Presentation of the Lamb of God

 “And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭3‬:‭15‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Jesus replied to John the Baptist that it was only right to do all that God required and then John baptised Jesus.  John was fulfilling the righteous requirement of the presentation of the Lamb of God as the sacrifice for sins.  John had to publicly wash the Lamb of God to fulfill the requirement of the law.  Jesus was not repenting but offering Himself as God’s sinless Lamb.  At Jesus’s age the Levitical priests were ordained to serve and now Jesus was dedicated as the High Priest over God’s household of faith.  John baptised with water; our Father God baptised Jesus with Holy Spirit’s power; Jesus baptises us with the same Holy Spirit and with fire.  Glory to God!

Led & Guided by the Holy Spirit

 “Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭23‬:‭20‬ ‭KJV‬‬

In the wilderness, God sent His Angel to guide and guard His people during the entire journey until they reached the place prepared for them.  He put His very Name into the Angel and commanded the children of Israel to listen and follow Him.  If they walked in obedience, blessings came on them.  In Christ, in the new covenant, God’s Holy Spirit has come to dwell in us.  Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide us into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will shew us things to come.  Let’s not grieve the Holy Spirit but be led by Him into a victorious and fruitful, healthy life.  He gives us peace, going before us, removing our enemies, establishing our borders so that we have life and that more abundantly.  Hallelujah!

Jesus Christ of Nazareth

 “and he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭2‬:‭23‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Joseph was given a dream to return from Egypt and settle down in Nazareth.  So he settled his family in the village of Nazareth, fulfilling the prophecy that Jesus would be known as the “Branch.”  The Branch of the Lord would come and establish righteousness.  This Branch is taught throughout the Scriptures, from the Tree of Life to the seven branches of the Lampstand, to Jesus the Vine calling us His branches.  Jesus is the Scion that can be transplanted and grafted into human life.  Jesus is the Branch Who was raised in the village of the Branch which means Nazareth.  He is the Victorious Branch of Nazareth, worthy of all our praise.  Amen!

The Fatherless & the Widow

 “Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭22‬:‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭KJV‬‬

God has time and time again showed His mercy and compassion on the widow and the fatherless child.  The purest and most uncompromising form of religious expression is found in our close intimate connection with God Who is the Father of mankind.  He is the One Who inspires us to take a genuine interest in helping the fatherless and the widows in their plight and to make sure that our own life does not become blemished in the process.  This is the true spirituality that is pure in the eyes of our Father God, to make a difference in the lives of the orphans, and widows in their troubles, and to refuse to be corrupted by the world values.  Let’s be those who provide our Father’s comfort to the comfortless.  Amen!

Jesus

“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭1‬:‭21‬ ‭KJV‬‬

She will give birth to a Son and you are to name Him “Saviour”, for He is destined to give His life to save His people from their sins.  This is what the angel from God told the virgin and the prophet had already foretold it hundreds of years before.  The Hebrew for Jesus is Yeshua or Y’hoshua, and means “Yahweh is salvation, restoration and deliverance.”  The writer of this Gospel wrote it in Hebrew for the Jews and then for the wider reach among the rest of the world, it was translated to Greek and hence “Jesus”!  There is no other saving, restoring or delivering power except Jesus!  Let’s give our heart to Him, Amen!

Love Your Enemies

 “And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭21‬:‭23‬-‭25‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The Lord Jesus taught how to fulfill this law that Moses gave, in this way.  He said to the Jews, “Your ancestors have also been taught to take an eye in exchange for an eye and a tooth in exchange for a tooth, but I say to you, don’t repay an evil act for  another evil act.”  He goes on to teach us to love our enemies and bless the one who curses us, and do something wonderful for the one who hates us, and respond to the very ones who persecute us, by praying for them.  This will reveal our identity as children of our loving Father Who makes the sun to shine and the rain to fall on the good and the evil people of the world.  In the culture of revenge, protests, activism and such, it takes courage to reveal the identity of the God of love, in Whose image we are created and Who sent His Son to die in our place to take away our sins.  Thank God He rose again to forever make us right with Him.  Let’s be bold to reveal the love of our Father in heaven!  Amen!

