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August 10, 2023 - Treasures In Christ - Psalm 68 JEHOVAH-ZU PAAL Our Lord God Who Acts On Our Behalf Psalm 68:28 Your God has commanded your strength [your might in His service and impenetrable hardness to temptation]; O God, display Your might and strengthen what You have wrought for us! https://biblehub.com/lexicon/psalms/68-28.htm Scriptures: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+68%2C+Exodus+14&version=AMPC Going Deeper: https://www.openbible.info/topics/help
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August 10, 2023 - Treasures In Christ - Psalm 68 JEHOVAH-ZU PAAL Our Lord God Who Acts On Our Behalf Psalm 68:28 Your God has commanded your strength [your might in His service and impenetrable hardness to temptation]; O God, display Your might and strengthen what You have wrought for us! https://biblehub.com/lexicon/psalms/68-28.htm Scriptures: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+68%2C+Exodus+14&version=AMPC Going Deeper: https://www.openbible.info/topics/help
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The transcription is a prayer and reflection on Psalm 68. It emphasizes God's strength and power to transform lives and bring victory. It encourages worship and praises God's authority and protection. It highlights God as a father to the fatherless and a judge and protector of widows. The passage emphasizes the importance of living in the kingdom of God and experiencing His holiness. August 10, 2023. Treasures in Christ. Psalm 68. Jehovah, Zuh, Hoth. Our Lord God, you act on our behalf. Psalm 68, 12. Your God has commanded your strength, your might, and your service, and intended for the hardness of temptation. O God, display your might and strength in what you have wrought for us. O Heavenly Father, I'm just so grateful this morning, Father God, that you chose to keep us through the night and bring us into a new day. With the reminder that you are the one that helps us, O God. So as we come into sacrifice and worship, Father God, we desire you to transform our lives. We know there's a wonderful place to be. That is the place of victory. So as we come in that reverent prayer for all of you, knowing you are the power of work and control, always the very shepherd of our souls. I pray that you'll transform us now. For you made the way with Jesus Christ. You made the gateway in. You gave us the example of the Lord, the leader. The one to lead us in the way. The one to bring us into this place. And the Holy Spirit to work in us as we're walking. Sacrificial worship. So use that Holy Spirit of power in each of your children today, Father God. I pray over the body of Christ right now that it will be a transforming day. And as we're transforming, just a little more into your light, O Lord, that those around us will see your glory. And the honor of you will unfold in them as you're elevated and they'll be drawn to you. And then they'll perish and all of them will come to repentance today. Thank you for this gift in this gospel. I pray that you'll just bless this word as it's read. It's already blessed. I pray it will be blessed over and forth. Because I don't know if it's transforming in nature. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen and Amen. Ooh, be encouraged this morning. I'll tell you what, when I started reading through the passage of the psalm today, I was getting very excited. And God's got something to say today, so let's see. What a good God we serve. We really, really do. And it's an amazing God. His truth is His truth and it never changes. It's a beautiful thing. We've been learning, He's been showing me a lot. You know, that it's in that process of transformation when we walk in the way of the peace of the Holy Spirit. This is what brings, lets the glory of God shine through us, pour out of us. This is a great passage today about this very thing, about the kingdom working. And really every scripture is useful for review, correction and encouragement for doctrine and everything else we need for health and wellness. So let's bring the Spirit into play here and let's read the word with the Spirit of power in us and see what God has to say. Psalm 68-1, a psalm of David. A psalm. Verse 1 says, God is already beginning to arrive and His enemies are scattered. Let them also who hate Him flee before Him. See, this is a bad place. You've got to look at the symbolism. You know, it's not like He's coming up out of the earth in some sort of a statue. He's arising in His children as we're operating in the kingdom in a way that pleases Him. I mean, this is simple truth. The kingdom is simple, even a child can understand. So He's saying God is beginning to arise and that is that working out in His children the very thing that He does. And this is what causes the enemy to scatter, remember, because they fall by their own devices. God has the vengeance. God holds just everything in the balance. And He's just saying, let even him who hates the God flee before God. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, let the wicked perish before the presence of God. He's just proclaiming the truth of the kingdom. See, sometimes we have to encourage ourselves in the truth of the kingdom. While things may come against us and wickedness may be all around us, while those that hate God may be all around us. When in the presence of God and they see the transforming work of God and He begins to arise out of His children, the very light of God, the very honor and glory of God comes forth. It's just, there's nothing that can come against it. So that's on the outside. That's on the outside coming against. And we've got to encourage ourselves in the kingdom sometimes. This is the place of power. We're in this place of power where God is in our presence and operating in our lives. And there's nothing that can withstand it. Nothing can come against it. Smoke is driven away. And you know, smoke, you think about smoke, it kind of permeates and goes throughout things. But God drives it away. With wax, we think of this, it appears solid, but it's not because God will melt it away. And the bones of the wicked will perish in the presence of God. God will not allow that to continue. He is a fair and just God. Now he's going to turn the narrative a little bit into us. But let the uncompromisingly righteous be glad. Again, it's not our perfection, it's Christ's righteousness. And we have to be uncompromised in our relationship to God. And we're going to have a gladness of heart because God's operating in us. And he's going to go on to reiterate this. See, this is an encouragement. You want to encourage yourself. This is an encouragement. The first two verses are encouraging about everything that comes against us, can't stand against God. And number two, that we have a glad heart. He said, let them be in high spirits and glory before God. Yes, let them jubilantly rejoice because of what we just received. If nothing can come against us when we're in the secret place, God has us completely covered. And his promises are being fulfilled. And so rejoicing is going forth. And glory is coming out of us before God. You know, as he's transforming us, it's his glory that's coming out of us. As we welcome the righteousness of the life of Christ. And this should bring a heart of gratitude out of us because we don't deserve any of this. This is all mercy and grace. Verse four, sing to God. Sing praises to his name. That's that authoritative. He's bringing that. He's reminding us about the authoritative power. The name of Jesus Christ is the name of the living name. And so, obviously, God fulfills promises. We're filled with joy. And rejoicing comes out jubilantly. And singing is simply symbolic of an expression of the praise that's in us. What God is doing in us. And the authority that he has to do it. Cast up a highway for him who rides through the deserts. His name is the Lord. Be in high spirits and glory before him. Now, this is beautiful. Let's unpack this. Because we're going to cast up a highway through the deserts, right? So, if you haven't lived in a desert, running through a desert can be fun. But it's