Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Exodus 11:8-10
11:8 "And all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, 'Get out, and all the people who follow you!' After that I will go out." Then he went out from Pharaoh in great anger.
11:9 But the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh will not heed you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt."
11:10 So Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh; and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
This is the journey of Israel going out of Egypt and the ten punishments for Pharaoh.
There will be time when the light (Moses) and the dark (Pharaoh) have no connection at all.
How can the separation happen? There must be a firmness.
Moses chose to be firm in his heart to come out from Egypt.
Now, we as the church of God must be firm to be free from sins.
When the church of God has no connection with the worldly things, sins, and the fleshly lusts, the time has come for the church of God to be evacuated to the wilderness, far from the eyes of Antichrist up to being lifted up on the glorious clouds.
[Exodus 11:9] "Pharaoh will not heed you ..."
When Jesus is about to come a second time or the church of God will be lifted up from the world, the sins and suffering will increase. God allows it to happen for revealing His miracle that adds abundantly. It starts from the miracle of the sword of Word, namely purification and life renewal until we are perfect like Jesus is. If the spiritual miracle happens, the physical one will also happen.
There is another miracle, namely the miracle from the great sword or the punishment of God for ones who have the hard heart like Pharaoh. The firstborns of Egypt died refers to perdition.
[Exodus 11:10]"... the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart ..."
Why are the hearts of servants of God hard? Their hearts are hard because they are not firm in receiving the true teaching Word. Sometimes they receive the Word, but sometimes they refuse It. It happens because the punishment was skipped by God. As a result, they refuse the true teaching Word.
A servant of God must preach the Word with firmness in the anointing of Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:3-5
2:3 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.
2:4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
2:5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
The congregation must listen the Word in the anointing of Holy Spirit, so the Word becomes our faith. If the Word is received with knowledge, it will be debated or discussed.
Do not doubt in receiving the Word. If we doubt, we will definitely choose the wrong one. Do not doubt when we are in trouble or suffering, or else we will be disappointed and desperate as well as leave God, lose everything, and get ruined.
The examples are as follows:
God blesses us.
Exodus 11:8-10
11:8 "And all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, 'Get out, and all the people who follow you!' After that I will go out." Then he went out from Pharaoh in great anger.
11:9 But the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh will not heed you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt."
11:10 So Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh; and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
This is the journey of Israel going out of Egypt and the ten punishments for Pharaoh.
There will be time when the light (Moses) and the dark (Pharaoh) have no connection at all.
How can the separation happen? There must be a firmness.
Moses chose to be firm in his heart to come out from Egypt.
Now, we as the church of God must be firm to be free from sins.
When the church of God has no connection with the worldly things, sins, and the fleshly lusts, the time has come for the church of God to be evacuated to the wilderness, far from the eyes of Antichrist up to being lifted up on the glorious clouds.
[Exodus 11:9] "Pharaoh will not heed you ..."
When Jesus is about to come a second time or the church of God will be lifted up from the world, the sins and suffering will increase. God allows it to happen for revealing His miracle that adds abundantly. It starts from the miracle of the sword of Word, namely purification and life renewal until we are perfect like Jesus is. If the spiritual miracle happens, the physical one will also happen.
There is another miracle, namely the miracle from the great sword or the punishment of God for ones who have the hard heart like Pharaoh. The firstborns of Egypt died refers to perdition.
[Exodus 11:10]"... the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart ..."
Why are the hearts of servants of God hard? Their hearts are hard because they are not firm in receiving the true teaching Word. Sometimes they receive the Word, but sometimes they refuse It. It happens because the punishment was skipped by God. As a result, they refuse the true teaching Word.
A servant of God must preach the Word with firmness in the anointing of Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:3-5
2:3 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.
2:4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
2:5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
The congregation must listen the Word in the anointing of Holy Spirit, so the Word becomes our faith. If the Word is received with knowledge, it will be debated or discussed.
Do not doubt in receiving the Word. If we doubt, we will definitely choose the wrong one. Do not doubt when we are in trouble or suffering, or else we will be disappointed and desperate as well as leave God, lose everything, and get ruined.
The examples are as follows:
- King David.
1 Samuel 30:6
30:6 Now David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.
When we are in distress, we must strengthen our faith to God. King David was greatly distressed in problems such as economy, marriage and children, and death ("... the people spoke of stoning him... ").
King David represents the husband or man. When we face the problem, we must strengthen our faith to God. God will make act. - The woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years.
Mark 5:25-28
5:25 Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years,
5:26 and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse.
5:27 When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment.
5:28 For she said, "If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well."
The woman was in distress because of the physical illness (she had a flow of blood for twelve years) and the spiritual one (something that is getting worse). Having a flow of blood refers to the broken home, decay, and impossible thing.
The woman strengthened her faith to God and touched His clothes, then God would make act. - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego.
They were in distress when they faced the false teaching and worshiping. But, they strengthened their faith to God and God was with them.
2 Thessalonians 1:3-7
1:3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other,
1:4 so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure,
1:5 which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer;
1:6 since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you,
1:7 and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels,
We will be changed to become as perfect as Jesus is and lifted up on the glorious clouds in the fire of glory.
God blesses us.