The Radiant Morning Star

 “I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭22‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

I Am Jesus.  I sent My angel to be witness of these things to you before the churches; confirming to them that I Am the Root and Offspring of David, the radiant Morning Star!  The Spirit and the Bride beckons, “Come!”  And everyone in whom this bold bidding resonates, extend the same urgent invitation, “Oh yes, come!”  This is for the thirsty to come and quench their deepest longings by freely drinking from the water of life!  When the Morning Star appears, we don’t need the lamp!  Isaiah had foretold that the Incarnate Jesus, the Root of Jesse, the Offspring of David, would come and rise to rule the Gentiles.  The Spirit of the Lord would rest on Him to prepare the Bride.  Everyone who is thirsty would come!  Let’s thirst for our Lord with a passion.  Amen!

Worship the Only True God

 “And God spake all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭20‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The Ten Commandments are God’s eternal, unchanging principles and as new creatures in Christ we cannot ignore but rather fulfill them, given by our Commander Himself.  He enables us to fulfill them because Jesus fulfilled the law on the Cross and finished it.  In Christ, His commandments are not burdensome but a delight because He gave us His Holy Spirit living inside us to obey them.  All these laws are summed up in the royal law of love.  Loving God and neighbours is fulfilled by the love God has poured into us by the Holy Spirit.  The Ten Commandments deal with the fruit, the Gospel deals with the root.  We can do all things through Christ Who strengthens us.  What good news!  Hallelujah!

The Chief Cornerstone of our Foundation

 “And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭21‬:‭14‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Jesus came in human form and preached this sweet message of peace to us, the ones who were distant, and to those for whom the promises and covenants were given, the Jews - the entire human race is included!  Our lives now give tangible definition to the spiritual structure, having been built into it by God upon the foundation that the prophets and apostles proclaimed.  Jesus Himself is the Chief Cornerstone, in Him we are all fitted together.  In Him we are co-constructed together as God’s permanent spiritual residence.  We are God’s address!  Hallelujah!

Treasured Possession

 “Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭19‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The Israelites were God’s treasured people if they obeyed Him fully, they had to earn this position.  In Christ today, we are His treasured possession because Christ has earned this position and given it to us free of cost.  Christ’s Cross made us who believe, a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that we may proclaim the praises of Him Who has called us out of darkness into His marvellous Light.  Through Jesus’s obedience, we became chosen and a royal priesthood anointed with His Anointing to bring the sacrifice of worship to Him, ruling and reigning with Him.  Christ’s Blood has made us holy to be His holy nation.  We are His purchased possession, His special property, of more value to Him than the entire universe.  We are His royal diadem in whom He finds delight to use us as He wills to bring pleasure to Him.  Thank You Jesus for all these privileges and being special to You.  Amen!

Jesus, the Eternal Victor

 “and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭20‬:‭3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

He then hurled him into the bottomless abyss, shut him up and set a seal upon him, and thus made it impossible for him to continue to deceive the nations for the complete duration of the symbolic thousand years; he would then be let loose on the earth for a very brief moment.  The defeat of the diabolical deception is a sealed deal.  The complete contrast of Jesus’s resurrection is pictured here - Jesus’s tomb was secured with a large rock, then sealed and guarded by Roman soldiers; yet Jesus rose and came back with the keys of death and Hades, the stone was rolled away and He stepped out the Victor, leading mankind out as His trophies!  Jesus’s descent  into hell, to mankind’s deepest pits of despair, and then His resurrection when He co-raised the entire human race into a place of joint-reigning with Him,  placing every enemy under His feet, is the clearest announcement!  Glory to God!

Respect & Honour

 “Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God: Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: and let them judge the people at all seasons:”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭18‬:‭19‬, ‭21‬ KJV‬‬

Although Moses had face to face encounters with YHWH, yet he learned the importance of godly counsel through human beings and delegating authority.  Life in Christ submits to the counsel of godly people in whom abides the anointing which teaches all things.  In Christ, we need the Body of Christ to function effectively.  Let’s respect the elders without the superior attitude.  Moses humbly took the correction from his father in law Jethro, and effectively chose counsellors that were mature and willing to take responsibility, staying as counsellors and not becoming commanders!  Let the Holy Spirit lead us in a culture of honour and respect, rejoicing to see God’s blessings on others.  Let’s be transparent, sharing our struggles and victories with the counselling elders over us, as Moses did with Jethro.  Let the Body of Christ move in the bond of unity with love.  Amen!