not the easiest task. Because you're hopping over, say, brush and you're doing a lot of things. There's holes and mounds and hills. But a highway is a reflection of something that's been cleared and flattened and made easy. And it's cast up a highway for him. Again, it's a reference to his high place of authority. And I love the way he says his name is the Lord. Because, see, now he's bringing the symbolism into the actual earth. Now, when we say Lord, that's lead, guide, direct, authority. All authority to lead, guide, and direct. And doom, glory of the Lord, goes before him. Be in high spirits. I like that, too. So, we have the highway, which is reflective of the good path, the easy path through the desert. Which is the place that lacks the water. We think of the desert as a place lacking. And his name is the Lord. This is the leader. So, now, this is why all this praise is coming forth. Because of all this, what he's doing for us. He's leading us. He's given us the authority to override those dry moments in life. Where he can bring the living water. And we're going to be in high spirits. Because it's a spirit and in truth thing, right? So, we have to worship him in spirit and in truth. And so, our spirits are going to be high. Because we know in the inner man, God is working for us. And the glory goes before him. Because it's coming forth from us. And so, as we think symbolically, we're walking. And if God were like a flashlight, like an iron man flashlight or something. It would be beaming out in front of us. That's symbolism. Verse 5. And this shows the intimacy, the heart of God. He says, God is a father of the fatherless. And a judge and protector of the widows is God in his holy habitation. See, in the kingdom of God, this is the operation, the standing, operating procedure. He provides the help that we need when we have no other help besides him. Because we don't. Outside of God, there is no help. And he is the proper judge. Now, when he's saying judge here, he's talking about a judge and protector. Notice he puts the two words together. Because a lot of times what would happen is if a widow had been left an inheritance, then the other people would try to swindle that out of her. And take her to court in some legality and take all of her property. So this is where he's given a symbolism. And fatherless is a child who has nobody to direct and lead and guide. But now he brings the leadership, direction and guidance we just saw in verse 4. And judge and protection, he brings that as well. Because he brings the authority, the name above all names. This is a beautiful passage about the kingdom operation. His name is Lord, that's what it said in verse 4. And same phrases to his name. Why? Because that's the authority of judge and protector. Of those who are being swindled, who are being at the mercy. But God's court and judgment and protection goes higher than any other thing. We saw that in verse 1 and 2. And it's his holy application. The kingdom of God is a holy place. This is a place of holiness. God is holy. And there is no unholiness in him. And where he inhabits is holy. Set apart, sanctified perfectly. He is the sanctifier. He is the holier. So it is perfect holiness in his presence. I just love that. Such a beautiful verse at verse 5. On what he does for his children. This is a thing. I mean you talk about encouraging yourself. This passage will encourage yourself. You can be encouraged in the kingdom in this passage very, very easily. If you search for the spirit in the truth. Now if you just look at it word only. You'll get lost in things like smoke and wax and highways and widows and fatherhood. You'll start looking around at orphans going God only cares about orphans and widows. No. Those are symbolism to symbolize those who have no authoritative leadership. Which we don't outside of God. And those who are being taken advantage of. And those are the ones God comes to help. This is why the meek shall inherit the earth. See the meek are those that operate in this place where they're not swindling. They're not doing anything deceitful. They're just operating under his powerful hand. And all those that come against us. Like wax and blood will be blown away like smoke. Beautiful symbols in my opinion. Beautiful. So here he goes. He's going to get more in-depth into the intimacy and heart of God. God places. Verse 6. God places. Now this is the rule of the kingdom. Now he's saying God here. So he's talking about this is the ruling authority. This is the ruling precepts and concepts and ordinations and commandments. These are the very things that rule the kingdom. This is where the buck stops. And when he says Lord, that's where the buck hits the road and starts to move with the rubber to the road. You know what I mean? Lord is an action moving thing. God is an overlying authoritative thing. So this is showing us the heart of God and what he desires in the kingdom. This is what he does in the kingdom. Not desires. This is what he does. This is what a good God we serve. And why we have a gladness in heart and life. It's so easy to praise him when the joy of the Lord comes in our life because it's fulfilling promises. He warns us, says he will. These promises right here to protect us, give us authority in judgment. Not judgment like a criminal judge. That's a civil judge because they would take the widow to the civil court. And they would find some loophole to take all of the things. But God will defend that. God will give the leadership and authority and guidance to the fatherless. Symbolic, you understand? And we are in a place of not vulnerability. We're not really vulnerable, but we're in a humble place. And in a humble place, the evil wicked want to take advantage of the humble because they think it's an easy target. But the reality is God is the one who does it. In this holy admonition, there's nothing outside of God that has any power or authority over it. Verse 6 says, God places the solitary in families. Have you ever felt alone? Have you ever felt alone in the kingdom of God? And then God brought somebody, another child of his in to say something, to encourage, have an encouraging word, to do something. And it just made you feel so connected. Like you were not alone anymore. This is what he's talking about. And he gives the desolate a home in which to dwell. And I may think that's desolate. That's pretty much solitary. That's alone, by yourself, whatever. But now, he's given us a family that's a general statement. And a home is an intimate statement. Where's the home? It's in the kingdom of God. Who's the family? The body of Christ. It's a beautiful thing. It says he leads the prisoner out to prosperity. We know that that's the process, right? We're in the kingdom of being delivered and freed from the desires of the flesh. And we come into the prosperity, the fruitfulness of the kingdom. But, he says, but, but, the rebellious, I've seen that rebellious. It reminds us that this can be a child of God. This is, because to rebel you have to be under the authority and then you have to go away from the authority. See, that's rebellion. So, when he's talking rebellious here, this is those that are in the kingdom of God that rebel. And they're going to dwell in a parched land, he said. And if we go to Jeremiah, we see that backs up this portion of verse 6. Because it says that he who trusts and leans on and relies on man for his strength and puts his confidence in men and turns his heart from God. He'll live in a dry, parched, salty desert all alone. Because, see, that's a solo operation. When we're doing it on our own power and strength, we're solo. When we're operating in God's power and strength, under his powerful hand, we have all the authority, all the fruit, all of the advantages, all of the intimacy of a family union. In the home of God, where God dwells. And the fruitfulness that comes from that. So, this is, when he's talking rebellion here, he's talking about somebody who is a child of God. Who's being rebellious, going their own way. Maybe they've left God's way for their own. Verse 7. O God, when you went forth before your people, when you marched through