A NEW EXODUS AND NEW GENESIS
 

April 4, 2010 pm
MF Blume




The wonderful story and truth of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ took place at the time of year when Israel’s PASSOVER occurred.

Exodus 4:22-23 KJV  And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:  (23)  And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

God caused 9 plagues to strike Egypt but purposely hardened the heart of Pharaoh to not release Israel.

Exodus 11:1 KJV  And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.

Exodus 11:4-7 KJV  And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:  (5)  And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.  (6)  And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.  (7)  But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

Exodus 12:3 KJV  Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:

Exodus 12:6-7 KJV  And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.  (7)  And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.


Notice they took the lamb on the 10th day and they slew it on the 14th day.
Exodus 12:23 KJV  For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

When Israel left Egypt that day, events started to occur that show a powerful picture of something even more significant.

Exodus 14:3-4 KJV  For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.  (4)  And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.

God was setting things up to show his glory.
Exodus 14:5-8 KJV  And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?  (6)  And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:  (7)  And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.  (8)  And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.

Exodus 14:9 KJV  But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.


At this time, before we get to what happened next, lets’ go to some of the last words Jesus gave to His disciples before he left this world after preaching forty days after his resurrection.

Luke 24:45-49 KJV  Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,  (46)  And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:  (47)  And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Notice THEY WOULD PREACH SOMETHING BEGINNING AT JERUSALEM.
1.    Repentance.
2.    Remission of sins in His name.


  (48)  And ye are witnesses of these things.  (49)  And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

3.    The Promise of the Father would come upon them.

A message would BEGIN to be preached that wold BEGIN at Jerusalem and be sent to all the world.

Acts picks up on this account and explains these last words of Jesus as follows:

Acts 1:3 KJV  To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

He  resurrected and preached for forty days!

Acts 1:4-9 KJV  And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.  (5)  For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.  (6)  When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?  (7)  And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.  (8)  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.  (9)  And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

Forty days had gone by.

The baptism of the Holy Ghost was the promise of the Father that they heard Jesus speak about.

Then they followed the words of Jesus to go and wait at Jerusalem for this promise.

Acts 1:12 KJV  Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey.


Acts 2:1-4 KJV  And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.  

Pentecost occurred 50 days after passsover.

Jesus had already preached 40 days until He ascended to Heaven after He died.

(2)  And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.  (3)  And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.  (4)  And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Jesus told them to WAIT FOR THE PROMISE and THEN BEGIN PREACHING A MESSAGE THEY HAD NEVER PREACHED BEFORE once this promise came.

COMPARE:

Luke 24:46 KJV  And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

Acts 2:30-31 KJV  Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;  (31)  He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

Resurrection is explained by Peter just Like Jesus explained it to them before He left the world.

Luke 24:47 KJV  And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

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,

Repentance and remission of sins with Baptism in His name, just like Jesus told them the preach beginning at Jerusalem.

Luke 24:49 KJV  And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

Acts 2:38b  …and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 2:39 KJV  For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

The PROMISE of the Holy Ghost was preached just like Jesus explained before He left the world.

FULL GOSPEL!

Luke 24:48 KJV  And ye are witnesses of these things.

Acts 1:8 KJV  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.


The first thing Jesus told them to preach was REPENTANCE.

When you repent, and ask forgiveness, GOD TAKES THOSE SINS and separates them from one another.

Exodus 14:19-20 KJV  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.

Notice this:
Genesis 1:1-4 KJV  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.  (2)  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.


Just like Israel being tormented by Egypt and treated like slaves, our lives were tormented by our sins that held us in bondage.

THAT IS what REPENTANCE does.

The second thing Peter said was BE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS.

Genesis 1:6-7 KJV  And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.  (7)  And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

Exodus 14:21-22 KJV  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.

The same words used in GENESIS 1!

REMISSION OF SINS means FORGIVENESS OF SINS.

Exodus 14:26-29 KJV  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.  (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.


The sins God separates from you when you repent are then dealt with again by the waters.

Compare:

Acts 2:38 KJV  Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, …

Luke 24:47 KJV  And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.



NOT ONE EGYPTIAN REMAINED ALIVE!

Exodus 14:30-31 KJV  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.


Exodus 15:1-2 KJV  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.

GOD BECAME THEIR SALVATION – THAT IS THE MEANING OF THE NAME JESUS – YASHUA!

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

Acts 2:33 KJV  Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.


The praise for the RIGHT HAND OF GOD being VICTORIOUS is a foreshadow of the Lord’s seating after His resurrection AT THE RIGHT HAND THRONE OF GOD!

Acts 2:34 KJV  For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,


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

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

WASH AWAY like the soldiers of Egypt!

1 Corinthians 10:1-2 KJV  (1)  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;

BORN OF SPIRIT AND WATER.

Pass through the cloud (Spirit) and the Red Sea (water).

The promise of the Father of the promise of the Holy Ghost was like Israel shouting and dancing after the Red Sea victory occurred!

Exodus 14:31 KJV  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.

It was something special at the Red Se, for Israel BELIEVED GOD AND HIS SERVANT MOSES.

Deuteronomy 18:15 KJV  The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;

JESUS is the one whom we come to truly BELIEVE IN at such an experience.

IT STARTED IN JERUSALEM.

Acts 1:8 KJV  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

THEN SAMARIA:

Acts 8:16 KJV  (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

THEN REST OF WORLD – GENTILES:

Acts 10:45-48 KJV  And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.  (46)  For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,  (47)  Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?  (48)  And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.

Jailer:

Acts 16:30-33 KJV  And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?  (31)  And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.  (32)  And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.  (33)  And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.

Disciples of John:

Acts 19:1-2 KJV  And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,  (2)  He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.

Acts 19:3-6 KJV  And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.  (4)  Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.  (5)  When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.  (6)  And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.


OPERATION OF GOD.

Colossians 2:11-12 KJV  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.