The Bride

 “And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭19‬:‭8‬-‭9‬ ‭KJV‬‬

She was given the finest linen to clothe herself as she stands wrapped in radiant white - dressed in spotless, saintly innocence of the righteousness of the Redeemer.  And the angel instructed John to record this in writing: Oh the blessedness of this bliss which is the supreme celebration of the union of the ages!  We have individually been identified by name and invited to the Lamb’s supper, concluding in the ultimate wedding feast!  This is the grand finale in the unveiling of God’s Word.  This is not a wedding where we are invited simply because we’re a friend of a friend of the Groom or the Bride, or a distant second cousin’s relative on someone’s mother’s side!  No!  We are the Bride!  Hallelujah!

The LORD Our Victory Banner

 “And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭17‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭KJV‬‬

In Rephidim the Israelites faced a great battle against Amalek and won a great victory where God revealed His redemptive Name - YHWH Nissi - The Lord is our Victory Banner.  Today the Cross is our victory banner against our ferocious enemy.  We, who are in Christ, give no place to the devil, our enemy because he knows his authority is broken over us and he cannot touch a single hair of our head, unless we give him place.  Complaining and grumbling is the way to give place to the devil.  Focussing on the devil’s works rather than the Cross, also gives place to the devil.  Let’s not confess lack in our lives, emotionally or physically.  Doubting God’s Word and His promises is another way of giving place to the devil.  When we are weary and weak, let’s learn to thank, praise and worship God, confessing His promises which are ‘yes’ and ‘Amen’ in Christ.  Let’s shut the door on the devil and give him no place, lift up the YHWH Nissi cry and be victorious!  Amen!

Choose Resurrection of Life

 “For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭18‬:‭5‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Her perverted twistedness of God’s image in you, has piled up and polluted every square inch of earth and sky.  In the death and resurrection of the slain Lamb, God confronted every remembrance of the unrighteousness she represents.    When John saw this vision, it was a future event, but with God this prophecy of mankind’s deliverance from deception is so certain that it is already completed.  He called things that were not as though they were.  That’s why God said that He will be merciful to their unrighteousness, And their sins and their iniquities will He remember no more.  Jesus said, “Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.”  Amen!

Manna and the Bread of Life

 “And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭16‬:‭35‬ ‭KJV‬‬

When Israel grumbled for food, God provided manna from heaven, and they ate this for forty years till they came to Canaan.  God commanded them to keep a portion of manna in the ark of the covenant for them and succeeding generations to remember.  Manna provided the wandering Israelites with all the nutrition and because of this miracle food they were without sickness or weakness in all that time.  Jesus is the Bread of God, the Bread of Life, the Bread from heaven.  He not only meets our physical needs but feeds our spirit.  The manna eating generation of wandering Israelites died but if anyone eats  of the Living Bread from heaven will live forever.   The Bread of Life is surplus, overflowing and abundant, we will never hunger or thirst.  Whoever has Jesus, has this Life, energising us with vitality, strength, victory, power and all we need in life.  Life in Christ exalts us from servanthood to sonship.  The more we feed on the Word, which is spirit and life, the more Christ’s Life is manifested in us, and we are ever fresh, vibrant and perfectly nurtured in Him.  Amen!

The False & the True

 “And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭17‬:‭4‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The woman was draped in purple and scarlet fabric, festooned and sprinkled with golden glitter and ornaments.  She was elaborately decorated with gold, precious stones and pearls, holding a golden cup in her hand which was brimming with defiling obscenities and the stench of her impurities.  The surface, make-believe beauty and apparent splendour cannot hide her true filthy character - like the white-washed tombs Jesus compared the religious systems.  The harlot represents the counterfeit cup of covenant, compared to the cup of the Lord.  This cup of the Lord is the new covenant in His Blood, which we, the Church, drink often in remembrance of Him.  The covenant cup of the Lord communicates the redeemed life Christ gave us.  This Christ-life is incarnate in our person as we celebrate our union with Him.  Glory to God!

