DEUTERONOMY 8 - EXODUS: THE PURPOSE OF THE WILDERNESS
AS I AM PRAYING TODAY .. THE RHEMA WORD THAT IS COMING TO ME IS WILDERNESS FROM DEUTERONOMY 8 WHERE GOD IS SPEAKING ABOUT THE STAGES OF THE EXODUS:
1. SLAVERY IN EGYPT (we are here 📍 )
2. WILDERNESS
3. PROMISED LAND
"For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; a land where you will eat bread without shortage, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper. When you have eaten and are satisfied, then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you. "Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by failing to keep His commandments and His judgments (precepts) and His statutes which I am commanding you today; otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived in them, and when your herds and flocks multiply, and your silver and gold multiply, and all that you have increases, then your heart will become lifted up [by self-conceit and arrogance] and you will forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; it is He who brought water for you out of the flinty rock. He fed you manna in the wilderness, [a substance] which your fathers did not know, so that He might humble you [by dependence on Him] and that He might test you, to do good [things] for you at the end. Otherwise, you may say in your heart, 'My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.' But you shall remember [with profound respect] the Lord your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore (solemnly promised) to your fathers, as it is this day."
DEUTERONOMY 8:7-18
AFTER THE 10 PLAGUES WHICH WERE INTENDED TO PUNISH THE WICKED .. not the righteous .. GOD BROUGHT HIS CHILDREN INTO THE WILDERNESS. THE PURPOSE OF THE WILDERNESS WAS TO TEACH THEM HUMILITY .. TO TEACH THEM HOW TO TRUST IN THE LORD FOR ALL OF THEIR NEEDS .. TO TEACH THEM HOW TO SERVE ONLY THE ONE TRUE LIVING GOD AND NOT OTHER gods.
HE GAVE THEM MANNA (the Bread of Life) & WATER FROM THE ROCK (Living Water) .. WHICH THEY COMPLAINED WAS NOT ENOUGH. THEY FOCUSED ON THE HARDSHIPS OF THEIR CURRENT CURCUMSTANCES IN THE WILDERNESS RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON THE PROMISE THAT LAY AHEAD .. THEREFORE THEY SINNED WITH THEIR MOUTHS (blaming Moses & talking smack) & TURNED THEIR BACKS ON GOD WHO HAD JUST SET THEM FREE.
THEIR REBELLION (sin) OPENED THE DOOR FOR DEMONIC ATTACKS SO THAT FIERY SERPENTS & SCORPIONS (demons) BIT THEM AND MANY OF THEM DIED (sin leads to death). TO HEAL & DELIVER THEM, GOD GRACIOUSLY HAD THEM FOCUS INTENTLY UPON THE SERPENT ON THE POLE (Jesus nailed to the cross).
THE WILDERNESS IS INTENDED TO BE A TIME FOR ENDURING, TRUSTING & GROWING IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD. IT IS THE PLACE WE ARE TAUGHT GOD'S FAITHFULNESS & THAT HIS PROMISES ARE TRUE .. IT IS WHERE WE LEARN TO WALK IN HIS WAYS & HOW TO DEAL WITH ATTACKS OF THE ENEMY .. IT IS WHERE WE LEARN TO FOCUS ON JESUS & RECEIVE THE VICTORY HE GAVE US THAT DAY AT CALVARY!!!
THE SAME APPLIES TO THE GREATER EXODUS IN OUR DAY. GOD IS BRINGING US OUT OF EGYPT (slavery to the world system) INTO THE WILDERNESS .. THEN INTO THE PROMISED LAND. THERE IS A PURPOSE FOR THE WILDERNESS. LET US NOT MISS IT!!!
"The thing that has been-it is what will be again, and that which has been done is that which will be done again; and there is nothing new under the sun."
Ecclesiastes 1:9 AMPC
SELAH.
WHEN I POSTED TODAY'S MESSAGE & SCRIPTURE ON X, I RECEIVED A TIMESTAMP OF 1:20 (12 IS GOVERNMENT OF GOD). THIS ALSO LED ME TO EXODUS 12 👀👀 AND THIS WAS REVEALED TO ME ON MAY 23 (23 IS BEING IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD). ADD THE NUMBERS OF TODAY'S DATE (5+2+3+2+5) AND YOU GET 17 (17 IS OVERCOMING VICTORY).
“Moses called the leaders of Israel together and said: Each family is to pick out a sheep and kill it for Passover. Make a brush from a few small branches of a hyssop plant and dip the brush in the bowl that has the blood of the animal in it. Then brush some of the blood above the door and on the posts at each side of the door of your house. After this, everyone is to stay inside until morning. During that night the Lord will go through the country of Egypt and kill the first-born son in every Egyptian family. He will see where you have put the blood, and he will not come into your house. His angel that brings death will pass over and not kill your first-born sons. At midnight the Lord killed the first-born son of every Egyptian family, from the son of the king to the son of every prisoner in jail. He also killed the first-born male of every animal that belonged to the Egyptians. That night the king, his officials, and everyone else in Egypt got up and started crying bitterly. In every Egyptian home, someone was dead. During the night the king sent for Moses and Aaron and told them, “Get your people out of my country and leave us alone! Go and worship the Lord, as you have asked. Take your sheep, goats, and cattle, and get out. But ask your God to be kind to me.” The Egyptians did everything they could to get the Israelites to leave their country as quickly as possible. They said, “Please hurry and leave. If you don't, we will all be dead.” The Israelites had already done what Moses had told them to do. They had gone to their Egyptian neighbors and asked for gold and silver and for clothes. The Lord had made the Egyptians friendly toward the people of Israel, and they gave them whatever they asked for. In this way they carried away the wealth of the Egyptians when they left Egypt. The Lord's people left Egypt exactly 430 years after they had arrived. The Israelites obeyed everything the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron to tell them. And on that same day the Lord brought Israel's families and tribes out of Egypt.”
Exodus 12:21-23, 29-33, 35-36, 40-41, 50-51 CEV
I MUST BE OVER THE TARGET 🎯 .. every time I am over the target, the enemy makes my dog start gagging & vomit. As I typed today's message .. the attack started again. It is so consistent, I know what (who 👿) it is. This is my dog after I laid hands on her & commanded the enemy to stop. THE DEVIL IS A LOSER WITH NO NEW TRICKS.
TO CHOOSE LIFE IS TO CHOOSE JESUS!!! HE LOVES YOU AND IS EAGERLY WAITING FOR YOU TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS FREE GIFT OF SALVATION & TO ASK HIM TO BE YOUR LORD & SAVIOR. THE BIBLE SAYS WE MUST CONFESS WITH OUR MOUTH THAT JESUS IS LORD TO BE SAVED FOR ALL ETERNITY.
"And what is God's "living message?" It is the revelation of faith for salvation, which is the message that we preach. For if you publicly declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will experience salvation. The heart that believes in him receives the gift of righteousness of God - and then the mouth confesses, resulting in salvation. For the Scriptures encourage us with these words: "Everyone who believes in Him will never be disappointed." Romans 10:9-11 TPT
PRAY THIS PRAYER ALOUD WITH YOUR VOICE TO RECEIVE JESUS' FREE GIFT OF SALATION & INVITE HIM TO BE THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE:
Jesus, I come to you asking forgiveness of my sins. I confess in my heart and speak with my mouth that You are the Son of God who died on the cross for my sins, that You took my punishment & paid the price I could not pay for eternal salvation. I believe that you were raised on the 3rd day and are now seated at the right hand of God the Father. I receive Your free gift of salvation and I ask You to be the Lord of my heart, my soul and my life. Thank you for saving me & making me righteous before God.
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