The Paradox of Becoming Death to Defeat Death, Aaron’s Rod and the Cross – Torah Portion Va’era (YouTube Video Transcript)

(00:00:00) Your YouTube transcript will appear here (00:00:08) Shalom everyone and welcome again to (00:00:10) another online exclusive recorded (00:00:12) especially for you the online audience. (00:00:16) We hope this study blesses you today. So (00:00:19) sit back and enjoy. (00:00:21) This week we are in Vera (00:00:24) the second installment in the book of (00:00:26) Exodus. So what will we be looking at (00:00:29) this week? The tetetrogrammaton is (00:00:32) revealed to Moses, the yode vave. We (00:00:36) will be examining the name of the Lord (00:00:38) and understanding how in Hebrew thought (00:00:40) a name is a character and a (00:00:42) self-fulfilling prophecy. We will be (00:00:45) looking at the deliverance aspect of (00:00:47) Yhovah. how the yode vave relates to us (00:00:51) now and how his name that's revealed in (00:00:56) Exodus is actually the beginning of our (00:00:59) exodus here today. (00:01:02) We will then turn our attention to the (00:01:05) first miracle done in Egypt. (00:01:08) Aaron's rod becoming a serpent that (00:01:10) consumes the other serpents and how this (00:01:14) strangely enough is in fact (00:01:18) the gospel message. (00:01:22) So let's get into it. Vira and I (00:01:25) appeared. (00:01:27) It's important to note here that Vieiraa (00:01:29) does not mean that Jehovah became (00:01:31) someone new or appeared out of thin air. (00:01:35) This statement (00:01:38) means that Yah allowed himself to be (00:01:40) seen in a new way. As Yhovah now reveals (00:01:43) himself according to the season and the (00:01:46) need of his people. To the patriarchs (00:01:49) Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Yah appeared (00:01:52) as El Shadai, the God of promise. To (00:01:55) Israel in bondage, Yah now appears as (00:01:58) Yhovah, the God who steps into our (00:02:01) reality to redeem. (00:02:04) Behold the hand. Behold the nail. (00:02:07) Just as he appeared to his people in (00:02:09) Egypt to bring them out of bondage, so (00:02:12) he still appears to us today in the (00:02:14) midst of our own struggles, fears, and (00:02:16) limitations in this fallen world. And (00:02:20) each one of us will undergo a kind of (00:02:22) personal exodus. (00:02:24) And in every generation, Yhovah appears. (00:02:28) He appears as the judge, the provider, (00:02:31) the protector, the healer, the redeemer. (00:02:35) Vara then invites us to recognize how (00:02:37) Yhovah is appearing in our lives now. (00:02:41) Not as a distant God, but as the one who (00:02:44) steps in to bring us out and lead us (00:02:47) towards freedom. This is the God that we (00:02:50) serve, Yhavah. (00:02:55) Let's read. I am Yhovah. (00:02:59) Exodus 6 2:3 And God spoke to Moses and (00:03:02) said to him, "I am Yahava. I appeared to (00:03:06) Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God (00:03:09) Almighty, but by my name Lord Yode Vave, (00:03:13) I was not known to them." (00:03:16) Exodus 6 is not a throwaway (00:03:18) clarification. It is actually a tectonic (00:03:21) shift in revelation, redemption, and (00:03:24) promise. It's important to clarify at (00:03:26) this point that this verse doesn't mean (00:03:29) the patriarchs didn't truly know Yah or (00:03:32) they never heard this name before or the (00:03:36) name did not exist beforehand and God (00:03:38) just thought it up in this moment right (00:03:40) now. (00:03:42) No, (00:03:44) what God is saying is that they did not (00:03:46) know the depths of his character. They (00:03:49) hadn't fully reconciled his heart nor (00:03:53) known the length of his capabilities yet (00:03:58) by my name. Yahava I was not known (00:04:01) to know from the root. Yadah is to know (00:04:06) by physical experience like spousal (00:04:10) encounter in intimacy. Yadah is to know (00:04:14) of the nuptual kind. For example, Adam (00:04:18) knew Eve. Yada. (00:04:21) It's in spousal encounter in intimacy. (00:04:25) So Yhovah is saying in the beginning of (00:04:27) the Exodus right here, I will now become (00:04:30) the bridegroom. I will become the heroic (00:04:32) bridegroom zealous for my people who (00:04:35) rises to redeem, to confront oppression, (00:04:38) and reclaim his personal property. (00:04:41) This rescue is an act of justice. Yeah. (00:04:46) But it's more about covenant or love (00:04:48) above all the fierce, costly, and (00:04:51) jealous. (00:04:53) It is love expressed through (00:04:54) faithfulness (00:04:56) proven in judgment and action. (00:05:00) Ultimately, God was saying, "This is who (00:05:02) I will become for you. Nothing will stop (00:05:05) me and I will no longer sit by." (00:05:12) In Jewish thought, it's understood that (00:05:15) Exodus 6 reveals how Yah has not changed (00:05:20) in personality, but rather changed in (00:05:24) office, almost like a different aspect (00:05:27) to his ministry. The sages midrash, how (00:05:30) the revelation of Jehovah here in Exodus (00:05:32) 6 is literally akin to God Almighty now (00:05:36) standing up from his throne to omit (00:05:39) judgment on the world. It's the same (00:05:42) God, of course, but now in a different (00:05:44) office. Almost as if it's another aspect (00:05:47) of God's ministry. (00:05:49) Isaiah 3:13 tells us Yhovah stands to (00:05:53) judge. Psalm 82:1, (00:05:56) God stands in the congregation of the (00:05:59) mighty. He judges among the gods. (00:06:03) The understanding is that when Jehovah (00:06:05) stands, (00:06:06) it is not because he has changed. It is (00:06:09) because it is now the time to act. The (00:06:12) time has come for the world to see a (00:06:15) different aspect of God's ministry. One (00:06:18) of great power, great wonder, and of (00:06:21) great judgment. Because in Hebrew (00:06:23) thought, sitting implies patience. (00:06:27) Standing signals judgment has begun. The (00:06:31) Lord was no longer sitting. He was no (00:06:34) longer at rest deliberation. He was now (00:06:38) standing to execute power on the world. (00:06:45) Exodus 15:3 says, "Yhava, Yhovah is a (00:06:48) man of war. Yhovah is his name." (00:06:53) Wow. Extraordinary. (00:06:55) A little commentary is needed here for (00:06:57) such a powerful verse that describes the (00:07:00) character of the Yode Vave. Abraham, (00:07:02) Isaac, and Jacob had experienced the (00:07:05) compassionate (00:07:06) with promises of what was to come. But (00:07:09) they had yet to see his arm fully (00:07:12) extended against evil in divine (00:07:13) judgment. Notice Yhavahar, Yhovah, and (00:07:17) war being connected in the name. This (00:07:20) alludes to action posture. Yah is ready (00:07:23) to use all of his capabilities, whatever (00:07:26) the cost. This is something we as God's (00:07:30) people can be excited about. (00:07:32) A personal testimony when I came to this (00:07:36) walk I had a background of new age and (00:07:40) Buddhism and it was all about peace man (00:07:43) and I struggled to reconcile how God was (00:07:46) a a man of war with our association of (00:07:50) what war was and violence and turmoil (00:07:52) and pain. It's difficult when you come (00:07:55) from a place of new age where (00:07:56) everything's about peace man to then (00:07:59) reading in the Bible how we are is a is (00:08:02) a man of war. It's like whoa. (00:08:06) But I just want to encourage everyone (00:08:08) because I'm now at a place where I thank (00:08:10) Yah that he is a man of war that Yhovah (00:08:14) is his name. Because this ultimately (00:08:17) alludes to how he will stop and nothing (00:08:20) to rescue you and nothing will get in (00:08:23) his way. And when he fully extends his (00:08:26) arm to you, all the evil and the (00:08:30) wickedness that surrounds you will be (00:08:32) completely demolished. He will smash (00:08:35) walls. He will part seas. He will even (00:08:38) bleed his own blood to rescue you. (00:08:40) Nothing can stop Yhovah. Thank God he's (00:08:44) a man of war. And that he wages war on (00:08:46) the evil that's in your life. And that (00:08:48) he's waged war on the bs of this world. (00:08:52) That he's waged war on the wickedness of (00:08:54) this world. (00:08:56) That there's a warrant, a warrant out (00:08:59) for you. He's made a warrant against the (00:09:02) enemy. (00:09:03) and he comes to seize what is his and he (00:09:06) will stop at nothing to deliver you. (00:09:10) Praise the Lord that he is a man of war (00:09:12) and that he will make war on the idols (00:09:15) of this world and he will make war (00:09:17) against sin and evil and iniquity and he (00:09:20) will demolish it and destroy it. Praise (00:09:22) the Lord that he is a man of war. (00:09:26) Revelations 19:11. And he Yeshua was (00:09:30) called faithful and true. And in (00:09:33) righteousness he Yeshua judges and makes (00:09:37) war. He makes war. (00:09:42) We can see the correlation then to the (00:09:44) Exodus and Revelation. (00:09:47) We can see the correlation Yeshua and (00:09:50) Yhava. (00:09:52) In the same way Yahavat (00:09:54) is called the man of war in Exodus, we (00:09:56) see the man of war here in Revelations (00:09:59) 19 (00:10:01) One day in the near future, Yeshua, who (00:10:03) is now seated at the right hand of the (00:10:05) father, he too will stand from the (00:10:08) throne and make justice on the earth. He (00:10:12) will stand and come and return and (00:10:15) extend his arm. And he will come with (00:10:18) great signs and wonders. (00:10:21) We see a bigger exodus taking place and (00:10:25) we see plagues and divine judgments take (00:10:30) place so much greater and all over the (00:10:33) world not just in isolation to the (00:10:36) kingdom of Egypt. The entire world will (00:10:39) undergo this. (00:10:42) Many people are comfortable with Jesus (00:10:44) the lamb, Jesus the master physician, (00:10:48) Jesus the healer. (00:10:51) Yet, Revelation confronts us with a new (00:10:54) aspect of the identity of Messiah. (00:10:57) Yeshua, the jealous bridegroom, king, (00:11:00) warrior with his cloak dipped in blood. (00:11:03) He himself treads the wine press of the (00:11:05) fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. (00:11:08) Same God, same name, same attributes, (00:11:12) same man of war. (00:11:16) One day in the near future, (00:11:19) I think the same thing will be said (00:11:21) about Messiah when he returns. (00:11:23) When in the past we knew him as lovely (00:11:26) Jesus, (00:11:27) but by this name, the warrior lamb, we (00:11:31) had not known him. (00:11:34) I am Yhovah. Exodus 34:14 tells us, for (00:11:39) Yhovah, whose name is jealous, is a (00:11:42) jealous God. So notice these (00:11:44) associations now with the (00:11:46) tetrogrammaton, (00:11:47) the man of war and now the jealous god. (00:11:52) Now we've showed in the past how God's (00:11:54) jealousy and man's jealousy are two (00:11:56) totally different things and that's why (00:11:58) they are two separate words in Hebrew. (00:12:01) Man cannot fully possess God's jealousy (00:12:04) cana. The closest man can come to this (00:12:07) jealousy is marital jealousy. jealousy (00:12:11) that's righteous and legal regarding a (00:12:14) husband who could be righteously jealous (00:12:20) over his wife. So in Hebrew thought, (00:12:23) this is not insecurity. (00:12:26) It is actually covenantal exclusivity. (00:12:31) When the Lord reveals his name in the (00:12:33) Exodus, he is ultimately now declaring a (00:12:35) fresh revelation of who he will be to (00:12:38) his people. the jealous God of war that (00:12:41) will stop at nothing to take what is (00:12:43) rightfully his. With all these (00:12:46) attributes connected to Yhovah, we can (00:12:48) see the purpose of him now revealing his (00:12:51) name in this new light. This was to give (00:12:54) fresh revelation to the world. That his (00:12:57) zeal is to God what is his and that (00:13:00) redemption will mean blood. and that now (00:13:04) he will fiercely intervene because of a (00:13:06) covenantal bond and through divine (00:13:09) jealousy he will be intolerant of rivals (00:13:13) lals lesser gods. (00:13:17) Jealousy of Jehovah is marital language (00:13:21) of the heroic kind not some emotional (00:13:24) instability or God being fragile or (00:13:27) insecure. Jehovah's jealousy flows from (00:13:31) ownership. ownership by covenant, (00:13:34) one flesh covenant. It is from (00:13:38) commitment by oath sworn by himself. The (00:13:41) most high coupled with all of this (00:13:44) infused with love that refuses (00:13:47) competition. Jealous. (00:13:49) No one else will have you other than me. (00:13:53) This is why the first commandment is to (00:13:56) actually have no other. (00:13:58) Exodus 20 tells us, "And God spoke all (00:14:02) these