Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Dark and Light

From moment one. First description is dark. First Word is light: 
"And Jehovah said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Jehovah saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness." Genesis 1:3-4

He IS Light. We are either in thick darkness or in Light:
"Jehovah wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent." Psalm 104:2

"See, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoplesbut Jehovah rises upon you and his glory appears over you." Isaiah 60:2

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12

The Overlay of Then and Now, of Passover to Passover:
 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness spreads over Egypt—darkness that can be felt. So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days. No one could see anyone else or leave his place for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived

Sound familiar? Today we are in a darkness we feel in all areas of life, far more than blindness of sight. The darkness covered all, Egyptian and Israelites alike. No one moved from their homes. The difference with the Israelites, from inside their homes, was this light was one the darkness could not dispel by YHWH's allowance. Three days in the dark is foreshadowing of Jesus.

Passover First. NO ONE is exempt, King or Slave:
"So Moses said, “This is what Jehovah says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt. Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the female slave, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well." Exodus 11:4-5 

ONLY obedience of Lamb's Blood is salvation: 
"Then they are to take some of the blood (of the spotless lamb) and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs." Exodus 12:7 "On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am YHWH. The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt." Exodus 12:12-13

Passover Final. Three days to Three hours:
"It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon (three hours), for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.  Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last." Luke 23:44-46

At the exact moment that the ceremonial Passover lamb was slaughtered, the True Passover Lamb breathed his last. And all who apply the blood to the hearts instead of houses, will be passed over eternal (not bodily) death. As before from the beginning, to plague, to Jesus, to now: darkness covered ALL, no one is exempt. Light only shines in those who walk in Him. 

"This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: Jehovah is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 1 John 1:5 

HE IS the separation of light and dark. Our union by blood separates us from dark to Light.

1 comment:

  1. Thank you AGAIN, Michelle for sharing hope and the LIGHT of the World!

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