all seek Him daily and delight to know Him even though they forsake His judgments.
- They ask God for righteous judgments and delight to draw near to God.
- They want to know why God hasn't seen their fasting or their humblings.
- God says that when they fast they oppress their workers, quarrel, and fight.
- This kind of fasting will not be heard by God on high.
- Fasting should not just be to humble yourself and bow your head low with sack cloth and ashes.
- God wants fasting to be loosening bonds of wickedness and letting the oppressed go free.
- It also to share food with the needy and house the homeless.
- This kind of fasting shall bring light and healing
- This will bring righteousness and the glory of God
- Then God will answer your call
- God says they need to stop pointing fingers and speaking wickedness.
- Then their light will rise and gloom be like noon day.
- Then God will guide them continually, satisfy their desires, strengthen them, and give them water.
- God's waters do not fail.
- If they do these things God will rebuild their ruins and repair the breach for future generations.
- What is the breach?
- They must stop seeking their own pleasure on God's holy day.
- They must make the Sabbath honorable again.
- They must not go their own ways, seek their own pleasures, or talk idly.
- Then they can delight in the Lord and God will feed them the heritage of Jacob because God has spoken.