OUR SPIRITUAL CALLING
| WHAT IS THE
PARALLEL TO OUR SPIRITUAL CALLING? WAS GOD THE
FATHER INVOLVED WITH THE ISRAELITES WHEN THEY
CAME OUT OF EGYPT? WHO GAVE THE
TEN COMMANDMENTS? GOD THE WORD
{CHRIST} or GOD THE FATHER? WHAT DOES
THE PHYSICAL EXODUS TYPIFY IN OUR SPIRITUAL
LIVES? The Passover
is a physical counterpart of a spiritual event. The coming
out of Egypt is a physical counterpart of our
spiritual calling out of this world. It is God
the Father who calls us. Joh 6:44 No one can come to Me unless
the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will
raise him up at the last day. Joh 17:6 “I have manifested Your name
to the men whom You have given Me out of the
world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me,
and they have kept Your word. Joh 17:9 “I pray for them. I do not
pray for the world but for those whom You have
given Me, for they are Yours. The Father
calls us and at baptism we are baptised into
Christ and His death. Rom 6:3 Or do
you not know that as many of us as were baptized
into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? It was Jesus
Christ who went with the Israelites in the
wilderness. 1Co 10:1 Moreover,
brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that
all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed
through the sea, 1Co 10:2 all
were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the
sea, 1Co 10:3 all
ate the same spiritual food, 1Co 10:4 and
all drank the same spiritual drink. For they
drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them,
and that Rock was Christ. Before we
proceed any further it is vitally important to
learn what Hebrew words denote God the Father and
what words denote the Word or Christ. H430 Elohiym
can refer to God the Father or Christ or both. H3068
Yehovah, Jehovah, Yhovah or Yhvh can refer to the
Father only. It was the
Father who brought the Israelites out of Egypt and
gave the Ten Commandments. This is new knowledge
for us, we have always thought it was Jesus
Christ. Exo 20:1 And
God H430
spake H1696
( H853 ) all H3605
these H428
words, H1697
saying, H559 Exo
20:2 I
H595
am the LORD H3068
thy God, H430
which H834
have brought thee out H3318 of
the land H4480
H776
of Egypt, H4714
out of the house H4480
H1004 of bondage. H5650 Exo
20:3 Thou
shalt have H1961
no H3808
other H312
gods H430
before H5921
H6440
me. Christ
always put the Father above Himself. There were
two Gods on the mountain when the Ten Commandments
were given. The following scripture is referring
to Jesus Christ because the elders saw Him, and
they ate and drank with Him. Exo 24:9 Then
Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and
seventy of the elders of Israel, Exo 24:10 and
they saw the God of Israel. And there was under
His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire
stone, and it was like the very heavens in its
clarity. Exo 24:11 But on
the nobles of the children of Israel He did not
lay His hand. So they saw God, and they ate and
drank. Compare
verse 11 with Ex 33 v 20. No man can see the
Father and live. Exo 33:20 But He
said, “You cannot see My face; for no man shall
see Me, and live.” In these
above verses we see some interesting facts, Ex 24
states that Moses Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and the
seventy elders saw God. You cannot
look on God the Father and live so let’s see the
explanation: Exo 24:1 Now He
said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you and
Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the
elders of Israel, and worship from afar. Exo 24:2 And
Moses alone shall come near the LORD, but they
shall not come near; nor shall the people go up
with him.” Exo 24:3 So
Moses came and told the people all the words of
the LORD and all the judgments. And all the
people answered with one voice and said, “All
the words which the LORD has said we will do.” Here we see
God the Father told Moses he alone could come near
the Lord, but the others were permitted only to
worship afar off. Now how did
Moses look on God the Father and not die? We see
plainly by the following scriptures that God the
Father spoke through a cloud or fire. Exo 33:9 And it
came to pass, when Moses entered the tabernacle,
that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at
the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked
with Moses. Psa 99:6 Moses
and Aaron were among His priests, And Samuel was
among those who called upon His name; They
called upon the LORD, and He answered them. Psa 99:7 He
spoke to them in the cloudy pillar; They kept
His testimonies and the ordinance He gave them. These
scriptures make it plain that Moses could speak to
God the Father through a cloud or fire and not be
harmed, this is the way God the Father chose to
speak to him. It caused no trouble to Moses as he
was able to speak to him as a friend, this
following scripture face to face can also be
explained: Exo 33:11 So the
LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man
speaks to his friend. And he would return to the
camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a
young man, did not depart from the tabernacle. The
following scripture explains the above: Deu 5:4 The
LORD talked with you face to face on the
mountain from the midst of the fire. The God who
gave the Ten Commandments said He would not go up
in the midst of the Israelites. Exo 33:1 Then
the LORD said to Moses, “Depart and go up from
here, you and the people whom you have brought
out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I
swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To
your descendants I will give it.’ Exo 33:2 And I
will send My Angel before you, and I will drive
out the Canaanite and the Amorite and the
Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the
Jebusite. Exo 33:3 Go up
to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I
will not go up in your midst, lest I consume you
on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.” Exo 33:14 And He
said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will
give you rest.” Exo 23:20 Behold,
H2009
I H595
send H7971
an Angel H4397
before H6440
thee, to keep H8104
thee in the way, H1870
and to bring H935
thee into H413
the place H4725
which H834
I have prepared. H3559 Exo 23:21 Beware
H8104
of H4480
H6440
him, and obey H8085
his voice, H6963
provoke H4843
him not; H408
for H3588
he will not H3808
pardon H5375
your transgressions: H6588 for H3588 my
name H8034
is in H7130
him. Isa 63:9 In
all H3605
their affliction H6869
he was afflicted, H6862
and the angel H4397
of his presence H6440
saved H3467
them: in his love H160
and in his pity H2551
he H1931
redeemed H1350
them; and he bare
H5190 them, and carried H5375 them
all H3605
the days H3117
of old. H5769 It was
stated earlier that Christ went before the
Israelites 1 Cor. 10 v 4 so the Presence, or Angel
stated in the above scriptures was indeed Christ,
the Hebrew word for Angel (H4397) can mean
messenger. H4397
mal-awk' From an unused root meaning to despatch
as a deputy; a messenger; specifically of God,
that is, an angel (also a prophet, priest or
teacher): - ambassador, angel, king, messenger. This
knowledge now being understood, we can plainly see
that it was God the Father who said He would not
go up in the midst of the Israelites. The analogy
of coming out of Egypt is the perfect counterpart
of our being called out of this world. The Passover
must be kept at the correct time and the above
truths must be acknowledged. 2Ti 2:25 in
humility correcting those who are in opposition,
if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so
that they may know the truth, This
knowledge will then lead into the true meaning of
the Wave Sheaf of Lev 23 {which is discussed in
another article on this site} and also the true
meaning of John 17 v 3. Joh 17:3 And this is eternal life,
that they may know You, the only true God, and
Jesus Christ whom You have sent. And Mat 16:15 He
said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Mat 16:16 Simon
Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ,
the Son of the living God.” Mat 16:17 Jesus
answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon
Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not
revealed this to you, but My Father who is in
heaven. Mat 16:18 And I also say to you that
you are Peter, and on this rock I will build
My church, and the gates of Hades shall not
prevail against it. God’s church
is built on the foundation of verse 16. To
understand the revealed truth about God the Father
and His Son Jesus Christ, read our article, at
this site “God the Father Revealed”. This is
vital amazing truth revealed by God the Father in
these last days and is vital for understanding
God’s plan for man. |