the wilderness. Pause, calm. Salah, pause, and calm. Think of that. So, O God, when you went forth before your people, when you marched through the wilderness. See, God never goes before us. While we can't see him physically in the flesh, the scriptures tell us he always goes ahead of us. Either, not either way, but always he's going ahead of us. Because as he comes through us, and his glory is coming through us, that's ahead of us already, you see. So, God is ever before us. So, let's read Hebrews 7 and 1, because we have a salah. Verse 1. God is already beginning to arise, and his enemies to scatter. Let them also who hate him flee before him, as smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let them look and perish before the presence of God. But let the uncompromisingly righteous be glad. Let them be of high spirit to glory before God. Let's let them jubilantly rejoice. Sing to God, sing praises to his name. Cast up a highway for him who rides through the deserts. His name is the Lord. Be in high spirit and glory before him. A father of the fatherless, and a judge and protector of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. God places the solitary in families, and gives the desolate a home in which to dwell. He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land. O God, when you went forth before your people, when you marched through the wilderness, so long have taught us, and now we thank you for that. What a beautiful passage. Verse 8. The earth trembled, the heavens also poured down rain at the presence of God. He is all-authority. This is symbolism to show us that everything is under his power. Yonder, Sinai quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel. Sinai, the mountain God. That's symbolic of his presence. When it quakes, you think of a volcano going off, an earthquake. It's trembling. God, that's the presence, a symbolism of the presence of God. And it's not just any God. It's the God of Israel. The fulfilled promise. This is the God that's on Kingdom. This is the fulfilled promise of the Kingdom. Everything we're reading so far is his promise. And these are the, when we operate in it, we operate in the fulfilled promise, which gives us rejoicing when he pours forth his. Singing is symbolism, but it pours forth an outrageous stretch of praise to God. Verse 9. You, O God, did send a plentiful rain. You did restore and confirm your heritage when it languished and was weary. Now remember, it's symbolism. We've got to do it in spirit and in truth. It's impacted. You, O God, you just gave all the authority to give the illustration symbolically of all these great earthly things that happen, the manifestations on the earth that are representative of God's presence in fulfilling his promise. So, see if you can relate to this. You, O God, did send a plentiful rain. That means enough water. That means, we're trying to, we've got to think in terms of symbolism with crops. Plenty of crops and grass and whatever it is gets plenty of rain. Everything sprouts and grows in its fruit form. But the second half is so beautiful. It's when you did restore. Okay, so there was a time where we needed restoration. And confirm your heritage. Remember, this is not the inheritance. That's the object. The heritage is the qualifying giving of our access to the inheritance, which we know comes from Jesus Christ. We are co-heirs with Christ. And if he didn't qualify, then none of us would qualify. But he did qualify for the eternal inheritance at the right hand of the Father. And so we qualify to receive an inheritance, which is our heritage. But it takes this restoration and confirmation. And this is not something humanistic. Remember, this is what God's doing. You did restore and confirm your heritage. And this last part is what I keep so related to. When it languished and was weary. We're in the heritage, right? The body of Christ. The bride of Christ is the heritage. Eternal life with God is the inheritance. Have you ever felt languished and weary? I know I have. And at just the right time, the plentiful rain comes. And the restoration comes to confirm that relationship. And it just happened recently. What an amazing thing. Because I've just been in this process of trying to come in and let God just transform me. And in a waiting process too, which I'm not usually very good at. Because I tend to worry and do a lot of things. But I'm letting God work on that in me to cut that out of me. So I'm not a worrier. So I can just trust Him and not rely on Him. I think we're going to see what we read in the past in scriptures today. There's no time to just wait on Him and rely on Him. Or fake trust Him. Or you can't see the outcome. And this is what pleases God. But there's times where I felt languished and weary. And at just the right time in so many ways. I mean it could be during the work day. It's like I'm just weary and languished. And then a customer would say something to me. That would be so encouraging. I'd be like, wow. That is just so uplifting. I can't plan that. I can't schedule it. But God can send that plentiful rain to restore and confirm our relationship. When I see what we're heritage of, the spirits tell me it's the relationship that we have. That's the heritage. God wants men to purge all of them into repentance. So that they can have a relationship with God. Intimately. Wholly. Not like as an enemy. They don't want to be an enemy. God does not like that relationship. And it's just so beautiful. Because this is so true. God does this. And He did it. He's done it. Almost on a daily basis. Because I've been languishing and weary about this process. God will bring these little nuggets in. It just lifted my spirits and my soul. And I can praise God for what He's done. How beautiful. Verse 10. Your flock found a dwelling place in it. Oh God, in your goodness did provide for the poor and needy. Where is the dwelling place? It's in the goodness of God. This is where we dwell in the world. The secret place in the most high. It's in the goodness of God. And in there we find protection. Direction. Provision. Here he's talking about provision and direction and protection for things we need. Poverty is symbolic of a need. Provisions. His provisions. And needy. Where we need the direction. Protection. All of the provisions. This is the goodness of God. And this is the dwelling place. It's not a location. We have to really get the symbolism here. If we get caught up in just looking at the word, we're going to get distracted. And I love that he calls us his flock. That's so intimate. And he gives us the secret place. It's the place to dwell. That it's full of his goodness. And he provides. And he gives direction and correction. Verse 11. The Lord gives the word of power. Amazing, right? Because we know he just speaks. Everything comes into being. The word of power. Not only can he create things like the earth and everything we see and know and don't know. But he can save and he can deliver. And he can do transforming work in our lives by just the word of his power. The word of power. Because it's the word. Whatever God pours forth in his word comes to fruition. It's not like he's spitballing out there. Let's try this. That didn't work. Let's try. No, no. He's not human as we are. When he speaks, it is. But notice it's the Lord. Notice he's shifted from God to Lord. So he's talking about direction. He's talking about how we walk. This is how we walk. This is the direction. This is our authoritative leadership where the rubber meets the road. And listen to how he does the symbolism here. It's so good. The Lord gives the word of power. The women who bear and publish the news are a great host. Now, that's not going to bring the truth and the word and all this to women. This is not what he means. He's heavily giving symbolism here. The women who bear. What do women bear? Children. Right? From a woman bears children are born, right? New birth comes from women. And it's symbolic of the new birth as the word of power goes forth. New birth comes forth and establishes it. And it's a great host because it is. We know all the reading that would read it. It's all the earth, right? So