Into the Red Sea and Out of Jordan

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It is very striking to notice that you see Israel as a company go into the Red Sea but you never see them come out. They did come out, but it does not say they did. I think the reason is that you do not read of them going into the Jordan—you see the Ark going in, but you see them come out. The Red Sea and the Jordan unite. To bring them out of Egypt and into Canaan was God's purpose. The wilderness was in His ways and became the occasion to learn what they were and to learn God's ways of grace. But His purpose was to bring them out and to bring them in.
When God recounts the history of the path in Heb. 11:29, 3029By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. 30By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days. (Hebrews 11:29‑30), you have the Red Sea and the fall of Jericho put together—the 40 years in the wilderness is not mentioned because that was the path of failure, not faith.