In the Red Sea we have Christ dead and risen for us; in the Jordan we have our death and resurrection with Him: the one ushering us into the world as the dreary waste of our pilgrimage; the other putting us in view of our heavenly blessing, which we have then to appropriate by victory over Satan. The distinction is as clear as it is important, though both are true of the Christian now.
All the time the church is here below, our conflict goes on with spiritual wickednesses in heavenly places; when the actual casting out by God's providential power takes place, we shall not be here, but above. [12]