that's a great host. So his word is producing new life. And to give us the illustration of the volume and size of the kingdom and what God does, it's a great host to just symbolize that. He's going to go into some more descriptives here to show us the magnitude of the kingdom work. Verse 12, the kings of the enemy's armies, they flee, they flee. She who carries it home divides the spoil left behind. So there's a couple things going on here. First, it's reiterating the magnitude of what God is doing. So we think king's authoritative army is a massive group. And they flee, they flee. So there's no worldly power that can stand up to the word of God going forth and giving birth, right? But those of us who stay in his word, who stay bunkered down in the secret place for the most time, we get to divide the spoil. She who carries it home divides the spoil. And that's beautiful. Though you, the slackers, may lie among the sheepfolds. This is those ones that are in the body of Christ. They're just trying to steal fruit or whatever they're doing. Slackers is what he calls them here. And they're just lying around in slothful beings. So that means they're just not being productive in the body of Christ, right? Because as each member of the body of Christ operates in the kingdom correctly, the body has a chance to grow. Because as each person grows, as God's pruning away those things that are not pleasing, transforming us, the body of Christ grows. But to those who are not allowing him to do this, who aren't staying home, who want to go out on this rebellious route and go do these things, are not going to get this growth process. And they're not going to be contributing to the body of Christ. So it says, Though the slackers may lie among the sheepfolds in slothful ease, yet for his... And it looks... I mean, I'm not going to get into any detail. We'll have to search ourselves and examine, right? But you look at yourself, the body of Christ, I mean, I'd start with yourself. I wouldn't look at the body of Christ. Look at yourself. Search out and test it. Examine your ways and find out, are there any ways in which I'm just kind of going through motions until, like, I can't wait to go to heaven, so I'm just going to go through these motions. I go to church. I raise my hand during the psalm singing. I pray. I give 10% of tithe money to this organized religion. And whatever it is that you're doing, you know, you have to search out, test it, examine your ways. And if you find any way that you're off course, it's a good time to return and come back to the Lord. So though you, the sluggers, may lie among the sheepfolds in slothful ease, yet for Israel, that's the fulfilled promise, the wings of a dove, which we know is symbolic of the Holy Spirit, because that's who's transforming. That's who's moving us. That's who's empowering us. That's where we get. And the wings of the dove, that's the thing that gives the ability to fly, right? The wings are covered with silver. What does silver represent? It's that refined process. The wings of the dove is symbolic of the freedom of Christ, of the power of the Holy Spirit to purge from us the draw, to get the pure silver out. It's pinions excessively green with gold. Again, it's the thing that gives us the freedom, this sanctifying work and purifying work of the Holy Spirit. And these are the crowns. These are the crowns. These are the things, the eternal treasures, that were being stored up by us eternally in the heavens. And it says, in its pinions excessively green with gold are trophies taken from the enemy. See, you can just go through the motions, but we're not going to see any of this. Now this is all symbolic. He's not talking about silver, gold, or a dove. You don't have to understand wings or sheeps or anything like that. He's talking about the body of Christ, and he's talking about operating in the kingdom of God versus being rebellious and just being slack and just going through the motions, thinking, oh, because you raised your hand one day, you're all good to go. But it's a refining process where it's got to refine us like silver. Yesterday's devotion said that, and it says it all throughout the Bible. And gold, even more, even more, higher ranking. That's a higher ranking of sanctification. You know what I mean? God works out the little things, and then we are willing to offer the bigger things to him, and he keeps working on us as we get those. Maybe it's littering. I'm just using an example. Maybe it's littering, and it's a simple thing, but I do it, and I don't want to do it, and I come and I surrender to God. He says, well, obey those who govern you. And they say, don't litter. So, oh, here we go, Lord. Here I am. I'm a litterer. Confess. And God takes that littering away. And now the freedom in Christ has that symbolic refined silver on the wings. And then we go a little deeper, and we say, God, I'm this collector, and I just like stealing things. It's just in my heart. I have this hate for money that I just go steal things. I need to be transformed by you. I know you say, obey those who govern you. You say, thou shalt not steal. And so I confess it, and I bring it to the altar. And time goes on as God starts to purge away from that, the broth of the death that the flesh wants to do. We start to find the death, the deeds of the flesh, and then we see gold produced, you know, symbolic gold produced. And the wings of freedom that we have in Christ now have been adorned with the very sanctifying process. Wow. Wow, man, I tell you, God's word does amaze me. I'm not, I shouldn't be amazed because he's that good, but he does. He just goes further and further. It just starts producing more and more. It comes forth. It's just so amazing. On my fleshly mind, I think I'm kind of smart. One verse right there. Wow. How much it can say. Thank you, Holy Spirit. Verse 14. When the Almighty scatters kings in the land, it was as when it snows in Zalaam, a wooded hill near Shechem. I'm guessing it didn't. Or maybe it snowed heavily because it was a mountain range. I don't really know the history of Zalaam, but what I do know is that scattering kings in the land is a pretty amazing image of power being spread, scattered. Because the Almighty, I think we're going to start to see, when we see the word Almighty used, we're seeing the actual hand of God at work and what he's doing. Like, we have God, the overriding kingdom, and the precepts and the commands of the kingdom. We have the Lord, which leads us in the way. And then we have the Almighty that comes in and actually has the impact. Verse 15. Is Mount Bashan the high mountains of Semen? Is Mount Bashan east of Jordan the mount of God? Why do you look with grudging and envy at the many-peaked mountains of the mountain of the city called Zion, which God has desired for his dwelling place? Yes, the Lord will dwell in it forever. Why? There's two mountain verses here. Oh, there's another one in the next one. So, let's just look at 15. Is Mount Bashan the high mountain of Semen? So, Mount Bashan must have been in that area, right? The highest peak. And you say, look at that highest mountain right there. Is that actually the highest mountain around? No. Why do you look with grudging and envy at the many-peaked mountains of the mountain of the city called Zion? So, this is another representation. You might feel this way. You start feeling grudging and envious towards the body of Christ. This is what he's talking about. And mountain peaks are a reference to something high. So, we think of a pride when we're thinking about this. This is the pride, right? This is our pride that moves us. We're looking at the body of Christ. And we're stoked up with pride. And it reflects grudging and envy. But we just have to come in the secret place. We know we just have to come back in repentance. And we can come into this place. This is just what happens when we go outside of this place of sacrilege and worship. It's given us the protest and the warning. And these are some indicators that we've gone out. When we start to begrudge people and have envy towards others. And Zion is the body of Christ. That is the body of Christ. And