SERMONS

Exodus 14:13-14 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. (14) The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

Revelation 12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

Revelation 12:9-16 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. (10) And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. (11) 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. (12) Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. (13) And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. (14) And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. (15) And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. (16) And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

Israel was baptized to Moses in the Red Sea and Cloud.

1 Corinthians 10:1-2 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; (2) And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

Moses said a prophet like him would come to them.
·   Jesus.
·   We’re baptized to Jesus!
·   We trust Him as Israel trusted and committed to follow Moses when they went through the Red Sea.

Exodus 14:13-14 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. (14) The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

STAND STILL AND SEE SALVATION!

A sequence of events started at that point that parallel creation and our salvation.
·   SEE salvation!
·   Stand still because it’s not our works that save us.
·   New creation occurs at SALVATION.

Exodus 14:19-20 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: (20) And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

Genesis 1:2-4 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. (3) And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. (4) And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

Darkness is sin.
·   Light is truth.
·   God must give us light and separate the sin from our lives first.
·   This is analogous to repentance.
·   We decide to accept truth, repent and change our lives.
·   God takes those sins like the devil’s soldiers, and separates them from us as He divided the Egyptians from the Israelites.

Exodus 14:21-22 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. (22) And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

Genesis 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Waters are divided.

Acts 22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Sin is separated by repentance, and washed away like the soldiers of Pharaoh.
·   REMISSION OF SINS is the idea.

Exodus 14:23-28 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. (24) And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, (25) And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians. (26) And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. (27) And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. (28) And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.

NOT ONE REMAINED.
·   Think of your sins.

Hebrews 10:17-18 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. (18) Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

Remission means they’re gone to never be remembered again.
·   NOT ONE REMAINS.

Exodus 14:29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

DRY LAND.

Genesis 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Genesis 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

LIFE comes with the DRY LAND.

Recall that Ex. 14:13 instructed Israel to STAND STILL and see salvation.

Exodus 14:30-31 Thus the LORD SAVED ISRAEL that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. (31) And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.

Salvation is noted as follows:

Exodus 15:1-2 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. (2) The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.

The LORD BECAME OUR SALVATION.
·   This is literally the meaning of the name JESUS.
·   This tells us that JESUS is the Red Sea salvation.
·   The entire process of the dividing of dark and light, waters and dry land is called JESUS, spiritually speaking!
·   It corresponds to his DEATH, BURIAL AND RESURRECTION.
·   Acts 2:38 has all the corresponding experiences for our lives!
·   Repent, baptism, Holy Ghost infilling.

We are baptized into Jesus’ death.

Romans 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

This identifies us with His death.
·   When you identify yourself to His death, YOU ENTER INTO CHRIST.
·   You become one with Him.
·   Like a man marries a woman and she takes his name.
·   We marry the KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS.
·   We have His name and His name means POWER and KINGDOM.
AUTHORITY!

Ephesians 3:15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

We take upon ourselves Jesus’ Name and we have His authority.
·   As man and woman are one flesh, we become one with His death, burial and resurrection.
·   He went to the right hand throne after His resurrection.
·   We are seated with Him in heavenly places, too.
·   His right hand enthronement power unites to us, and we overcome.

Exodus 15:6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

That is why we read HIS RIGHT HAND is glorious in power.
All this salvation us the power of Jesus at the right hand that is given to us.
·   When God judged these Egyptians, He described it like this:

Exodus 19:4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.

EAGLE’S WINGS.
·   His salvation occurs when WE STAND STILL, since it is not of our works, we repent, are baptized and receive the Holy Ghost RESURRECTION LIFE.

Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Romans 8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

It is the spirit of resurrection life.
·   Walk on dry land.
·   Makes us overcomers.

Revelation 12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

Jesus went the right hand throne.

Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

War in heaven ensues.

Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Satan is cast out.

Revelation 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

SALVATION occurs just like Israel experienced salvation with the same overall pattern in Exodus as in Revelation 12.
·   SALVATION COMES!
·   KINGDOM COMES!
·   STRENGTH COMES!

Revelation 12:11 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.

We overcome by the blood of the lamb.

Revelation 12:13-15 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. (14) And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. (15) And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

This parallels the armies sent by Pharaoh as the flood comes from the serpent’s mouth the carry away the woman.

Revelation 12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

The EARTH SWALLOWED the flood.

Exodus 15:12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.

From the right hand, His power comes to us!
·   That was SALVATION Israel would see!

HOW WE KEEP PASSOVER TODAY

Passover Sacrifice was explained here in Exodus 12.
Unleavened Bread was involved.
Circumcision was required.

All three of these are involved in New Testament manners, too.

Exodus 12:25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.

This was to be kept IN THE LAND.

Our sermon this morning is associated with this message.
·   Those in the Kingdom are those who live like God and treat people as He does.
·   Adam was made in His image and then was given dominion.
·   Until we treat people and forgive people like God does, we cannot enter the Kingdom.

Israel was ready to enter the KINGDOM LAND.
·   But they doubted at Kadesh-Barnea.

Numbers 14:30-33 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. (31) But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. (32) But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. (33) And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.

