Gospel.com Topics Feed - Jordan 2009-09-02T11:15:47-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/jordan/ Memorial in the Bible - a Christian perspective http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%204:2-9&version=NIV 2009-09-02T11:15:47-05:00 One of the most famous memorials in the Old Testament was set up to commemorate the crossing of the Ark of the Covenant through the Jordan river. God commanded Joshua to set up a memorial to mark the event, and to remind future generations of Israelites what had happened there.