[LET MY PEOPLE GO, CONT.]
[the
eighth plague]
The storm of the seventh plague was
followed by further devastation under the eighth
plague. This was brought about by an invasion of locusts
from the east. (Ex. 10:4, 13). Before the plague came,
Pharaoh was warned and, at the advice of his servants,
he was willing to relent and let the men of Israel go:
but Moses insisted that all were to go, including
their herds and flocks. Pharaoh then scoffingly
refused. (Ex. 10:3-11). This shows that in the
great day of battle which is coming, Satan will never
cease trying to get the Christians to compromise in one
way or another. Satanic-controlled forces in the
dictatorial society of the beast empire will put
every conceivable pressure upon Christians who refuse to
conform and support their regime. But those who are
determined to remain true to me shall gain the victory
over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark,
and over the number of his name. (Rev. 15:2). I will
protect and preserve them in that day, and they shall be
completely delivered out of the Egypt of this world and
ushered into the Kingdom prepared.
Pharaoh's refusal to let the people
go was followed by the greatest invasion of locusts ever
experienced in Egypt. (Ex. 10:13-15). The whole land was
darkened by them and they completely devastated every
green thing. Locusts are used symbolically in the
scriptures to denote the invasion and destruction by
armies. (Joel 1:4-7, Rev. 9:7). Since it was an east
wind which brought the locusts, it would indicate vast
hordes from the east marching against the west. This is
simply a further phase of the great storm of conflict
depicted under the seventh plague. The nations of
the east, under the banner of the hammer and sickle,
will move to conquer all who stand in their way of
complete world domination. Many nations and areas of the
world will be affected, but the most strategic area, as
it affects the final phases of world conflict, will be
the Middle East. This area will be almost completely
overrun, and the onrushing tide will engulf much of
Europe. But the die will not be cast to lethal annihilation
through east-west conflict until the Middle East and
Palestine are inflamed in war. The symbolic portrayal of
these marching hordes from the east is described under
the fifth and sixth trumpets of Revelation. (Rev.
9:1-21).
The result of this plague was an
earnest entreaty by Pharaoh to Moses and Aaron,
accompanied by a confession of sin and request for
forgiveness. (Ex. 10:16-17). Although Pharaoh's heart
was later hardened again, indicating Satan's continued
hold on vast numbers of people, yet the symbolic action
of his is significant at this point. For it shows that
many people of the world, especially in the western
nations, will earnestly seek for divine help as a result
of the increasing threat of attack and Invasion
from the armies of the east. The result of this earnest
entreaty will be a quickening of my Spirit to further
that revival which will already be sweeping through
the world. Especially in the nations of the west, where
Christian influence and training has been more
thoroughly ingrained In the mental fabric of the
peoples, there will be a turning to the Lord as never before.
This influence will begin to reach into the higher
echelons of leadership and government circles. Many
shall begin to break loose from the Satanic delusions
which have held them. They will see that further
compromise with the beast of communism will mean certain
suicide. For the first time in years a real desire and
will to resist further communist advances will arise in
those western nations which have been the strongholds of
Protestant Christianity. By this time most Catholic
countries will have been completely taken over by
communist forces. The Vatican hierarchy will have fled
to the North American continent. An awakened Christendom
in those nations which still have a small measure of
freedom will spur those in authority to action.
Coupled with this will be an awakening among the Jewish
people. Many of them will have turned from their
unbelief and accepted Jesus as their Messiah.
Revival fires will be burning among them. Along
with this religious revival will be the concern of most
Jews for the nation of Israel, for Palestine will be
threatened with complete desecration by communist
hordes.
Thus will it be fulfilled according to
the type, that ‘the Lord turned a mighty strong west
wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into
the Red Sea.' (Ex. 10:19). This strong west wind is none
other than the might of the western nations rising to
strike down the communist forces. This will be possible
only because of the wisdom and strategy which will be given to those in
authority by my specially chosen servants of that day.
Were it not for the ‘arm of the Lord’ arising to help
those who will have cried to their God, there would be no
hope of turning the tide of communist conquest. But
the Lord your God shall battle for His
people in that day. The armies of Gog shall be
utterly confounded as described in Ezekiel,
Chapters 38 and 39. They shall be driven into a 'Red
sea' of destruction. For truly I shall be exalted in
that day, and all shall know that my mighty arm has worked deliverance for those
who look to me. The turning back
of the 'red' hordes will be accompanied by the
beginnings of a short atomic holocaust as the
Satanic-controlled leaders of the Kremlin
try desperately to ward off
certain defeat. Seeing their plans for world
domination frustrated, they will make one
last effort to destroy the western nations by
unleashing their atomic arsenal. This will be
met by the mounting of the atomic armada of the
west. There will be much destruction on both
sides. But in my providence I will see that the
Satan-inspired conspiracy of communism is
completely
crushed.