words, saying, I am the Lord your (00:14:05) God, who brought you out the land of (00:14:07) Egypt, out the house of bondage. You (00:14:10) shall have no other gods before me." (00:14:17) Many people forget this is how the Ten (00:14:20) Commandments actually start. (00:14:22) The Ten Commandments do not begin with (00:14:24) instruction. They begin with (00:14:27) introduction. an introduction to the (00:14:29) Lord's name. I am Yhovah who brought you (00:14:33) out the land of Egypt, out the house of (00:14:35) bondage. (00:14:36) Notice the Ten Commandments in fact (00:14:38) begin with a redemption story. (00:14:41) Yhovah is telling you what he has done (00:14:44) for you and who he is to you. And (00:14:48) all of us can self-reflect and confirm, (00:14:50) yes, this is who God is for me, my (00:14:53) deliverer, (00:14:55) my salvation. (00:14:58) Jehovah then instructs, "Have no one (00:15:00) else beside him." Now, why would he do (00:15:03) that? Has he got an insecurity complex? (00:15:05) No. (00:15:06) No, not at all. This is a forgotten (00:15:08) order and we need to focus on this. He's (00:15:10) saying, "Have no other gods." Because (00:15:13) this is marital language. It's one flesh (00:15:15) language. Have no other beside me. Not (00:15:18) as some abstract monotheism, but because (00:15:21) false gods (00:15:23) can always reinslave us. Idols can undo (00:15:27) an exodus in our life. They can pull us (00:15:30) back into spiritual bondage. (00:15:34) Idols can lead us back into Egypt. So (00:15:37) God is saying, "Have no one else besides (00:15:40) me because it's only me who can rescue (00:15:42) you and redeem you. No other demon or (00:15:46) fallen angel can save you." (00:15:49) The Ten Commandments do not then teach (00:15:51) us how to get free. They teach free (00:15:55) people how to stay free. This is the (00:15:57) point of the law. It's not for our (00:15:59) salvation. But because we have attained (00:16:02) salvation, we desire to remain in his (00:16:05) nature. Grace brings us out. Yes, (00:16:08) obedience keeps us free. Consider the (00:16:11) calf. They were they were brought out by (00:16:14) his grace. (00:16:15) And (00:16:18) then they needed the obedience to keep (00:16:20) them away from the lal of Egypt, from (00:16:23) the other lovers of Egypt, which will (00:16:26) ultimately lead to their demise. (00:16:31) So God, he says, "Have no one else. Have (00:16:33) no other because they will lead to the (00:16:36) destruction of your soul. (00:16:38) Only I can give you deliverance and (00:16:43) eternal life and freedom. (00:16:46) This is why it's important to him (00:16:48) because we are important to him and he (00:16:51) understands that there is salvation in (00:16:54) none other than him. (00:16:57) So how does this relate to us on a (00:17:00) personal level? I have underwent my own (00:17:03) exodus. I was trapped in the land of (00:17:05) Egypt in an iron furnace in a prison (00:17:08) without the bars and the god of this (00:17:11) world, Pharaoh, Hassetan, (00:17:14) was (00:17:16) pulling the levers in my life and (00:17:18) keeping me as a slave, building this (00:17:21) Babylonian institution, (00:17:24) and I was enslaved and entrapped. The (00:17:26) gods of Egypt were my God. (00:17:30) And it was Jehovah who came as my (00:17:32) deliverer and smashed the chains of (00:17:37) my slavery. He broke the chains (00:17:41) and he freed me from that prison (00:17:44) and the things that I was enslaved to (00:17:47) dissolved around me in my life. And I (00:17:50) felt the hand of the Lord firsthand. And (00:17:52) I knew what freedom truly tasted like (00:17:55) for the first time in my whole life. (00:17:58) We are all in this fallen world. And (00:18:02) this Babylonian system is set up to keep (00:18:06) people enslaved, to serve demons and (00:18:10) fallen angels, and to harvest (00:18:14) humanity, (00:18:17) to gain their attention. for what we are (00:18:20) attentive to and what we attend to (00:18:24) is where our form of worship will be (00:18:28) channeled. (00:18:31) The enemy wants to be woripped. (00:18:34) Yhovah will come in and he will smash (00:18:39) all the idols of Egypt in your life and (00:18:42) that is a good thing. Praise God that he (00:18:44) is jealous. Praise God that he is a man (00:18:47) of war. Praise God that his (00:18:49) intentionality (00:18:51) is to free the prisoners, (00:18:54) to give sight to the blind, and proclaim (00:18:57) the year of release. (00:19:01) The Exodus then is not a historical (00:19:04) rescue just bound in history or (00:19:07) antiquity. It is a pattern of how (00:19:11) Yhovah, Yhovah, still saves his people (00:19:14) today. Now, Egypt represents anything (00:19:18) that enslaves us. Fear, addiction, (00:19:21) shame, uh, an unhealthy identity, cycles (00:19:25) that we just can't seem to break, or (00:19:27) systems that demand our soul and give (00:19:31) nothing back in return. Often like (00:19:35) Israel, we don't even realize how bound (00:19:38) we are until Jehovah steps in and (00:19:40) dismantles the gods of Egypt and all the (00:19:42) things we come to depend upon in this (00:19:44) world. (00:19:46) Jehovah hears the cries before he (00:19:48) changes the circumstances. He sees the (00:19:51) bondage before we find the words to even (00:19:54) request for deliverance. And he does not (00:19:57) wait for us to become strong enough (00:20:00) or faithful enough. He steps in while we (00:20:03) were still under the burden. This is (00:20:05) what we read about today. (00:20:08) They couldn't even hear the words of (00:20:10) Moses because of anguish of spirit. Yet (00:20:13) God still persisted. He'd made war. He'd (00:20:16) made a decision. He'd stood from his (00:20:18) throne and nothing was going to stop (00:20:20) him. Praise the Lord for these things. (00:20:25) The four promises of redemption. (00:20:28) Next, we're going to look at these four (00:20:30) promises of redemption. (00:20:34) Exodus 6:6-7 says, "And I will bring you (00:20:37) out. I will rescue you. I will redeem (00:20:40) you. I will take you as my people." (00:20:44) Found in the very chapter where Yahw (00:20:47) reveals his name to Moses are four (00:20:49) promises of redemption. (00:20:52) These are not repetitions but four (00:20:54) distinct movements of salvation that we (00:20:57) can actually see and reflect on and go (00:20:59) aha I've experienced that. Now