The
children of Israel had been delivered from the Egyptians, from slavery,
from chains and from their histroy and past forever. And yet, even though they had
been delivered by a Mighty Hand, and I do mean by a mighty all powerful
Hand, still the things of there past, both creatures and situations took
flight and were chasing after them..As they pursued them, and as all this
came to the mind and to the sight of the redeemed of Israel, all this
tormented Israel saying mercilessly REMEMBER ME, REMEMBER ME, I'm coming
back into your life, to haunt you and bring you back into MY BONDAGE ....
These creatures and the things of their past were
chasing after them. The sight and the thought of them and those
memories terrified the redeemed, the people God delivered.....But let us
look how God handled both their fears, and their past, and the enemies of
their past....In Exodus 14:13-14) we find out how....."And Moses said to
the people, Do not be afraid, Stand still, and see the salvation of the
Lord, which He will accomplish for you this day. For the Egyptians who
you see today, you will see no more. 14) The Lord will fight for you, and
you shall hold your peace". Hold your peace means to worry not, to fret not ......
Friends all this was, in a mystery, a
foreshadow of The Cross of Christ and His resurrection that was to come.
The salvation, the deliverance, and our eternal redemption that we have
in Christ is seen clearly in shadow forms all thru the events of
Israels deliverance and salvation from Pharaoh, from their slavery to his powers, and
from Egypt's laws, and rule over them, and their past with all it's shameful history.....
Pharaoh
represented Satan, Moses represented Christ, and the wooden Staff the
Cross and Gods Power in the Cross. The Red Sea the blood of Christ and
God parting the Red Sea was God saving us and doing for us what was
IMPOSSIBLE for us to do for ourselves..All they had to do was trust in, rely on, and believe so much as to enter into and walk in by faith trusting in the So Great A Salvation That God Had Fully Provided For Them thru the Red Sea (Christ Redeeming Blood).
When they crossed over to the
other side thru the blood (The Res Sea) they physically went thru what
we go thru spiritually as revealed in John 5:24, they passed from death unto
life, from law into liberty, from bondage to freedom. Colossians 1:12-13) God delivered them from the power of darkness
and translated them into the kingdom of His dear Son. They went out from
slavery under the bondage of the Laws of Egypt into a glorious
liberty by Grace. Their deliverance and their salvation was the workmanship of God and not of their own doings. He did all the hard labor, they just had to follow His Lead.....So it is for us with Christ.
And also, As God took care of the children of Israels
past, of their history, of their past bondage's, of their past enemies
powers and laws and rule and dominion over them, even so Christ thru the
blood of His Cross, he has don FOR US the same thing. He has abundantly pardoned us....From the Cross,
Christ says to us," thru this I am taking care of all your past and
future, for thru the blood of My Cross I am obtaining for you
deliverance from all your past sins, past history.....And I am obtaining for you MYSELF thru the blood of MY CROSS eternal redemption and so great a
salvation. The laws that used to condemn you, and hold you in slavery to
sin and all the history and sins of your past and all the enemies of
your past this day thru the blood of My Cross I am saving and delivering
you from forever.
With this in mind, lets now read Exodus 24:13-14) in an updated form for
the purpose, to get the point that God is teaching us from it......"So do
not be afraid of your past life style, past history, past sins, and of
the enemies of your past. Stand still (means believe, rest in faiths
assurance that I am and have done this) and see the salvation of the
Lord, which He will accomplish FOR YOU this day. For Satan and sins, and
your past history in all those different kinds of sins and their power and dominion
over you shall be NO MORE FOREVER....Jesus.
We are to believe this just as the children of Israel were to believe the good news that Moses preached to them when he preached Exodus 14:13-14)....Believe this and Be
Believing. For whom the Son has set free is free indeed....Your totally washed and freed from all your past sins and history no matter how degrading or how sinful it was. Worry not. Fret Not and enjoy the love God has for you in the salvation of the Lord. Stand Still. Be at Peace. God has redeemed you with His own precious blood. Have faith in God.
This is just a
portion of HOW REDEEMING POWERFUL the Cross of Christ, His shed
blood, and His death and His resurrection is. We need not worry about
our past, or our past sins, or our past history no matter how ugly, and
terrible, and shameful it was,.....This is a Word of His love and grace
to this generation with the hope that we will repent and turn to God by
faith in Jesus Christ so that all this goodness that Jesus wants to do for us can come upon us this day
and forevermore......deno,.......please share freely.