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For the Israelites, Gilgal served as a transition point—from the defeat of death to the victory at Jericho, from the wanderings in the desert to the freedom of the Promised Land. But before the Israelites conquer Jericho, and before they enter into redemption, freedom, and life, they celebrated the Passover and commemorated God’s work. In Gilgal, Mackintosh connects this important moment of...

PART III H AVING glanced at two of the leading points in our subject, namely, Israel freed from guilt under the shelter of the blood, and Israel freed from all their enemies in the passage of the Red Sea, we have now to contemplate for a few moments Israel crossing the Jordan, and celebrating the paschal feast at Gilgal, in which they represent the risen position of Christians now. The Christian is one who is not only sheltered from judgment by the blood of the Lamb, not only delivered from the power
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