YHWH Rapha

 “And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, and said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭15‬:‭25‬-‭26‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The first revelation of YHWH Rapha, the Lord God our great healer was here at Marah, meaning bitter.  Sickness is a bitter curse, never a blessing in disguise as some imagine.  Our bodies are designed to resist sickness because God has created a powerful immune system to fight sickness.  God revealed this healing covenant at the bitter place and later ratified it on the Cross when by Jesus’s stripes we were healed.  Sickness kills God’s blessings of joy and peace when we complained and murmur.  After their deliverance, Israel sang songs of praises to God till they reached Marah, making bitter complaints against God.  The Cross today is our only remedy for the world.  Our salvation at the Cross included healing.  Sin and sickness is alike to God, to be done away with.  Thank You for the Cross, Lord Jesus!

The Fire of God’s Wrath

 “And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭16‬:‭1‬ ‭KJV‬‬

John writes that he heard the sound of a loud voice coming out of the seven angels to pour out upon the earth, the weight of the passion of God which had been loaded onto the golden fire-pans they received from the brazen altar of sacrifice.  On the day of atonement, once a year, the high priest took the fire from the great altar in a golden censer and when he came down from the altar, he took incense from one of the priests and went with it to the golden altar and offered it.  This symbolised the Cross and the Lamb of God dying mankind’s death.  The obstinate slave-mindset of the earth-dwellers is addressed in this judgment to overcome and persuade every individual to awaken them out of slumber to see the triumph of the Lamb in their behalf. The consuming fire of God’s wrath on the Lamb of God on mankind’s behalf, is what sanctifies us.  God took His punishment on Himself to makes us His own.  Worthy is the Lamb!

Hold Your Peace

 “The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭14‬:‭14‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Moses told the frightened Israelites that the Lord will fight for them and they shall hold their peace.  Our victory today is based on Christ’s victory at the Cross and God our Father gets the honour.  In Christ God is fighting our battles from beginning to end and the enemy knows he is fighting against God!  Let’s see our battle as His battle, standing still and seeing the salvation of our God.  Our enemy is satan who hated God before hating us and God declared war on him and his crushing defeat was manifest at the Cross. Christ spoiled principalities and powers, and made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.  Satan can never know God’s war strategy which is revealed to us in Christ by the Holy Spirit.  Our war armour is God’s armour.  The Holy Spirit trains us for victory in our battle as we fix our eyes on Christ and not on our enemies.  If we focus on the devil, we are discouraged but when we focus on Christ, we sing thanksgiving and praise as we worship in the battle!  We keep our peace at all times because of our confidence in the finished and victorious work of the Cross.  Let’s not waste our time on the destructive works of satan, but on our all powerful Christ as we ascribe all glory, strength, power and victory to God.  Hallelujah!

New Song of the Redeemed

 “And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭15‬:‭3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

This song of the redeemed echoes the song of Moses, God’s servant, and the song of the Lamb, singing, “The things You do are spectacular and amazing, Lord God Almighty.  Righteousness and truth are Your trademarks!  You are King of the ages and of the nations.  Moses’ song after the victory over Pharaoh, is a prophetic picture.  Egypt is not the enemy, but that mindset is, which enslaves one to an inferior life, as compared to the life of God’s design!  Egypt and Israel are equally included in the Lamb’s triumph and agapé of God!  We, in Christ, are called to sing to the Lord a new song for the Lamb has done marvellous things!  Let’s bow down in humble adoration to Him and sing the new song of the redeemed!  Hallelujah!

Faith to Please God

 “And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭13‬:‭19‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear to do this. He said, “God will certainly come to help you. When He does, you must take my bones with you from this place.”  Joseph was sure that the Hebrews will enter the promised land and before his death made them promise to take his bones, because he believed in the covenant of the God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob.  It was by faith that Joseph, when he was about to die, said confidently that the people of Israel would leave Egypt. He even commanded them to take his bones with them when they left.  This faith is what God commends.  For us in Christ, has God obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also Christ is the Mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.  Let’s have faith in the better covenant Christ made with us.  Amen!

The Final Sacrifice Outside the City Walls

 “And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭14‬:‭20‬ ‭KJV‬‬

And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed out of the winepress was as deep as a horse’s bridle and it flooded a thousand stadia.  Wherefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own Blood, suffered without the gate.  Jesus is the final sacrifice and was slain outside the city walls.  The symbolic depth of a horse’s bridle and a thousand stadia speak of the completeness and universality of the world-wide impact of the Blood Covenant of Jesus.  The horror of the Cross is now the eternal trophy of God’s triumph over sin!  God’s brilliant triumph demonstrated in Christ forever!  Glory to God!

