[LET MY PEOPLE
GO, CONT.]
[the tenth
plague]
Pharaoh's heart was again hardened
and he refused to let the people go. He even refused to
see Moses any more and said, 'for in that day you see my face you shall die.'
Moses knew that deliverance was near and he
responded, ‘You
have spoken well, I will see your face again no
more.’ (Ex. 10:28-29). Now the final plague was at hand.
Special instructions had to be given to the
Israelites. They had been slaves and had not received all
that was due them; now they were to leave with much
riches. They were to take whatever the Egyptians would
give them for their departure. Especially were they told
to take ‘jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.' (Ex.
11:2). Their accumulation of these items for their
departure is significant. They portray that which every
saint must have who is to be translated out of this world
and enter the heavenly Kingdom. The foremost of these is
gold. Gold is a type of that which is of the Spirit:
spiritual importations and fruits. Also tried and
proven character; that which has come through the ‘fires'
of refining experiences as pure gold. Silver is a type of
the soul and soul qualities. Also a type of the redemptive
work of Christ. It is through the redemptive power of His
cleansing and life that the soul is redeemed and made new,
with its very fabric woven with the righteousness of Jesus
Christ. The matter under consideration is not just
that of salvation. Salvation, or preservation from death,
is through the shed blood and resurrection life of Jesus
Christ. But for those who go on to perfection (Heb. 6:1),
receiving the gold of His spiritual workings and the
silver of His complete redemption, there is to be an OUT
RESURRECTION from among the dead (Phil. 3:11) or a
TRANSLATION while living (I Cor. 15:51-54) into the GLORY
of His heavenly Kingdom. The saved who fail to make this
calling and election (II Pet. 1:10) will continue to live
on earth, eventually receiving deathless life for their
physical bodies: those having already died will be
resurrected back to the earth in deathless physical
bodies after the millennial Kingdom has been fully
established. So my people, now is the time to let me
do a perfecting work within you that you might be adorned
with my gold and my silver, and that you might be fully
ready to be received into the glory
awaiting.
Further instructions were given by
Moses to the
people concerning that which would be the means of
their protection during the final plague. They were
to take a lamb for each household and set it apart on the
tenth day of the month; then on the fourteenth day of the
month, at even, they were to kill the lamb and sprinkle
the blood on the two side posts and upper door post of
their houses. Each family was to eat their lamb girded and
ready to depart. (Read Ex. 12:1-13). The blood of the lamb
on their houses
was their protection during the final plague, which was
the smiting of all of the firstborn of Egypt, both of man
and of beasts. This tenth plague was the consummating
judgment and constituted the final wrath of the Almighty
upon Egypt and her gods. (Ex. 12:12). Now look with me, says the Lord, to
the fulfillment of these things at the consummation of the
age, which is drawing near. Surely I will bring
to an end that which is called civilization in this day,
for it is almost completely contrary to my will. It is
based on the worship of many gods which are constantly
placed ahead of or before me. Even millions of Christians
are preoccupied with the ‘gods' of material things and
pursuits of pleasure. They have little time for serious
consideration of my Word and my ways. They are 'caught up'
in the Babylonish systems which are destructive to
real faith and dedication. They lean constantly on the
‘arm of flesh’ rather than leaning on me. (Jer.
17:5). They have hewn for themselves cisterns which can
hold no water, and they have forsaken the fountains of
living water, (Jer. 2:13). They rely on empty forms and
dead works to try to accomplish my purposes. In the
religious world it is either idolatrous organizations
which hold my people captive, or idolatrous unbelief
clothed in sophistry and worldly wisdom which leads my
people astray. In the political world it is selfish and
grasping opportunists who dominate the affairs of most
nations, leading them into paths of eventual tyranny. In
the commercial world it is traffic in everything,
including the souls of men (Rev. 18:11-13), with very
little consideration for the ultimate welfare of
human lives. Thus judgment has already begun to descend,
and it will not let up until a mighty cry has arisen, even
as in the land of Egypt. (Ex.
12:30).
The death angel which went over the
land of Egypt, slaying the firstborn in every family where
the blood was not applied, is a type of the power of
destruction which shall be unleashed from the atom, both
in its deadly radiation and in its immense force of
explosion. I say to you, my people,
there are two signs given in my Word which are of the
utmost importance. When they came to pass every Christian
should have been alerted to the imminence of end-time
events. The first was the explosion of the atomic bomb,
for in releasing the atom's energy, the very powers of the
heaven are shaken. (Luke 21:26). The second was the Jews
declaring themselves a reborn nation, for this was the
shooting forth of the fig tree. (Luke 21:29-30). Even so
it is written, 'when you see these
things come to pass, know [ ] that the kingdom of God is
near at hand.
Truly I say to you, This
generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.'
(Luke 21:31-32). But my people are woefully uninformed and
almost totally asleep and unaware of the significance of
the time in which they live. A few here and there are
beginning to awake, and they are beginning to sound the
midnight cry which shall rouse the sleeping virgins.
(Matt. 25:6).
It will be the atomic ‘death angel’
which shall ‘pass over' the earth to strike a death blow.
All will be affected except those who have the blood of
the passover lamb sprinkled on the 'doorposts' of
their hearts. For it will be true again as it was true
then, 'when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the
plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite
the land of Egypt.’ (Ex. 12:13). It is the blood of Jesus
Christ, applied by faith to the sin-stained soul, that
washes it clean and preserves it from death. This is the
present salvation enjoyed by Christians. (I Pet. 1:18-23).