this is the dwelling place that God has desired. And it goes higher than any physical mountain. Of course, he's not talking about mountains. But he's talking about the highness and the pride. And which brings envy and grudging. But Zion, the body of Christ, is the place God desires to dwell. Yes, the Lord will dwell in it forever. Because it is his body, in fact. It's his kingdom, in fact. Verse 17. The chariots of God are 20,000, even thousands upon thousands. The Lord is among them as he was in Sinai. So also in the holy place, the sanctuary in Jerusalem. So again, we're talking about the presence of God in the kingdom of God. He was used in Sinai was symbolic of the mountain of God. That's where Moses went up and got the commandment. That was symbolic. So he's using symbolism here, of course. Again, it's all throughout. Everything's going to be symbolism. He speaks to us in parables and symbolism. So that those who seek the spirit and truth will find the truth of the matter and operate in it. And in the holy place, that's that inner sanctuary in the temple in Jerusalem. It was also symbolic of God's presence. Sinai and that were two symbolism things of God's presence. The high, powerful and the intimate. The chariots of God. So that's the power of the kingdom is given symbolism. 20,000, even thousands upon thousands of chariots. Chariots were the top shelf when it came to fighting battles. If you had more chariots, you probably would have won. Because they were just a high-powered vehicle. The horses were the weapons for the multiple people. I mean, it was an amazing tool and weapon. He made some tanks, if you've ever heard of them. Or something like that. Or jets or something. Or drones or whatever. That he rode in this sanctuary. But back then, the chariot was the ruler of the day. And he's given us the merits that are beyond comprehension, really, when it comes to chariots. Can you imagine a lining of 20,000 chariots? The Lord is among them, as he was in Zion. The Lord is the leader. So we have the kingdom power represented in the beginning of the verse. Now we have the leadership that moves and leads us, gives us the authority. And he's reflecting it as in the place. So now the leadership has the same power as the creator. And he's giving us the authority. And he's reflecting it as in the place. And he's reflecting it as in the place. So now the leadership has the same power as the creator power. So it's all the same God, of course. But he's given us symbolism to show us this. So the God of creation, the Father, he has all authority over the kingdom. The lordship given to Christ Jesus is the one who leads us in the same powerful and intimate place. That is being symbolized here. And it says verse 18. You have ascended on high. You have led away captive a train of vanquished foes. A train of vanquished foes. You have received gifts of newness and of rebelliousness, that the Lord God might dwell there with them. You have ascended on high. You have led away captive a train of vanquished foes. That we were defeated in our sin and our enemies were defeated in their way. God leads away a train and we follow him. That's the lordship we just read about. And his authority is ascended on high. He's ascended to the right hand of the Father, the name above every name. So his leadership brings us captive as in a train of vanquished foes. You have received gifts of men. That's the gifts of what we offer our whole lives as living sacrifices. This is our gift. Yes, of the rebellious also, of course. That the Lord God might dwell there with them. The leader and commander and chief of the kingdom will dwell with his people in this place. Blessed be the Lord who bears our burdens and carries us day by day. Even the God who is our salvation. Wow, that's a beautiful summary verse of Jesus. That's why it says blessed be the Lord, not Christ. That's our leader who bears our burdens. He took every sin, everything we're going to do wrong. And knelt at the cross, came out of the grave, went to the right hand of the Father. And now gives us a yoke that is light and a burden that is easy day by day. And that's an intimacy of every day. It's not just some make a decision and one day we're going to heaven. This is not what he's saying here. This is every single day. He's symbolizing that this is a constant thing he does for us. He bears our burdens and carries us day by day. This is why I think it's funny that footprints in the sand poem. And I'm not hating on it, it's a beautiful poem. But the reality is in a kingdom we're always being carried. Not just during the hard parts in life, but always. God always carries us day by day. Even the God who is our salvation. And there's a salon, so let's read that together. Wow, my goodness, I'm just impressed today with this beautiful passage. It says in verse 8, The earth trembled, the heavens also fell down rain at the presence of God. Yonder Sinai quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel. You, O God, did send a plentiful rain. You did restore and confirm your heritage when it languished in this area. Your flock found a dwelling place in it. You, O God, in your goodness did provide for the poor and needy. The Lord gives the word of power. The women who bear and publish the news of the great host. The kings of the enemy's armies, they glee, they glee. She who tarries at home provides the spoil left behind. Though you slackers will lie among the sheepfolds in slothful ease. Yet for Israel, the wings of a dove are covered with silver. Its pinions, excessively green with gold, are trophies taken from the enemy. When the Almighty scattered kings in the land, it was as when it snows on the south of a wooden hill near Shechem. Is Mount Vashon the high mountains of summits? Mount Vashon, east of the Jordan, the mount of God? Why do you look with grudging and envy, you many-peaked mountains, at the mountain of the city called Zion, which God has desired for its dwelling place? Yes, the Lord will dwell in it forever. The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands, the Lord among them, as he was in Zion, so also in the holy place the saints were in Jerusalem. You have ascended on high. You have led away captive a train of vanquished foes. You have received gifts of men, yes, of the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell there with them. Blessed be the Lord who bears our burdens and carries us day by day, even the God who is our salvation. So long, Paul. Amen. What a beautiful passage so far. Let's take a look over here at verse 20. It says, God is to us a God of deliverances and salvation. Oh, I love that. See, the kingdom of God operates in this. He wants men to perish, but all men will come to Him. You know, we give the salvation and that comes through Christ. That's a beautiful thing. But He's saving us also. There's lots of salvation, but I like it. It's because of the plural deliverances. It's plural here. It's not a one-time thing. It's not a raise your hand, you get delivered, and it's done. It's daily. Remember it was day by day? It's not there day by day. And in this place of operating in the kingdom, that's why the reflection of God, we have the deliverances that come from these things of the flesh, the things that we desire in the flesh. God brings deliverance and salvation to us, so that they don't destroy us. And to God, the Lord belongs escape from death, setting us free. That summarizes it. And the Lord is the direction, so we have to be operating under His direction deliverance and salvation and all that happens. This is why He brings the two together here. And really, at the end of the day, the wages of sin is death. So we have this escape, yes, from death in the flesh, but eternal death and separation. And it sets us free. We walked in the freedom of Christ under the dove earlier. Beautiful. But God will shatter the heads of His enemies. The hairy scalp of such a one as goes on stealing His trespasses in guilty ways. So those unrepentant ones, this is who He's talking about. The heads, and I'm thinking this is a reference to the pride, because when we operate outside of God's way, we're operating in pride