From Moses to Joshua

Moses My servant is dead; now therefore arise, cross this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them, to the sons of Israel. (Joshua 1:2—NASB)
"Moses my servant is dead." What would such a statement mean to the Israelites? To Joshua?
I do not know what new and surprising things are ahead of us. But I am expecting them. In my mind, there is no question that many American churches are preaching death, that is, "lawless grace, any-moment rapture, and eternal residence in a mansion in Heaven." This is what people tell me is being taught across the country. They are looking for a church that teaches the Bible, not these unscriptural traditions.
Thinking in terms of the Book of Joshua, what does Canaan, the land of promise, typify? What does the Jordan River typify? These are important questions, because they typify our entrance into the rest of God, the subject of the Book of Hebrews.
Traditionally the Jordan River represents our physical death, and Canaan represents Heaven. I will tell you what I believe they represent, and you can decide which viewpoint you prefer.
The Jordan River represents death to self, to our "I will." Coming out of Egypt is death to the world, while Mount Sinai represents death to sin. Death to the world, to sin, and to self. These three deaths are the necessary foundation for resurrection into the fullness of eternal life when Christ appears.
Canaan is our objective. It represents the rest of God. All enemies have been subdued. We have been conformed to the image of Christ. We are dwelling in untroubled rest in the center of God's Person and will. God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit are dwelling in untroubled rest in us. Now we are ready to be coheirs along with the Lord Jesus of the works of God's hands—especially the nations of people and the farthest reaches of the earth.