"THREE DAYS AT THE FIRST AND THE LAST"

MF Blume
February 21, 1999 am

START OF THE EXODUS
Exod 5:1-3  And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. And Pharaoh said, Who [is] the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

END OF THE EXODUS
Josh 3:1-3  And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host; And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.


It is quite noteworthy that the beginning of the Exodus journey out of Egypt began with the reference to a three day time period, and so did the end of the journey through the wilderness when Joshua was ready to take Israel into Canaan.

There is the three day period when we begin our walk with God and are saved from sin. So there is the three day period at the start. At the start of the Exodus, you have a three day period of time.
At the end of the journey, you have a three day period of time.

At the start you have a body of water dividing.
At the end you have a body of water dividing.

At the start you have a rod held over the water to divide it.
At the end you have the ark of the covenant held over the water to divide it.

God spoke to me several years ago that there is a second circumcision we need to experience.

This occurred a second time. It was reproach from Egypt rolled off the people. Until you get a good revelation of the power of the blood and the full extent the cross reached to set you free, you will struggle with unbelief at times, and a part of you knows better, but another part says you cannot really believe God for without doubting, though.

That is natural.

In the start and finish we noted that so many things were similar. The Rod and the Ark of the Covenant. And as the rod was thrown down to the ground and became a serpent, mankind fell and became sinful as the serpent that lured man to sin in the start. So the ROD was lifted over the Red Sea, and moved God's wind to open the Sea up! The day of Atonement was once a year in which all the sins of all the people from that year were ATONED for. Now the day they entered the land of Canaan was forty years after Israel first faced the Promised Land but DOUBTED and did not enter. And they lifted up the ark WITH 40 SPLASHES OF BLOOD ON IT, when the older folks had just died off. What will see the saints pass through and enter into the PROMISED LAND of the FULLNESS OF CHRIST, is the preaching by ministers who UPHOLD the message that THE BLOOD OF JESUS took care of all enemies. It is preached until you get a revelation and enter on into the FULLNESS of what God has for you! Notice that the cherubims on the ark look  at the mercy seat and at the blood on the mercy seat. You will see this:
Ephe 2:5-6  Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together in heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus:
YOU ARE SEATED WITH CHRIST.
Reve 3:21  To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
You see that you are seated with CHRIST IN HIS THRONE!! Far above all enemies. We as Preachers must uphold this message. I will preach this truth to you until it drives your unbelief six feet under the ground where your old life is buried, when you were buried with Christ. After lodging at SHITTIM for three days, the officers came to the people
Josh 3:2-3  And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host; And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
Experience the three days again in a new way! When you see the priests bear the Ark. The Spirit would fill them and lead them like a pillar of fire leading Israel through a wilderness.



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