(Deut. 3:27; 34:1–4); after his death, the Israelites crossed the river Jordan led by Joshua, whose name means ‘God is salvation’ (Josh. 3). Now we have another prophet in the wilderness (Matt. 3:1–3); Jesus, ‘God is salvation’, comes to the river Jordan (3:13), and is declared by God to be ‘my Son’ (3:17); like Israel, he is then led into the wilderness to be tested for forty days and nights (4:1–2), at the end of which, he too is taken to a high mountain to be shown the kingdoms of the world (4:8);