these are (00:21:03) four cups later remembered in a (00:21:06) tradition of Passover and they map (00:21:08) directly to salvation theology but most (00:21:11) importantly they point to the wedding (00:21:13) covenant not just an escape route not (00:21:16) just God saying this is what he's going (00:21:18) to do. (00:21:20) Notice how each one of these prophetic (00:21:22) proclamations, (00:21:24) which are actually promises, all begin (00:21:26) with I. This is who God is for you. (00:21:31) We've all undergone our micro Exodus (00:21:33) with the tetetrogrammaton, the Yhovah. (00:21:36) It is because of him and his redeeming (00:21:38) heart that we've been delivered from (00:21:39) Egypt. And in the very verses he reveals (00:21:43) his name, we capture a glimpse of our (00:21:46) own redemption firsthand. (00:21:49) This is who God is for you. Listen, I (00:21:52) will bring you out. I will bring you (00:21:54) out. Being brought out can be physical (00:21:57) as well as spiritual. I was physically (00:21:59) brought out of many things in this (00:22:01) world. Social groups, hostile (00:22:03) environments, physical relationships (00:22:05) that were corrupt, even a career that (00:22:08) wasn't suitable for me anymore. God (00:22:10) brought me out. Being brought out is (00:22:12) positional. It it does involve God (00:22:14) removing something or God removing you (00:22:18) from a location physically to another (00:22:20) place, but it ultimately points to (00:22:23) separation. (00:22:25) God is separating you from Egypt. And (00:22:28) separation is how we begin to forge set (00:22:31) apartness. (00:22:33) Before Yahw changes what's in us, he (00:22:36) often changes where we are. (00:22:39) You can't become something new whilst (00:22:41) you're still stuck in the same paradigm. (00:22:45) You can't become set apart until you are (00:22:48) fully separated. (00:22:50) So often Yahw will deliver us from an (00:22:52) environment (00:22:54) before he can change who we will be for (00:22:57) him and his kingdom. Separation is a (00:23:00) good thing. Separation creates the space (00:23:03) where holiness can grow. (00:23:05) You cannot be holy while remaining (00:23:08) entangled in Egypt. You can't become (00:23:11) holy while you're entangled with what (00:23:13) has enslaved you. So God will separate (00:23:16) you from that thing so he can put more (00:23:19) of his nature within you. (00:23:21) He wants you for himself. (00:23:24) You cannot be his while you are still in (00:23:28) strange to other gods. (00:23:30) So he takes you for himself. This is the (00:23:33) beginning of the rescue operation, (00:23:35) separation. Praise God for that. (00:23:39) Being brought out is the beginning of (00:23:42) holiness because separation is the soil (00:23:46) in which a holy life can take root and (00:23:49) grow. (00:23:51) I'm sure we all can testify to that. (00:23:55) Next, God says, "I will rescue you. I (00:23:58) will rescue you." This is sweet music to (00:24:03) my ears and this is the sweet honey of (00:24:06) scripture. And it still invigorates me (00:24:09) even now when I just read them four (00:24:12) words that Yara said in the book of (00:24:14) Exodus. (00:24:16) I will rescue you. (00:24:19) This is experiential (00:24:21) and um we can all testify that we have (00:24:24) experienced the rescue operation in our (00:24:26) life through Yeshua. We can all safely (00:24:29) say, "Yeah, God has liberated me." And (00:24:34) not just me, but the people around me. (00:24:38) And he's not only liberated me, he's (00:24:40) actually broken powers of bondage that (00:24:43) have been over my life. He's ended pain, (00:24:46) the grip of addiction. And God stepped (00:24:49) into my life and he said, "Slavery stops (00:24:53) and it stops with me." (00:24:57) This is a great deliverance and God will (00:24:59) deliver us from anything and he can (00:25:03) deliver us from anything. You name it. (00:25:06) Control, fear, sin, evil forces, what (00:25:09) have you. You name it. There is nothing (00:25:12) that he cannot rescue you from. There is (00:25:15) I'll say that again. There is nothing (00:25:17) that he cannot rescue you from. And I'll (00:25:21) let you down on a little secret. There's (00:25:23) nothing he won't rescue you from. There (00:25:27) is nothing he won't deliver you from. He (00:25:30) is the rescue operation for our souls in (00:25:33) this life and in the next. He is our (00:25:35) salvation. Period. And let it be known (00:25:40) there is nothing he will not deliver you (00:25:42) from. That's written in the Bible. Cuz (00:25:45) one day he's going to wipe away every (00:25:47) tear from our eye. There will be no more (00:25:49) pain, nor suffering, nor anger, nor (00:25:51) hatred, nor malice. For the former (00:25:53) things will have passed away. (00:25:58) One day it will be blotted out. One day (00:26:01) we will be made a new. One day (00:26:06) he who sats on the throne says, "Behold, (00:26:10) I have made all things new." (00:26:13) There is nothing he won't deliver you (00:26:15) from. (00:26:17) So stay (00:26:21) hopeful (00:26:22) that our God has said he will rescue you (00:26:25) and I truly believe it. (00:26:29) Okay. I will redeem you. The third (00:26:32) promise of redemption. I will redeem (00:26:34) you. Redemption is not about escape. (00:26:38) It's about being purchased and becoming (00:26:40) the property of Yah. We have been (00:26:42) redeemed by the precious blood of (00:26:44) Messiah, the lamb of God who takes away (00:26:46) the sin of the world. God doesn't just (00:26:49) take us out. He puts something new (00:26:51) within us and he declares (00:26:55) ultimately that we become his legally. (00:26:57) And this is great. This is amazing. The (00:27:00) redemption story is found here in the (00:27:03) Exodus. But you are part of that (00:27:05) redemption story because the scripture (00:27:07) says you have been redeemed. redeemed (00:27:10) not with gold or silver but with the (00:27:13) precious blood of Messiah. (00:27:15) Know your value. (00:27:17) The redemption aspect of our Exodus (00:27:20) should show us the value of who we are (00:27:24) to the Lord. That's amazing. You are (00:27:28) valued. You are loved. You are (00:27:29) cherished. And this is why he tells off (00:27:31) with this conclusion that I will take (00:27:33) you as my people. (00:27:36) Ah, the final promise of redemption that (00:27:39) alludes to the one flesh unity. I will (00:27:42) take you as my people. Look at that (00:27:45) union there. (00:27:47) You'll be united that he's going to take (00:27:50) you as his people. This is the goal. (00:27:53) This is the goal. These are the four (00:27:55) promises of redemption. And this is how (00:27:57) it concludes (00:27:58) with a relationship. (00:28:01) Because this is marital language. I will (00:28:04) take you as mine. (00:28:07) You can't say that to your best mate. (00:28:11) You can say it to your spouse, to your (00:28:13) wife. I am my beloved. My beloved is (00:28:16) mine. (00:28:18) So we see the conclusion (00:28:20) to the Exodus is actually that (00:28:25) God will take his bride (00:28:29) and that they will become his special (00:28:31) treasure. Many people forget one of the (00:28:33) major aspects to this Exodus was not (00:28:36) just about freeing people from (00:28:38) oppression. It wasn't just about putting (00:28:40) Pharaoh in his place and showing great (00:28:43) signs and wonders or bringing justice on (00:28:46) the earth. The fundamental aspect, (00:28:52) the the main reason for the Exodus for (00:28:54) me was so we would be God's people (00:29:00) because we couldn't be God's people (00:29:02) whilst we were under the hand of Pharaoh (00:29:04) and in the land of Egypt. So the (00:29:07) fundamental reason for the Exodus for me (00:29:09) was let my people go that they may come (00:29:13) and serve me. This is what Moses says. (00:29:17) Let my people go so that they can come (00:29:20) and hold a feast to me in the (00:29:21) wilderness. Many people forget that. (00:29:24) They're always spouting, let my people (00:29:26) go and they're focusing on the the (00:29:28) freedom and the the the focusing on the (00:29:32) redemption, (00:29:34) but then they they miss the whole point (00:29:36) of the freedom and the redemption is (00:29:38) intimacy. (00:29:40) I will take you as my people. You have (00:29:43) been delivered to worship God. That's (00:29:46) the whole point of deliverance. Yet, it (00:29:48) involves him showing himself to be God (00:29:51) and smashing the the the fallen angels (00:29:53) and the demons of this world and him (00:29:55) standing in the congregation of the (00:29:57) mighty and judging judging the gods and (00:29:59) him showing the world that he is El (00:30:01) Shadai, God Almighty. The biggest aspect (00:30:04) of your deliverance is so that you can (00:30:06) be one with him. I will take you as my (00:30:09) people. You've been delivered so you can (00:30:13) worship him. So you can be in intimacy (00:30:15) with him. Please never forget that this (00:30:17) is the final reason for your exodus. Not (00:30:21) freedom alone, not safety alone, but (00:30:23) intimacy. (00:30:25) I will take you as my people. Because (00:30:28) after this event, they go straight to (00:30:30) Zioni to become one with the Lord. So (00:30:33) the whole point of the Exodus for your (00:30:35) deliverance is so you can have intimacy (00:30:38) with God. The whole point he's freed you (00:30:40) now from the hand of Satan is so that (00:30:42) you will be his for all eternity. (00:30:46) Intimacy is the conclusion of this (00:30:48) matter. (00:30:50) So don't neglect the importance of (00:30:53) intimacy because it's why you were (00:30:56) delivered from Egypt. It's the whole (00:30:59) point of the Exodus. (00:31:03) Okay. to end now in this next part. We (00:31:07) will examine the miracle that takes (00:31:09) place in the presence of Pharaoh in his (00:31:12) palace. (00:31:13) After being equipped to go and face (00:31:16) Pharaoh, Moses and Aaron go before him (00:31:19) and his servants to demand the release (00:31:21) of the people. And as we know, Aaron, (00:31:24) who is destined to be the high priest of (00:31:26) Israel, he throws down his rod and it (00:31:30) becomes a serpent, which consumes the (00:31:32) other serpents um before Pharaoh of the (00:31:37) rods of his magicians and sorcerers. (00:31:40) Now, this moment is actually more than a (00:31:42) contest. (00:31:44) It's actually a microcosmic (00:31:47) gospel message (00:31:50) here at the very beginning of the Exodus (00:31:52) before the plagues (00:31:55) and before the parting of the sea and (00:31:57) before (00:31:59) Pharaoh's chariots being drowned in the (00:32:02) Red Sea. Before all of this, at the very (00:32:06) beginning of the Exodus, Yah reveals a (00:32:09) great secret that he does not defeat (00:32:12) death simply by overpowering it, but by (00:32:16) fully consuming it. (00:32:19) This prophetic act sets in motion a (00:32:22) thread that runs all the way through the (00:32:25) Bible to the cross where Messiah would (00:32:27) use death to destroy death. (00:32:31) Messiah. He would use death itself to (00:32:33) destroy the one who held the power of (00:32:35) death, Hassetan. (00:32:38) Long before Passover blood was applied, (00:32:41) God had already shown his method that (00:32:44) death would be swallowed up in victory. (00:32:47) Let's read it. So the Lord said to (00:32:49) Moses, "See, I have made you as a god to (00:32:52) Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be (00:32:54) your prophet. You shall speak all that I (00:32:57) command you, and Aaron, your brother, (00:32:59) shall tell Pharaoh to send the children (00:33:00) of Israel out of his land. And I will (00:33:03) harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my (00:33:05) signs and my wonders in the land of (00:33:07) Egypt. But Pharaoh will not heed you, so (00:33:10) that I may lay my hand on Egypt, and (00:33:12) bring out my armies and my people, the (00:33:14) children of Israel, out of the land of (00:33:16) Egypt by great judgments. and the (00:33:18) Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord (00:33:20) when I stretch out my hand on Egypt and (00:33:23) I bring out Israel from among them. Then (00:33:25) Moses and Aaron did so, just as the Lord (00:33:27) had commanded, so they did. And Moses (00:33:30) was 80 years old and Aaron 83 years old (00:33:32) when they spoke to Pharaoh. Then the (00:33:35) Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, (00:33:37) "When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, (00:33:39) show a miracle for yourself. Then you (00:33:41) shall say to Aaron, take your rod and (00:33:43) cast it before Pharaoh, and let it (00:33:45) become a serpent." So Moses and Aaron (00:33:47) went to Pharaoh, and they did so, just (00:33:50) as the Lord commanded. And Aaron cast (00:33:52) down his rod before Pharaoh and before (00:33:55) his servants, and it became a servant. (00:33:58) But Pharaoh also called the wise men and (00:34:00) the sorcerers. So the magicians of (00:34:02) Egypt. They also did in like manner with (00:34:05) their enchantments. For every man threw (00:34:08) down his rod, and they became serpents. (00:34:11) But Adam's rods swallowed up their rods, (00:34:14) and Pharaoh's heart grew hard, and he (00:34:17) did not heed them, as the Lord had said. (00:34:21) Death swallowed up in victory. Exodus 7 (00:34:24) 10-12. (00:34:26) And Aaron cast down his rod, and it (00:34:28) became a serpent. But Aaron's rod (00:34:30) swallowed up their rods. (00:34:33) In Egypt, the servant symbolized (00:34:36) complete divine authority. (00:34:40) This moment declared that Yah does not (00:34:44) compete, (00:34:46) he consumes. (00:34:47) The miracle is not that the rod turned (00:34:50) into a serpent. But for me, the miracle (00:34:54) is whose authority remains (00:34:57) and how Yah actually consumes death. (00:35:01) Notice Aaron's rod swallowed up their (00:35:03) rods. (00:35:04) It's not that the rod became a snake. (00:35:08) The miracle is who remained at the end. (00:35:13) Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. (00:35:18) Swallowed up. (00:35:20) Death is swallowed up in victory. Paul (00:35:22) puts it like this. First Corinthians 15. (00:35:25) So when this corruptible has put on (00:35:27) incorruption, and this mortal (00:35:30) has put on immortality, then shall be (00:35:33) brought to pass the saying that is (00:35:35) written. Death is swallowed up in (00:35:39) victory. Oh death, where is thou sting? (00:35:42) Oh hades, where is your victory? (00:35:45) Paul is using Exodus language here as (00:35:48) well, revealing how the Lord will use (00:35:50) death to consume death. Notice it says (00:35:53) death is swallowed up in victory (00:35:57) and Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. (00:36:01) Isn't that interesting? (00:36:03) Aaron's rod swallowed up the serpents. (00:36:07) This is a miniature prophetic enactment (00:36:10) of the gospel message. How? How? How is (00:36:13) this the gospel? Well, here we see that (00:36:16) Yah will consume death once and for all. (00:36:19) that he will put on death to destroy (00:36:21) death (00:36:23) and death will be swallowed up in (00:36:25) victory. (00:36:27) This theme runs throughout the entire (00:36:29) Bible. It's a central theme that death (00:36:32) is not only defeated, it's fully (00:36:35) consumed. Before God ever judged Egypt, (00:36:38) he revealed he would defeat death not by (00:36:42) avoiding it, not by overpowering it, but (00:36:44) by swallowing it up in victory. (00:36:48) In that day, the Lord with his severe (00:36:51) sword, great and strong, will punish (00:36:54) Leviathan, the fleeing serpent. (00:36:56) Leviathan, that twisted serpent, and he (00:36:59) will slay that reptile that is in the (00:37:02) sea. In Hebrew thought, Leviathan (00:37:06) being related to Hassetan, chaos, death, (00:37:08) and false dominion. (00:37:11) And we see here that Yah doesn't tame (00:37:14) Leviathan. He actually consumes it. He (00:37:18) will swallow up death forever. And the (00:37:22) Lord God will wipe away tears from all (00:37:24) their faces. (00:37:27) Death is swallowed up in victory. Psalm (00:37:29) 74:13-14. (00:37:33) You have divided the sea by your (00:37:34) strength. You have broke the heads of (00:37:36) the sea serpents in the waters. You (00:37:38) broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces (00:37:41) and gave him Leviathan the serpent as (00:37:44) food to the people inhabiting the (00:37:46) wilderness. And we see in this again the (00:37:49) serpent being swallowed up. (00:37:52) The psalmist recalls the Exodus pattern (00:37:54) here and the the redemption using this (00:37:56) cosmic imagery. The sea is not merely (00:37:59) water. It it represents chaos and death. (00:38:01) The sea serpents and Leviathan symbolize (00:38:04) this false dominion oppressive power and (00:38:07) the rule of death that is over the (00:38:09) world. Yhovah, he doesn't negotiate with (00:38:12) chaos. He literally consumes it. (00:38:15) Leviathan is not restrained or wounded (00:38:17) but broken and consumed showing total (00:38:20) victory. The phrase here that we see and (00:38:24) he yah gave him Leviathan as food means (00:38:28) what once terrified Israel now becomes (00:38:32) defeated provision. (00:38:35) The enemy's power is reversed and (00:38:37) humiliated. (00:38:40) Isaiah 27 6-9. And in this mountain the (00:38:43) Lord of hosts will make for his people a (00:38:46) feast of choice pieces a feast of wines (00:38:50) of fat things full of marrow of (00:38:53) well-refined wines. And he will destroy (00:38:57) on his mountain the surface of the (00:38:59) covering cast over all the people. The (00:39:01) veil that spread over all the nations. (00:39:04) And he will swallow up death forever. (00:39:07) And the Lord God will wipe away tears (00:39:09) from all their faces. The rebuke of his (00:39:11) people he will take away from the earth. (00:39:14) For the Lord has spoken it. And it will (00:39:16) be said in that day, "Behold, this is (00:39:18) our God. We have waited for him, and he (00:39:22) will save us. This is Yahava. We have (00:39:25) waited for him, and we will be glad and (00:39:27) rejoice in his Yeshua. (00:39:30) This is about what is coming. This is (00:39:33) about the feast that will will come for (00:39:36) our Jewish brothers and sisters in the (00:39:37) messianic reign. They are anticipating a (00:39:39) great feast, but not just a feast of fat (00:39:43) things and of beautiful wine. (00:39:45) A feast where the Lord will swallow up (00:39:48) death forever. (00:39:52) This is how Exodus begins (00:39:55) right in the beginning before the 10 (00:39:57) plagues before the parting of the waters (00:40:00) before the pillar of fire and cloud by (00:40:02) day. The Lord reveals right in the (00:40:05) beginning in the better sheet of Exodus (00:40:08) that death will be swallowed up in (00:40:10) victory. (00:40:12) Right from the get-go, (00:40:14) the serpent is not only defeated but (00:40:17) fully consumed by what? By the rod of (00:40:20) Aaron, who is the futuristic high