{"id":23386,"date":"2026-03-23T10:34:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=23386"},"modified":"2026-03-23T10:34:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:34:40","slug":"march-23rd-chronological-bible-readings-chronological-bible-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=23386","title":{"rendered":"March 23rd Chronological Bible Readings \u2013 Chronological Bible Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Joshua 3:1-6:27<\/strong><\/span>
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Today is a major day in our readings as the Israelites cross the Jordan River into the Promised Land!\u00a0 The significance of the events in today\u2019s readings cannot be overstated.\u00a0 The Israelites 40 years in the Wilderness are over.\u00a0 God\u2019s Promise made to Abraham is being fulfilled!<\/span><\/p>\n

I am intrigued by verse 5 in Joshua chapter 3 today as the Israelites are about to cross the Jordan \u2013 \u201cThen Joshua told the people, \u201cPurify yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do great wonders among you.\u201d\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 I\u2019m wondering what the Israelites did to purify themselves?\u00a0 Some sort of ritual purification I\u2019d guess \u2013 likely similar to the purification before meeting God at Mount Sinai, which included washing all their garments as well as themselves.\u00a0 I also wonder what we do in our lives today to purify ourselves?\u00a0 The first thought comes to mind that we are of course purified today completely by the blood of Christ.\u00a0 But, then, I also know that once we have made the decision to follow Christ we will still sin on occasion.\u00a0 And then, is purification needed?\u00a0 Not from a salvation standpoint \u2013 but from simply having a pure heart before God?\u00a0 I\u2019m thinking that our purification today is confessing directly to God our sins and repenting.\u00a0 And I think through this process God\u2019s grace arrives in a nanosecond and purifies us.\u00a0 I think we\u2019re purified by God\u2019s grace today.\u00a0 But, I think in part we need to recognize our own need for purification and confess to God our shortcomings and repent.\u00a0 Let me know what you think on this in the Comments below if you\u2019d like.\u00a0 Again, I\u2019m not looking at this from a salvation \/ justification perspective \u2013 more of the sanctification perspective.\u00a0 I like the thought of purification \u2013 of being pure before God.\u00a0 I pray for this for each of us.\u00a0 No dark corners.\u00a0 No secrets.\u00a0 Just a pure heart before our heavenly Father.<\/span><\/p>\n

A watercolor painting is below for verses 16 & 17 \u2013 \u201cThen all the people crossed over near the city of Jericho. Meanwhile, the priests who were carrying the Ark of the LORD\u2019s covenant stood on dry ground in the middle of the riverbed as the people passed by them. They waited there until everyone had crossed the Jordan on dry ground.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Bible.org\u2019s commentary on Joshua\u2019s readings today titled \u201cCrossing the Jordan\u201d<\/strong> is <\/span>at this link<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fascinating! verses today in Joshua chapter 5 verses 13 \u2013 15 \u2013 \u201cAs Joshua approached the city of Jericho, he looked up and saw a man facing him with sword in hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, \u201cAre you friend or foe?\u201d\u00a0 \u201cNeither one,\u201d he replied. \u201cI am commander of the LORD\u2019s army.\u201d At this, Joshua fell with his face to the ground in reverence. \u201cI am at your command,\u201d Joshua said. \u201cWhat do you want your servant to do?\u201d The commander of the LORD\u2019s army replied, \u201cTake off your sandals, for this is holy ground.\u201d And Joshua did as he was told.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 Tyndale\u2019s One Year Bible Companion says this about these verses \u2013 \u201cThe captain of the host was no mere angel.\u00a0 His presence was an appearance of Christ in person.\u00a0 Joshua worshipped the captain; his worship was accepted and he was neither rebuked nor instructed otherwise.\u201d\u00a0 Whaddya think?\u00a0 Was this Jesus in these verses??\u00a0 Bible.org\u2019s commentary on \u201cThe Captain of the Lord\u2019s Army\u201d<\/strong> is <\/span>at this link<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Worship Video:<\/strong> Today\u2019s readings reminded me of Jeremy Camp\u2019s song \u201cThe Answer:\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4n-bSz515qM<\/p>\n

Do you want to know the answer?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Click here for The Answer!<\/span><\/p>\n

Please join us in memorizing and meditating on a verse of Scripture today:<\/strong> \u201cSo the LORD was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land.\u201d<\/em> Joshua 6:27 NIV<\/span><\/p>\n

Prayer Point:<\/strong> Pray that God is with you. Pray that you are spreading Jesus\u2019 fame throughout the land.<\/span><\/p>\n

Comments from You:<\/strong>\u00a0 What verses or insights stand out to you in today\u2019s readings?\u00a0 Please post up by clicking on the \u201cComments\u201d link below!<\/span><\/p>\n

God bless,
Mike<\/span><\/p>\n

p.s. Download our monthly Small Group study notes for our Chronological Bible readings at this link.<\/span><\/p>\n

p.s. #2 \u2013 Download a schedule of our Chronological Bible readings for the year in PDF format at this link.<\/span><\/p>\n

p.s. #3 \u2013 I would greatly appreciate it if you would pray for this Chronological Bible Blog ministry today! Please also consider partnering with us by financially supporting this ministry. Thank you!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joshua 3:1-6:27~ Click here to read today\u2019s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today\u2019s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Today is a major day in our readings as the Israelites cross the Jordan River into the Promised Land!\u00a0 The significance of the events in today\u2019s readings cannot be overstated.\u00a0 The Israelites 40 years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[3866,45,46,558,5265,231],"class_list":["post-23386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bible-study","tag-23rd","tag-bible","tag-blog","tag-chronological","tag-march","tag-readings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}