The Feast of Unleavened Bread

 “Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭12‬:‭15‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Starting with the Passover, the important feast of unleavened bread continues for seven days when the Jews had to remove every trace of leaven from their homes or risk being cut off.  Leaven is the sin in our life.  For us, Christ our Passover and every trace of sin is removed from our life by the Holy Spirit, with our conscious cooperation.  The Corinthian church was sanctified in Christ as an unleavened lump.  Yet they would tolerate sin and Paul rebuked them for it.  To fully experience our Calvary victory today, we keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.  In Christ, we have His purity because of the tremendous cleansing and purging power of His Blood.  Satan has no legal ground to harm us when we are in Christ walking in purity.  Keeping the unleavened bread festival allowed the Jews to enter into God’s full blessings.  That life which denies the miracle working power of life in Christ, which is the Gospel, is leaven. Let’s remove leaven (sin, compromise, corruption) and partake of the Bread of Life as a joyful celebration. Amen!

No Buying or Selling of Christ

 “and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭13‬:‭17‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The intent was clear - to control the world markets by manipulating people’s minds and behaviour with the same idea of the original sin, with its typical symptoms which ‘not being defined by your identity but by your works to trade in and endorse your identity by your works!’  Failure and sin-consciousness is the currency of the entire religious industry - no one can buy or sell without being identified by the character, name and password of their idol, the beast.  When Jesus first went up to the temple in Jerusalem in time for the Jewish Passover, He was shocked to find scores of traders and money brokers comfortably set up in the sanctuary. He plaited a whip and drove everyone out overturning their tables sending money flying all over the place.  Jesus dramatically revealed that His Father has no delight in our religious sacrificial systems with its sin-conscious currencies.  His own skin was whipped and broken to drive out sin-consciousness from our minds - the ultimate cleansing of the Temple He has made our bodies to be - the sanctuary of God within us!  How can we turn our Father’s house into a shopping mall?  Amen!

In Christ the Fullness of God’s Power in You

 “And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭11‬:‭4‬-‭5‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Moses shook the whole nation from Pharaoh to the animals and they were never the same.  But now in the new covenant, your glory and power in Christ is far greater than Moses’!  In Christ, His same immeasurable anointing is now on you.  You can be filled with all the fullness of God’s power as you are filled with the Spirit, to affect the nations for Christ.  The need of the hour today is the nation-shaking, government-influencing public miracle power of God when you as God’s new creation rise to your full potential in Christ.  Moses’ miracles touched his own people, Pharaoh, his government, the witchcraft power of the magicians, every man, animal and vegetation was affected.  The last days miracles will supersede all the Bible miracles and God will show mighty wonders in heaven and signs on earth to bring the greatest harvest to the Church.  You who are in Christ, can break all the power of the enemy and convince this unbelieving world that your God is the only true God!  Amen!

Good News Carriers

 “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭12‬:‭11‬ ‭KJV

Michael and his army of angels conquered the dragon because of the Blood of the Lamb and the Word of Jesus’s testimony.  The dragon and his followers did not believe that the agapé of Life discovered in Christ can be threatened or terminated in death!  The Blood of the Lamb brought closure to every possible accusation against the human race.  This is the testimony of the prophetic Word announcing the Good News throughout the ages.  The Light of the glorious Gospel shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never comprehend or extinguish it!  Let our testimony be as good news carriers declaring the Gospel wherever we go and the Blood of the Lamb backs us up every time!  Hallelujah!

Dishonour & Disaster

 “And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die. And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭10‬:‭28‬-‭29‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Get out of here!” Pharaoh shouted at Moses. “I’m warning you. Never come back to see me again! The day you see my face, you will die!” “Very well,” Moses replied. “I will never see your face again.”  When you dishonour men of God, they may be prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, apostles, whether by your words, actions, attitudes, behaviour or legal positioning, you may be sure that God will fight for His people and you will come to disaster.  This is what happened to the Pharaoh.  That is why Paul wrote for us in the new covenant “Dear brothers and sisters, honor those who are your leaders in the Lord’s work. They work hard among you and give you spiritual guidance. Show them great respect and wholehearted love because of their work. And live peacefully with each other.”  This is so because the Church (regardless of denomination) belongs to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, Who gives us grace and peace.  Let’s strive for peace and honour with God’s people rather than learn through disasters.  Amen!