in our own way. And so it's the head that has to be shattered. We also get a nice New Testament reference, because we have to be renewed in the spirit of our mind. So this is a beautiful illustration of it. And anything that's not with God is an enemy of God. In fact, the flesh, we know, is an enemy of God. That is constantly an enemy that God can never not be. So this is what He's doing. This is when we go and continue in our trespasses in guilty ways, and we just operate there, thinking that we're just going to get away with it, just like the way I thought. I didn't do what I wanted because I was going to heaven. God had to smash me, shatter that thinking in my head. It says, verse 22, The Lord said, I will bring back your enemies from Bashan. I will bring them back from the depths of the Red Sea, that you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their share from the foe. Wow. So there's no reward being outside of the kingdom, and it's going to end up being a blessing, really, for the body of Christ. That's what He's saying. Verse 24, They see your bones, O God, even the solid processions of my God, my King into the sanctuary in holiness. See, this is why it's not how good we can have a plan of salvation. It's not how good we can convince people and do these things. It was a mistake I made back in 2016 when God was transforming us physically. He wanted that to just be the witness and let that go forth as the witness because it's in His holiness that He did it. It's in His sanctuary that He did it. It's not me. It's Him. They see His goings, right? O God, even the solemn processions of my God. I like to use that word solemn because as we're being sanctified, it's a sad, grievous thing because sin grieves us and then it's oftentimes painful in the flesh. Well, it is not oftentimes. It is painful in the flesh to be transformed because the flesh wants what it wants. And it is the consciousness, so to speak, of what we live in. But He said, even the solemn processions of my God, my King, so this is a reflection of us operating in the kingdom of God, into the sanctuary in holiness. That's in that secret place of the Most High, the intimate place where God is working in His children and operating. He says, the fingers go in front, the fingers on instruments last. Between them, the maidens are playing on tambourines. Bless, give thanks and gratefully praise God in whole congregations, even the Lord. O you who are from Jacob, the fountain of Israel. So, this is beautiful. This is all about praise just as it goes forth from us, from what God is doing in us. It's a sanctifying work, so it's grievous in the fact that sin should grieve us. And the praise, when it transforms us, the praise goes forth. And there's a lot of cool things. I like the tambourine mentioned, because when you hit it, it makes a sound. After you've done hitting it, it continues to make that bit of a sound. You see, it's kind of a reverberating thing going on. It's kind of like all instruments do. When you hit the string, you only hit it once, and it keeps making the sound. At least for some time. And tambourine's a great one, because it's a high-pitched sound, and that can travel very quickly and easily. It's a real crisp, clear sound of what God's doing in our lives as He's transforming us. And blessed are things in ways we praise God. This is pouring forth as we pour forth our gratitude and praise. This is blessing God. This is the blessing of God. It's not just, oh, bless the Lord. It's not about that. It's about Him operating in our lives and allowing us to, and staying in the secret place so He can do it. And it says, praise God in full congregations. I mean, in unity. This is our unity in the body of Christ. Even the Lord, the leader of the body of Christ. Oh, you who are from Jacob, that promise to save us and bring us out of death and into the marvelous light. And then it's the fountain of Israel, because from it pours forth rivers of living water as God fulfills promises. Beautiful symbolism. Now, this was an interesting verse. I did a little research on this next verse, 27, because I was just interested to see what it had to say. So it said, There is little Benjamin in the lead, in the procession, the princes of Judah and their company, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali. So we know Judah is praise, right? So let's take a look at Benjamin. Benjamin means son of the right hand. So we know that that's beautiful, because it starts with Christ. He's at the right hand of God. He is the leader, right? This is who leads the procession. It's not about Benjamin, the tribe symbol, the Hebrew tribe. It's symbolism, because we have to search the spirit and truth here. And he showed me the meaning of Benjamin is the son of the right hand, and the son, let me see what it was, the son of the right hand. So we know the right hand of God is the thing that goes forth that we've just been reading about, right? And this is what's pouring forth praise and gratitude and all of this is coming forth out of our lives, because God is working in us. And in 27 it shows us the standing and operating procedures. Jesus has to be the, we've got in 26, even the Lord, okay? So Benjamin is the right, son of the right hand. That is Jesus Christ leading the procession, the firstborn. And actually, in human terms, Benjamin is the youngest. But Jesus Christ is the firstborn, which would make him the oldest, actually, in that fashion. But I like the definition of son of the right hand, because Jesus is the son at the right hand of God who leads us in this procession. It's not because we got together in a group. It's because God is moving us, moving through us. He's transforming us in praise and gratitude coming forth. And we can do this, not even in, I mean, we're not even with each other. We can do this. So there's no limitations here. He's not limiting to only when we get together and congregate and physically. This is a spiritual truth that we have to see here. And then the princes of Judah is the praises, right? So Judah is the praises and their company. So it's all of it. Everybody is pouring forth the praise and gratitude as we saw before the house, because God is operating within their lives. This is for comfort. Now, here's two more new ones that I was not familiar with. Zebulun. Zebulun anthology means gift from God. Gift from God. Gift from God. So why is the praise pouring forth? Because of the gift from God that it was given to us, right? It just makes sense. And princes is a nice reflection because we are transformed into a holy priesthood, a royal nation. We are given the authoritative princeness, the co-heirship of Christ, right? So it's the gift of God that's doing all of this. The hand of God, Jesus Christ, the praises of his people, the gift of God, and Naphtali. Naphtali was my wrestling. It's the gift of God from the wrestling between the flesh and the spirit. What a beautiful truth. Then summarized in standard operating procedure order there. Because the gift of God is the eternal life of Jesus Christ, right? That's Zebulun. That's the gift of being sanctified. The princes of Naphtali would be that wrestling, the process in which it takes place. So beautiful. This is 28. Your God has commanded your strength. See, God commands it. When God commands it, it's done. It's a done deal. It says, Your might and your service and impenetrable hardness and temptation. This is what God commands in his children, to have the strength that's mighty in his service and impenetrable. With hardness to temptation. Oh God, display, but that's the threat. We've got to know temptation is what will try to take us out. But this is very impenetrable to it if we stay in his service in the secret place of the sacrificial worship. Oh God, display your might and strengthen what you have wrought. And I love that. Because again, at the end of the day, it's all God. God is the might, the strength, and he's the one who's formed us and helped us. He did all of the process in verse 26. He's fulfilling the promise which he leads us because Jesus is at the right hand and he led the way. He gives us the praise because he's fulfilling