priest (00:40:22) of Israel. So here we have a picture, (00:40:25) beloved. Do you see it? The high priest (00:40:27) of Israel under the authority of the (00:40:29) most high transforms his staff into a (00:40:32) serpent to consume the serpent. He he (00:40:36) transforms his rod into death to defeat (00:40:38) death. Death is is is consumed by death (00:40:44) by the hand of the high priest. This is (00:40:46) Yeshua who went to the cross and became (00:40:49) a curse for us. He put on death to (00:40:52) destroy death. (00:40:54) It's beautiful. Yeshua even says this in (00:40:57) John 3. Just as Moses lifted up the (00:41:01) serpent in the wilderness, even so must (00:41:04) the son of man be lifted up. (00:41:07) And we know Yeshua isn't saying that he (00:41:09) is the serpent here. The serpent here (00:41:11) represents judge sin or judgment that (00:41:13) leads to death. It's cursed flesh. I (00:41:16) will become the judgment. I will become (00:41:18) the death to defeat death. I will become (00:41:20) the curse for you. But I have a plan for (00:41:22) this. (00:41:25) Hosea 13:14. This puts it into clear (00:41:28) perspective. (00:41:30) I will ransom them from the power of the (00:41:32) grave. I will redeem them from death. Oh (00:41:36) death, I will be your plagues. Oh grave, (00:41:40) I will be your destruction. (00:41:44) I couldn't put it any clearer than that. (00:41:47) And I hope the the Ruaka Kadesh is (00:41:49) witnessing to you right now about this (00:41:51) verse because it's powerful. And I hope (00:41:53) these verses are now be beginning to be (00:41:55) transformed and and and I hope they're (00:41:58) edifying you and exhorting you because (00:42:01) right here in Hosea 13:14, God is (00:42:04) saying, "I will redeem them from death. (00:42:08) I will be your plagues, oh death, oh (00:42:10) grave, I will be your grave." (00:42:16) This could not be shown (00:42:19) any better in blueprint scenario that we (00:42:22) found in the book of Exodus. God could (00:42:24) have literally been declaring verbally (00:42:26) in the palace of Pharaoh that day, I (00:42:29) will ransom them from the power of the (00:42:31) grave. I will redeem them from death. Oh (00:42:33) death, I will be your plagues. Oh grave, (00:42:36) I will be your destruction. Do you see (00:42:38) it? There's no clear illustration. This (00:42:41) is why the Torah is the foundation. Once (00:42:44) you understand the foundation, it (00:42:46) becomes the cosmic key for the rest of (00:42:49) scripture. Then when you come across the (00:42:51) Isaiah and the Hosea and then the Paul (00:42:53) and Corinthians, you get it. You get it. (00:42:57) Let's summarize this with the British. (00:42:59) Hebrews 2:14 (00:43:02) and this is addressed to the Hebrews. (00:43:05) So you should get on to it. That through (00:43:07) death he might destroy him who had the (00:43:11) power of death. (00:43:13) Wow. (00:43:16) High priest did this. By the way, (00:43:20) Yhava vers Satan and his masquerade. I (00:43:23) want to turn your attention now to (00:43:26) how the magicians and the sorcerer of (00:43:28) Egypt, how (00:43:30) their rods became multiple serpents (00:43:34) because it's important to note. (00:43:37) And Pharaoh called his wise men and his (00:43:39) sorcerers. to the magicians of Egypt. (00:43:41) And they also did in like manner with (00:43:43) their enchantments. For every man threw (00:43:45) down his rod, and they became serpents, (00:43:49) plural. But Aaron's rod swallowed up (00:43:52) their rods. (00:43:54) It's important to note here that for (00:43:56) many people who imagine this scene (00:43:57) taking place, they often call back to (00:43:59) like the influences of film or TV where (00:44:02) it was Rod verse Rod, but really it was (00:44:05) Rod singular verse Rod's plural. It was (00:44:09) the ehad verse the plurality. (00:44:13) It was Aaron's rod verse the sorcerers (00:44:17) and the magicians plural. (00:44:21) This scene is not rod verse rod. It is (00:44:25) unity verse plurality. (00:44:28) It's the one true god versus the lesser (00:44:32) gods. (00:44:34) Yahhavah stands singular in the (00:44:38) congregation (00:44:40) of the gods to judge them. This is Yah (00:44:45) verse demons and fallen angels, Satan (00:44:48) and his masquerade. (00:44:51) Psalm 82:1, God singular stands in the (00:44:54) congregation of the mighty. He judges (00:44:57) among the gods plural. (00:45:00) The congregation of the mighty is (00:45:02) Pharaoh's palace. the sorcerers and the (00:45:05) magicians of Egypt. Yet Yah judged among (00:45:08) the gods, the magicians and the (00:45:10) sorcerers of Egypt, who threw down their (00:45:11) rods, and it became many serpents. God (00:45:15) brought judgment that day, singular, in (00:45:17) the congregation of the mighty, and he (00:45:19) judged among the gods. (00:45:22) Psalm 82:1-7, God stands in the (00:45:24) congregation of the mighty. He judges (00:45:26) among the gods. I said you are gods and (00:45:29) all of you are children of the most high (00:45:32) but you shall die like men and fall like (00:45:36) one of the princes. (00:45:40) False spiritual authorities are real but (00:45:42) when judged they cease to be eternal and (00:45:45) they are made like mere mortals. (00:45:49) Though once divine, now doomed to (00:45:51) destruction. And though once we finite, (00:45:55) we will then judge angels. We will be (00:45:58) like the angels. See how the roles will (00:46:00) be reversed in the Lord. (00:46:02) Now Yah, he's not addressing pagans here (00:46:06) in this courtroom scene in the (00:46:08) congregation of the Almighty. He's (00:46:10) addressing divine beings already inside (00:46:13) his court. (00:46:15) This is not a court. Repentance for (00:46:17) these lesser gods. This is a verdict (00:46:19) that's been passed. This is a judgment (00:46:21) that's taking place in the cosmic (00:46:24) heavenly scene. Recall how Yah (00:46:27) and his judgment (00:46:29) what the sages say and how it's related (00:46:32) to him standing from his throne. And we (00:46:34) read here that God stands. Are we (00:46:36) starting to make that connection again? (00:46:38) And (00:46:40) he actually (00:46:43) is saying that your time is expired. My (00:46:47) my patience is gone. Your time is (00:46:49) expired. I said you are gods, but you (00:46:52) shall die like men and fall like one of (00:46:54) the princes. So this scene