November 2001

Part Forty-nine

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory (N)

              The premier purpose of this website is ever to voice the uncensored Gospel of the Kingdom and we are honored whenever the Lord leads us to incorporate the works of our brothers and sisters for His Glory. Throughout this series, the Spirit has brought to our attention related writings from fellow Kingdom ministries which fully align with and expand this timely and tremendous message! We are pleased to include some offerings from our sister, Jan Antonsen. [See more of her works at: jantonsson@aol.com]

              In Old Testament days, they did NOT have the indwelling Christ. That came after the resurrection, and was the reason Jesus gave for having to leave them (Jn 16:7). What they had under the Old Covenant was an "unction of the Holy Ghost"- a King James expression meaning they had a special measure of the Spirit to enable them to do whatever task God had assigned them (Ex 31:3, 35:31) be it the ability to weave gold, scarlet and blue thread to make the curtain for the Most Holy Place, or the ability to make the Cherubim out of gold to go over the Ark of the Covenant, or in Moses' case, the ability to perform mighty miracles in the land of Egypt. He had the Holy Spirit, but I get the picture of the Spirit being applied to him from the outside, like a coat of paint. We on the other hand, have the indwelling Spirit living in our hearts, leading us, guiding us, and teaching us, and we have the Mind of Christ (I Cor. 2:16).
              After Moses told God how he felt, there follows six verses of God's review of Who He is, what He had promised, and how He would do it (Ex 6:1-8). The next verse pretty much states the human condition: "Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and cruel bondage" (Ex 6:9). I want to point out two things about this passage that speak to me. 1) Moses was not afraid to speak his mind and tell God exactly how he felt. I am constantly amazed at Christians who are very angry at God but afraid to tell Him lest He strike them dead. How ridiculous! Do you think He does not know how you feel? 2) People's response to God is based on how their lives are going. When things get tough, many quit following Him as some of Jesus' disciples did (Jn 6:66). When that happens, God may heat up the furnace to make His point! I have heard it said that, "There are no atheists in the foxholes." One popular televangelist observes, "When the plane is about to crash, people are NOT crying out for Buddha, Mohammed or Abraham to come to their aid. They are praying, 'Jesus help me.'" My personal belief is that people who are angry at God but afraid to tell Him how they feel, carry that anger around and often take it out on their family or friends. For me, I have learned over the past 30 years that God can take it! As He did with Moses, He starts with our anger and moves on from there. Actually, next to Jesus, Moses is my all time hero. He stood toe to toe with the living God and instead of being fried to a cinder, he walked away as God's friend. "The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend" (Ex 33:11). Moses said to the Lord, "If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is YOUR people." The Lord replied, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you REST" (Ex 33:13-14). Truer words have never been spoken! The Presence of the Living God brings with it rest and peace, and without that, there is no peace to be found anywhere on planet Earth.
              Back to Egypt we go, as God gave Moses his marching orders and told him what was to come. He said, "I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my miraculous signs and wonders in Egypt, he will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and with mighty acts of judgment I will bring out my divisions, my people the Israelites. And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of it." Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded them," (Ex 7:3-6) For the next few days, weeks, months- however long it took, God poured it on the Egyptians!! 1) He turned the water of the Nile into blood!! (Ex 7:17-23) 2) He “gifted” them with zillions of frogs!! (Ex 8:2-7); 3) He turned the dust of the ground into pesky gnats!! (Ex 8:16-19) 4) He sent dense swarms of flies all over Egypt, except in the land of Goshen where the children of Israel lived!! (Ex 8:21-24) 5) He sent a plague upon all the livestock of the Egyptians- their horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, sheep and goats, however not one animal of the Israelites died!! (Ex 9:1-6) 6) He told Moses to toss soot in the air and it became festering boils on all the men and animals on whom it landed! (Ex 9:8-11); 7) He rained down hail on the land of Egypt, killing men and beasts and beating down everything growing in the fields- the flax and barley- and stripped off the leaves of every tree everywhere except in the land of Goshen! (Ex 9:22-26) 8) The Lord sent swarms of Locusts over the land to devour every living thing...not ruined by the hail! (Ex 10:12-15) 9) He covered the land of Egypt with "darkness which can be felt" for 3 days! (Ex 10:20-23) 10) He passed through the land of Egypt and struck down the firstborn of men and beasts, saving the children of Israel by the blood painted on the lintel! (Ex 12:12-17; 21-23; 29-33) [End quote]

             These soon-to-be-free Israelites were saved by the blood of lambs with no spot or blemish! This was a symbol of the spiritual Truth that all men are only saved by the SINLESS BLOOD of the LAMB OF GOD! This Blood-cover of our sin-nakedness is called our garment of Salvation and robe of Righteousness! Only clad in this are we made acceptable in the sight of God! On a recent visit to a fellowship in Washington, Father spoke this prophetic Word to my heart,

“NO SPOT, NO STAIN, NO WRINKLE IN YOUR ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS!
NO SPOT, NO STAIN, NO WRINKLE IN YOUR ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS!
I SHALL DO A CLEANSING, PURIFYING WORK TILL THERE IS NO SPOT,
NO STAIN, AND NO WRINKLE IN YOUR ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS!!”

[TO BE CONTINUED]

Notice: this ministry will be in LONDON, ENGLAND the week of Dec 9-16

[except 2 one-day trips to Dublin, Ireland and Paris, France]. Any Kingdom group interested in hosting a meeting must please contact us as soon as possible by email: Sonrise1@aol.com, or telephone: 702-647-2131. Our itinerary is filling up quickly.

[P.S. We are not in need of lodgings as all our accommodations are prearranged.]