promises in our life. He gives us the princes of Zebulon. Zebulon was that gift. He gives us that gift of salvation through it. And in deliverances, as we just read, deliverances and salvation. And the princes of Naphtali he gives us, he desires to wrestle with us to do this. He desires this process. He desires us to come into this sanctifying process. This is his desire for us because in it we're transformed into the likeness of Jesus Christ. And this is where our strength is. God has commanded all of this. God has made it. He's designed it. He strengthens us with it. It's all of his might so his might will display. Out of respect for your temple at Jerusalem, kings shall bring gifts to you. Out of when people see the work of God in us, they are drawn to him. And what gifts are they bringing? The gifts that God gave them. The gift of deliverance and salvation. Which builds up the walls of the kingdom. This is what we learn. Verse 30, Rebuke the wild beasts dwelling among the reeds. There's always going to be those that reject and do this in Egypt which is reflective of that time when we were enslaved to sin. The herd of bulls, the leaders with the calves of the people. So he's rebuking the herd of bulls, the leaders, the ones that, like when there's a stampede there's those ones that start it. And he's given those things that want to come against this body of Christ. These are the those that want to stay in captivity. We read it above that. Those who go on stealing, trespassing, guilty ways. And they're going to be there. But he says in 30, Rebuke the wild beasts dwelling among the reeds in Egypt. The herd of bulls, the leaders with the calves of the people. This is the offspring of sin. Trample underfoot those who lust for tribute money. Scatter the peoples who delight in war. See all these are lustful flesh. He's talking about this when we're operating where we're operating in our own agenda and our own pride and envy and strife and all of these things and we want what we want and this is what we're going after. This is what he's talking about. This is where we need help against because they're not going to win. They're calling out a doctrine. It says, Verse 31, Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hands with the offerings of submission to God. This is a reflection back to verse 27. Princes is that given authority by God. He is the king of kings and he gives us, the royal priests and holy gates, he gives us that rank, I guess, is what he's using here to symbolize it and it's coming out of slaves to sin. Egypt is slavery. In Ethiopia, I'm not sure if it was throughout Ethiopia, but they shall hasten to stretch out her hands with the offerings of submission. This place of submission to God and this is where they start coming into the kingdom. God will transform them by the work that he's doing. Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth, sing praises to the Lord. Amen. Shalom. So let's go back up and find that second shalom and we'll read on down through. There's a shalom. There we go. We're going to start verse 20. God is to us a God of deliverances and salvation. And to God the Lord belongs escape from death, setting us free. But God will shatter the heads of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such a one as goes on still as trespasses in guilty ways. The Lord said, I will bring back your enemies from Bashan. I will bring them back from the depths of the Red Sea that you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood that the tongues of your dogs may have their share from the foe. They see your valiancy, even the solemn processions of my God, my king into the sanctuary and holiness. The singers go in front, the players on instruments last. Between them, the maidens are playing the tambourine. Blessed, give thanks and gratefully praise God in full congregation, even the Lord of you. O you who are from Jacob, the fountain of Israel. And I just need to drop something for that verse 25. The singers in front, the instruments in the middle, and the tambourines. I mean the instruments at the end and the tambourines in the middle. So we start from that praise that pours forth out of our life because of what God's doing. We get that specific sound coming from the cymbals that are going out, really giving the details of what God is doing. And then the instruments that make a lasting, bulky sound. So it's like it's increasing in its measure of effect. Blessed, give thanks and gratefully praise God in full congregation, even the Lord of you who are from Jacob, the fountain of Israel. There is little Benjamin in the lead of the procession, the princes of Judah in their company, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Daphali. You, God, has commanded your strength, your might and service and impenetrable hardness to temptation. O God, display your might and strengthen what you have brought for us. Out of respect for your temple of Jerusalem, kings shall bring gifts to you. Rebuke the wild beasts dwelling among the reeds. In Egypt, the herds of bulls, the leaders with the calves of the peoples. Trample underfoot those who lust for tribute and money. Scatter the peoples who delight in war. Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hands. For the offerings of salvation to God. Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth. Sing praises to the Lord. Salah. That's how I think of it. Wow. Verse 33. Sing praises to Him who rides upon the heavens. The ancient heavens, behold, He sends forth His voice, His mighty voice. That's the power of God and the authority of God above all things. Power and strength to God. I got ahead of the scripture. His majesty is over Israel. That's the fulfilled promise. And His majesty is a reflection of power and authority. So as He operates in us, that is the glory and honor that are coming forth out of us as He operates in us and fulfills promises. And His strength and might are in the skies. O God, awe-inspiring, profoundly impressive and terrible are You out of Your holy places. And I like that, holy places, because each of us is the temple of God. The God of Israel, the fulfilled promise Himself, gives strength and fullness of might to His people. Blessed be God. Wow, that's amazing. What an amazing passage about the kingdom of God, the power of God, the power of the works of the Father in our lives to bring those into repentance. And some warnings in there about not operating outside of the kingdom. And what that kind of looks like with envy and strife and all of these things. So he led me to Exodus 14 to kind of see this in practical. So let's take a look at the practical on this. We have Exodus 14, and we'll go to verse 1. And it says, And the Lord said to Moses, This is interesting because Moses is very reflective of our Lord. But here, we've got to do spirit and in truth. And we see Jesus Christ and the forerunner really in action and practical. So, using, you know, worldly symbolism in situations. He says, Verse 2, Tell the Israelites, that's us, the children of the fulfilled promise, to turn back and encamp before the fifth high rock between Midgall and the Red Sea before all Zephan you shall encamp opposite it by the sea. For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, They are entangled in the land and the wilderness has shut them in. Now this is interesting because when God leads us into a place it doesn't appear as though that's a very good place to be. It's going to give God the opportunity to operate and set the table. This is what the thing is. It's not us. It's God. God does everything. It's not us. No strength, no power comes from us. It comes from God. So, it doesn't matter. He's high above everything in the world. He revels in the flesh alone. So, we have to, when he moves us into a place and we're looking and we're going to see here in a minute. But God has a purpose and intent to bring us there. That's the important thing that he was bringing to my attention from this situation. So, Moses has brought the Israelites out of Egypt, out of captivity to get to this place where they're trapped. And this is what God's going to do. See, God has a plan. God's in