Remembering the Reformation Pt.2: What do these stones mean?

After Israel crossed the Jordan, God commanded Joshua to memorialize His mighty act in cutting off the waters, with 12 symbolic stones. When subsequent generations of covenant children asked about their meeting, parents were to tell them the story of God's act of cutting off the waters of the Jordan and explain to them that the Lord's purpose in this miracle was to remind the covenant people that the Living God was with them and would conquer their enemies (Joshua 3:10). As the Reformed church commemorates the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, it too looks upon the memorial stones which point the true church to God's mighty act in striking the papacy and the false church with the power of the word and the true gospel. The memorial stones of the Reformation call the contemporary church to take confidence in God's presence and His enduring promise to conquer the enemies of the true church.