But it is that same blood that shall serve as a protecting
shelter for even the physical body in the coming day of
wrath. This is the meaning of the sprinkling of the blood
on the lintel and the two side posts. The lintel was the
upper door post and stands for the physical which will
receive protection. The two side posts stand for the
soul which receives both cleansing and preservation
through the shed blood of
Christ.
There is a further mystery that I
would reveal to
you with regard to the soul. So many confuse soul with
spirit; yet they are separate and distinct. (I Thess.
5:23). Both body and soul are subject to death because of
sin. Not so with the spirit; it is of the very substance
of God who is ‘the Father of spirits.' (Heb. 12:9). The
spirit within each human has been alienated because of sin
and needs to be reconciled. But once reconciled
through Jesus Christ, then its garments, soul-body
and physical-body need to be saved or preserved from
death. For when a spirit begotten of the Father is placed
within an unborn fetus, its innate powers take of the
living substance within the developing organism and form a
finely tenuous vehicle called the soul. The soul then
becomes the means or medium of expression through the
physical. It becomes the seat or essence of what
might be termed 'personality—the mental-emotional nature.
Since the soul partakes of and is sustained by the
life-forces of the physical, it is subject to death as is
the physical body. 'The soul that sins, it shall
die.' (Ezek. 18:20). Thus both body and soul need to be
saved or preserved.
Now let us look more closely at the
sprinkling of the blood. A door represents an entrance
into something; also an exit. We have already seen that
the doorway with its upper door post represents the outer
or physical garment of the spirit, and the side posts
represent the inner or soul garment. A spirit makes an
entrance into the physical world through the doorway of
embodiment within a fetus which is later born into the
physical world. A spirit makes an exit from the physical
world through the doorway of death. A spirit needs
garments or vehicles for its growth in understanding and
for its continued progress in the plan and purpose of God.
Thus the death of either physical body or soul is a tragic
loss for the spirit. In the type we have seen how the
blood of the lamb was sprinkled upon both the upper and
side door posts, showing that the blood which would later
be shed by Jesus Christ would provide an atonement and
release from death for both soul and physical
body.
Cleansing and release come through
the blood of Christ, but the importation of eternal life
is through the engrafted seed of the living Christ. (James
1:21, I Pet. 1:23). When a soul is thus 'generated anew'
through the incorruptible seed, it becomes a deathless
vehicle for the spirit. In event of the death of the
physical body, the soul then becomes a functioning vehicle
for the spirit in the super-terrestrial realms. If the
soul has not been saved it eventually perishes even as the
physical body. Its life forces gradually abate and it
slowly disintegrates. The spirit then ascends and
returns to God who gave it. There is so much, my
people, that I would like to reveal to you, but I perceive
that you are able to receive only a little at a time. The
concepts taught by the churches are so completely contrary
to my Word that I must teach you anew. This is the day
that I am restoring to my people the truths that have
been almost completely obscured by the traditions of
men. Therefore continue to keep your heart open for more
of the revelation of my Spirit. To reveal all the details
of the Passover ordinances would require a complete study
in itself, and is beyond the scope of this particular
prophetic word. It is sufficient now to show you the cleansing
and preserving power of the shed blood of the Passover
lamb. For in the coming days when the full force of the
judgmental plagues descends upon the earth, only the
applied blood will avail for protection and
deliverance.
Since the final plague is the atomic
'death angel' which shall pass over the earth, it has a
measure of fulfillment during the time of the tribulation.
But its more complete fulfillment will be during the final
days of wrath when all-out atomic war will destroy
multitudes. It corresponds in the prophetic picture to the
seven vials of wrath portrayed in the book of Revelation.
(Rev. 16:1-21). Although in the type, the children of
Israel were not fully liberated until the last plague was
set in motion, there is a veiled mystery which needs to be
lifted in order to see the complete picture. It has
already been shown you in a measure.
You will note that it was at midnight that the Lord smote
all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, and there was a
great cry in Egypt. (Ex. 12:29-30). This corresponds to
the midnight hour mentioned in the parable of the
wise and foolish virgins. (Matt.
25:6).
There are different ways in which l am able to
smite the earth. The final smiting will be the atomic
holocaust, but the actual beginning of the smiting will be
my strange work of shocking the church world with the
calling out of the wise virgins at the midnight hour.
There is a veiled double meaning to the smiting of
the firstborn. In a spiritual sense the firstborn are
those who will enter first into the heavenly Kingdom
as a firstfruits to their God. (Rev. 14:1-5),
These are the wise virgins who will be received by the
Bridegroom at the beginning of the tribulation. The result
will be the 'smiting' of the careless church world, as a
thief who breaks into the household (Luke 12:39) to take
away the jewels. (Mal. 3:17). A great cry will go up from
the nominal church world as the shock of what has happened
begins to fully register. Thus the beginning of the
deliverance of those who are fully mine from the 'Egypt'
of this world takes place at the beginning of the
tribulation period. The foolish virgins plus the
tribulation saints will be taken at the close of the
tribulation just as the final vials of wrath are ready to
fall. Therefore there is a time-pattern which is somewhat
veiled in the type. The fact that Pharaoh was willing to
let the people go shows that Satan's power will begin
to be broken when the firstfruits are glorified. This is
also shown by the fact that when the 'manchild' of
Revelation twelve is 'caught up' to God and to
his throne, Satan is cast out of his heaven and into the
earth. But because he knows his time is short he comes
down with great wrath and causes great havoc before
his power is completely broken. The havoc is portrayed in
the plagues that came upon Egypt when Pharaoh
repeatedly hardened his heart. The ‘hardening’ is
seen in the "great wrath" which Satan has when he is cast
down to the earth. (Rev. 12:12). Yet at the same time that
he is 'hardening' his heart, his power is gradually being
broken.