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In chapter 5 of Joshua, an angel appears to Joshua and tells him \u201cRemove your shoes from upon your feet, for the place upon which you stand is holy.\u201d The language used for this directive is identical to that used by God to Moses at the burning bush. This seeming replication of events is the third in the short span of time since Joshua took on the mantle of leadership. In chapter 2 Joshua dispatched two spies from Shittim to observe and report back on the land of Jericho. Though the outcome was quite different from when Moses sent spies into the Land of Canaan, the methodology is familiar. And in Chapter 3, we read about the miracle of the splitting of the Jordan River, again, very familiar to the miracle experienced by the Israelites at the Red Sea.<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout the latter chapters of Deuteronomy the Israelites are reminded that Moses will soon die and there will never again be a leader like Moses: they need to accept Joshua as their new leader. And yet, the early days of Joshua\u2019s rule are replete with reminders of Moses\u2019 rule, and one might think that these three replications of encounters, practices and miracles from Moses\u2019 leadership could risk sabotaging the efforts to move the Israelites forward with new leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joshua understood, and God enabled the leadership practice that if your predecessor was well-loved and demonstrably effective, a new leader who waltzes in (even if appointed by God) and starts upsetting the status quo, creates unease and distrust in followers. These re-enactments of the familiar create a sense of stability that the Israelites need at this time. Good leaders, like Joshua, introduce change incrementally, as leader-follower trust builds.<\/span><\/p>\n

But, of course, the Israelites who witnessed the splitting of the Jordan River, were a different generation than those who crossed the Red Sea. The familiarity of the two events could not have been tangible to the followers of Joshua. And yet, the duplication of events suggests that God was counting on this generation\u2019s internalization of their parents\u2019 and grandparents\u2019 experiences. Perhaps this is a hint to the now-emerging theories of epigenetic inheritance that suggest that traumatic experiences affect DNA and are passed on to future generations. <\/span><\/p>\n

If so, then Joshua\u2019s generation of Israelites, and all future generations to come, have indeed in some genetic way as well as spiritually, lived the miracles experienced by Moses\u2019 generation. <\/span><\/p>\n

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