Israel only kept Passover TWO TIMES in 40 years by the time they entered Canaan – the first year when they were in Egypt and the next year.

Numbers 9:1-5 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, (2) Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season. (3) In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. (4) And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. (5) And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.

But when they doubted at Kadesh-Barnea, they never kept Passover again for 38 years.

Deuteronomy 2:14 And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.

Not until these doubters died, did the children get circumcised.

Joshua 5:2-7 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. (3) And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. (4) And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt. (5) Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised. (6) For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey. (7) And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.

These children bore the reproach of their doubting parents for 38 years!
·   That reproach included being uncircumcised all that time.

Connect their inability to enter Canaan until the doubters died with remaining uncircumcised until the doubters died.
·   Those uncircumcised were disallowed from partaking OF PASSOVER!
·   Put that altogether with the concept that there is no entrance into the Kingdom unless we are in His image, and treat people the way He does.
·   The thought comes into focus – The way we keep Passover is to be circumcised and eat only unleavened bread AND BE IN HIS IMAGE.

This morning, the sermon noted we must mirror God.
·   Forgive your fellow as God forgave you.
·   Matthew 18.
·   Before Jesus said that, He spoke of one amongst the church who refised to repent of a sin.

Matthew 18:15-20 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. (16) But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. (17) And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. (18) Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. (19) Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. (20) For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

Notice He said in verse 20 that if two or three would gather in His name, that was as good as Jesus being there, Himself.
·   It means our decision is to be considered as His.
·   This was actually carried out at Paul’s instruction to the Corinthian church.

1 Corinthians 5:1-5 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. (2) And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. (3) For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, (4) In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, (5) To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Notice the elements.
·   Verse 4 – in the name of Jesus.
·   Gathered together.
·   Jesus said where two or three ARE GATHERING TOGETHER IN HIS NAME
·   Deliver the person – Jesus said to count such a person an outsider.
·   CUT THIS PERSON OFF.

Paul proceeded to speak of SPIRITUAL PASSOVER AT THIS POINT in dealing with CUTTING A PERSON OFF.

1 Corinthians 5:6-9 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? (7) Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: (8) Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. (9) I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:

Passover involved Unleavened Bread.

1 Corinthians 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

THAT YOU MAY BE A NEW LUMP

NEW LUMP.
OLD LEAVEN.

1 Corinthians 5:7-8 Purge out therefore the OLD LEAVEN, that ye may be a NEW LUMP, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: (8) Therefore let us keep the feast, not with OLD LEAVEN, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the UNLEAVENED BREAD of sincerity and truth.

The leaven represents MALICE AND WICKEDNESS.
·   Let us keep the feast!
·   Those who KEEP PASSOVER CAN ENTER THE KINGDOM!
·   Israel kept Passover for the first time in 38 years when they finally entered Canaan!
·   It is all linked together.
·   When malice and wickedness are removed from our lives, we keep Passover and ENTER KINGDOM LAND.
·   As Israel had to remove every grain of leaven from their homes during Passover, we must remove all wickedness and malice.
·   OR WE ARE CUT OFF – like Paul instructed they cut off the fornicator in the church!

Exodus 12:15 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.

Jesus spoke of CUTTING PEOPLE OFF as well in the forgiveness chapter.

Matthew 18:17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

Like Paul did in 1 Cor 5.

Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

The CUTTING OFF OF PEOPLE is mentioned earlier in Matt 18.

Matthew 18:3-5 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. (4) Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. (5) And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.

These humble KINGDOM people are LIKE JESUS.
·   And if we offend such a believer who has humbled themselves and has become the image of the Lord…

Matthew 18:6-9 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. (7) Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! (8) Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. (9) And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

CUT OFF THE OFFENDER.
·   Cut off the leaven.
·   There is no Passover until the Jordan River is crossed.
·   No circumcision until the Jordan is crossed.
·   No Unleavened Bread until the Jordan is crossed.
·   NO KINGDOM LIFE UNTIL THE LEAVEN IS GONE!

Colossians 2:11-12 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: (12) Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

Circumcision is putting off the body of sins of the flesh.

Israel had children for 38 years who were never circumcised.
·   We keep Passover SPIRITUALLY when we enter Kingdom life.
·   We are so much in the image of Jesus that WE BECOME PASSOVERS (note the term PASS OVER repeated in Joshua chapters 4 through 5.)

We are the lump of bread.
·   We are Passovers like Jesus was!
·   Circumcision occurs and WE ENTER THE KINGDOM!

40 years earlier, children would ask about the Passover.

Exodus 12:25-28 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. (26) And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? (27) That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. (28) And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

And at the end of the journey, look at the next thing children would ask about.

Joshua 4:21-24 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? (22) Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. (23) For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: (24) That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.

Notice Joshua said UNTIL YOU WERE PASSED OVER.
·   Until you come into His image and are Passovers like He was, spiritually.

The two memorials are linked!

Not only is Passover reconvened when Israel enters Canaan and the doubters have died, but it is repeated that children ask about a memorial.
·   However, there’s 12 stones this time when the children ask, when WE BECOME PASSOVERS.

STAND STILL AND SEE "EAGLE'S WINGS" SALVATION