charge of everything. He is the Alpha Omega. He's knew this before time began exactly what to do and how to do it and to get the will of his will done. And it says, and this is what he's going to do. There's four. So, he sends the Israelites, he sends God, the people, the children of God fulfilled promise into this place where it looks like they're trapped. In the flesh, they look trapped. And then the enemy is coming in, right? So, verse four, God says, I will harden, make stubborn and strong Pharaoh's heart that he will pursue them and I will gain honor and glory over Pharaoh and all his hosts and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord and they did so. Now, this is the purpose of God. We go, well, why did he harden Pharaoh's heart? Because some take that delusion, remember the hardening of the heart. God brings delusion to his children and hardens the heart and it's because our heart is hard to begin with usually. But either way, at the end of the day, it's for their own salvation. This is an amazing truth. Because kingdom work went forth from it. Because, you know, what we'll see here as it plays out, I don't want to get ahead of the scripture. But this is why God did this. God, why did he harden Pharaoh's heart? Because he needed Pharaoh to come chase the people down. He needed him to have this pride so powerful in him that he would pursue them to the last. But God's purpose in it is that God will gain honor and glory over the enemy and all the enemy's hosts. And the Egyptians, those who are, that's reflected in the book of slavery, shall know that I am the Lord. Those who are enslaved to sin shall know that I am the Lord. Those who are enslaved to sin will know that God is Lord. And they did so. And it was told the king of Egypt that the people that fled in the heart of Pharaoh in a disservice was changed toward the people. And they said, what is this we have done? We have let Israel go from serving us, the God fulfilled promise, from serving slavery. See, in this hardening process, I mean, in the process, Pharaoh, initially, he wasn't sure, he, okay, let him go, because, yeah, of course, took the firstborn, did all the plagues, and it was enough to stimulate the Pharaoh, because he had hardened his heart and those too, to get him to the point where he would just, in frustration, let them go. And in the process of frustration, his pride wouldn't let it rest. And he came and chased down the Israelites in the wilderness. And now he's, it's confirming what's going on in his heart and mind right here. Now, where he goes, why did I, what was I thinking letting them go? Because he forgot. It's funny how quickly we can forget those things God brings to bring us into this place that he wants us and we'll so quickly forget, you know. And just go right back to some old way of thinking. So here he's thinking he's going to go ahead and put them back into slavery now. I made a mistake now, let's take them back to Egypt. And he made ready his chariots 600 chosen chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt with prophets. So, 600 chosen chariots and all other chariots of Egypt. But we just read about God having 12,000 and thousands upon thousands. See, and Egypt was the power of the time. So, it was to show a symbolism of the power of God. And now we can see it in retrospect in some other numbers and we can get some concepts spiritual and true. I, I, concept of what God was trying to show us that he is all powerful. And so, here comes the Pharaoh he's bringing his chosen chariots 600 chosen chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them. So, he brought all the top shelf army he had. The Lord had made hard and strong the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt and he pursued the Israelites for they left proudly and defiantly. You know, they just walked on out. You know what I mean? All those hundreds of years of slavery and they just walked on out. And that burned him. He had envy now, jealousy in his heart. The Egyptians pursued them as the horses, all the horse, horses and chariots. The Egyptians pursued them all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh and his horsemen and his army and overtook them in camp at the Red Sea by high hair row in front of all zeppelin. This is where God told them to go, remember. When Pharaoh drew near, the Israelites looked up and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them and the Israelites were exceedingly frightened and cried out to the Lord. We may feel frightened in moments when God has told us to do something and go somewhere. I know right now, it seems like I am the Israelite. I am the child of God with the fulfilled promise of God to be the 20,000, 100,000 chariots fighting for me. Right? And so, this is why they cried out to the Lord because in this moment, this is the place God told them to go, remember. But in the flesh, they're looking back. So when we see that threat in the flesh and we're not sure and there's an uncertainty and there's fear, cry out to God. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Cry out to God. Let's do it. Cry out to the Lord. And they said to Moses, is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you treated us this way and brought us out of Egypt? It's nice that they're not exactly going directly at God, but they are coming at Moses, which is the servant of God and did exactly what God told them to do. But they're getting kind of sarcastic with it now. They're like, you just brought us out here to die? You brought us out of slavery, right? Egypt is reflected in slavery. Is it because there are no graves in slavery? No, there's graves in slavery and they could have died in them. But God chose to bring deliverance and salvation and bring his people out and here they are and now they start to complain. And then they get a little sarcastic. Why have you treated us this way and brought us out of Egypt, out of slavery? I mean, can you hear them? It's kind of idiotic sarcasm because they're like, why did you bring us out of slavery? It's like, did we not tell you in Egypt, let us alone? Let us serve the Egyptians. Let's stay enslaved to sin. For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than die in the wilderness. And Moses told the people, fear not. Stand firm. Firm, confident and none dismayed and see the salvation of the Lord which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians you have seen today you shall never see again. We have that potential to operate in the body of Christ if we stay firmly rooted in our trust, hope and confidence in the deliverance and salvation of the Lord. This is what he's telling us. This is a beautiful truth. And if we do that and we operate in that we'll never be slaves again to that sin. God will put it to death. It's an amazing truth. Verse 14, this is how he does it and it's symbolic. We're not just going to line up our army and fight. But the Lord will fight for you because we need that help. Because we were weeping. We were just complaining and crying out about it moments ago. We were thinking slavery was going to be better than going wherever God told us to go. And he told them to go right here in this little trap. He sent them to a trap and hardened the guy to come after him. I love it. Because we're about to see him fight for the Lord. I'm going to have to double check that saying though. I'm a soldier of the Lord. Well, not really. God is the soldier. We're just the servant and he's the one who fights for us. The Lord will fight for us. Remember, it's a spiritual battle anyway. So we can't even comprehend the spiritual yet. We know that's where the battle is at and this is why God fights for us and we're going to hold your peace and remain at rest. So we're just going to stay bunker down in the secret place. We're going to shut our mouth and we're going to just rest in the Lord and know that he is God. Verse 15. The Lord said to Moses, why do you cry in the name of the Lord? Tell the people of Israel to go forward. The Lord said to Moses, why do you cry in the name of the Lord? Tell the people of Israel to go forward. 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