How do various Christian traditions view the expression "crossing over Jordan"?
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The gospel song "I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger" (written in the 1800's) makes reference to crossing over Jordan to the beautiful fields beyond "where God's redeemed their vigils keep."
That's the earliest reference I've found, although there may be others.
This hymnal, dating to 1766, uses the metaphor, but not the actual phrase "crossing over Jordan" (see top of page 147): https://hymnary.org/hymn/PDIL1766/II.LXVI
In the Bible the Israelites had to "cross over Jordan" to reach the Promised Land. For Christians, the "Promised Land" is eternal paradise in Heaven, and the barrier one must cross to reach it - the metaphorical "Jordan" - is death.
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