Crossing the Jordan

A very interesting Sermon - I was particularly struck by the Israelites being kept in the wilderness because they were still contaminated by the life they had led in Egypt and that while they were in the wilderness, there were 50 funerals a day - is that what is happening now? That life in the world is so contaminated, we need to remove that contamination? I wonder how future historians will interpret the current happenings - are we set for 40 years in the wilderness?