that we see (00:46:57) is a microcosmic expression of this what (00:47:00) will happen and to come. This is what's (00:47:03) coming. (00:47:05) This is devastating language for (00:47:06) celestial beings who who thought (00:47:08) themselves immortal and or or above (00:47:10) consequence. They will now go from gods (00:47:12) to men to die like men and fall fallen (00:47:18) angels fall like one of the princes (00:47:21) principalities. (00:47:23) So this ties directly to Pharaoh. (00:47:25) Pharaoh he's called divine a god on (00:47:28) earth but destroyed under the hand of (00:47:31) the Lord. It relates to the Egyptian (00:47:34) gods also. They are judged and (00:47:36) overthrown by the one true God. (00:47:39) All this is a prophetic picture of Satan (00:47:41) and his angels cast down, defeated (00:47:44) through death, and thrown into the lake (00:47:46) of fire to be consumed. (00:47:50) Let's make that connection again of the (00:47:52) singular (00:47:56) rod (00:47:58) versus the plurality of the gods. (00:48:03) Paul says this 2 Corinthians 11. And no (00:48:06) wonder, for Satan himself transforms (00:48:08) into an angel of light. Therefore, it is (00:48:10) no great thing if his ministers, plural, (00:48:13) are also transformed into ministers of (00:48:17) righteousness, whose end will be (00:48:19) according to their works. (00:48:21) There you go. Their end is according to (00:48:24) their works. Ministers, Satan and his (00:48:27) ministers. And what's their strategy? To (00:48:30) masquerade. To mimic. To mimic. take you (00:48:34) back to that scene in the Exodus. (00:48:37) All he can do is copy. (00:48:39) There goes the Lord and that's what he (00:48:41) does. And then Pharaoh calls his men and (00:48:43) he all he can do is copy. (00:48:46) The blueprint is found in the Exodus. (00:48:48) But what does this reveal? It reveals (00:48:52) that God will fully consume them. Fully (00:48:54) consume them. That they will be gone for (00:48:57) eternity. that though they are gods, (00:49:00) they shall die like men and fall like (00:49:03) one of the princes. God stands in the (00:49:06) congregation of the mighty. He judges (00:49:08) among the gods. (00:49:12) 1 Corinthians 2:6 to8. The rulers of (00:49:14) this age are coming to nothing. For if (00:49:17) they had known, they would not have (00:49:19) crucified the Lord of glory. (00:49:23) In killing the Messiah, they seal their (00:49:26) own judgment. The rulers of this age are (00:49:29) coming to nothing. What happened then is (00:49:33) going to happen again in the future. And (00:49:35) God will fully consume when the beast, (00:49:40) the false prophet, Hassatan and all that (00:49:43) follow will be thrown in the lake of (00:49:45) fire. And a fire it doesn't just burn. (00:49:48) You know, fire consumes. (00:49:51) What we see in the book of Exodus is a (00:49:54) is a is a microcosmic (00:49:57) model of what will come in the future. (00:50:01) That God will use death to destroy (00:50:02) death. And he will fully consume. And he (00:50:05) stands in the congregation of the mighty (00:50:07) to judge among the gods. And though you (00:50:10) are gods, you will be like mere mortals. (00:50:13) You will fall like men. (00:50:16) Wow. This is Yah. This is Yah who you (00:50:21) serve. (00:50:23) Exodus 12:12. (00:50:26) And this is Yahw speaking against all (00:50:28) the gods of Egypt. I will execute (00:50:30) judgment. I am Yhavah. (00:50:34) Yahavah doesn't say that he will judge (00:50:36) Egypt only. He says that he will judge (00:50:39) the gods of Egypt. The plagues, as we (00:50:42) know, therefore act as a form of (00:50:44) theological warfare, not just as random (00:50:47) punishments. (00:50:48) Yah singlehandedly dismantles the idols (00:50:51) of Egypt like me mortals. (00:50:54) And I come to realize that a lot of the (00:50:58) judgments we encounter are not actually (00:51:01) punishments, but actually it's the hand (00:51:04) of the Lord coming against the idols (00:51:06) that we have erected in our own heart. (00:51:10) This is a lofty statement and (00:51:14) I hope that you can too reconcile this (00:51:16) through experience. (00:51:19) Matthew 18:28, (00:51:22) "Do not fear those who can kill the body (00:51:24) but cannot kill the soul, but rather (00:51:27) fear him who is able to destroy both the (00:51:29) body and the soul in hell." (00:51:34) Psalm 118 (00:51:36) verse 6, Yhovah is on my side. I will (00:51:39) not fear. What can man do to me? Recall (00:51:43) how they will be made like men. They (00:51:46) will be destroyed as mortals. (00:51:51) Yhovah is on my side. What can man do to (00:51:53) me? You are gods, but you shall fall (00:51:55) like men. (00:51:57) Pharaoh was the god on earth, but he was (00:52:00) made into a mere immortal. (00:52:03) before the hand of the Lord. (00:52:06) So to conclude, (00:52:09) hidden within the opening act of the (00:52:12) Exodus is a mystery that reveals (00:52:15) Jehovah's plan all along. When Aaron's (00:52:18) rod becomes a serpent and it swallows up (00:52:21) the others, this was not merely a sign (00:52:23) of authority. It is a priestly act (00:52:26) because Aaron is the destined high (00:52:28) priest. It is a priestly act. (00:52:32) of him defeating death with death. (00:52:36) One day, Satan, the beast, and the false (00:52:38) prophets, all of them will be fully (00:52:40) consumed in the lake of fire. (00:52:43) Here lies the picture. The high priest, (00:52:47) his rod is changed into a servant. (00:52:50) Yeshua by his own authority (00:52:53) became death on a tree to wholly consume (00:52:57) death once and for all. (00:53:00) But the mystery doesn't end there. That (00:53:02) same rod, the rod that entered into the (00:53:05) realm of death, will one day be revealed (00:53:08) again, not as a serpent, but as a tree (00:53:11) of life. Because Aaron's rod will one (00:53:15) day bud, blossom, and go on to bear (00:53:18) almonds and even be placed inside the (00:53:20) ark of the covenant to never decay. This (00:53:24) then becomes the tree of life. His rod (00:53:27) that becomes a serpent that defeats the (00:53:29) serpent becomes death to defeat death (00:53:34) then in the future becomes the tree of (00:53:37) life. That very rod that became death (00:53:41) and consumed death will one day become (00:53:43) the almond blossom preserved in the ark (00:53:45) of the testimony. A clear picture of (00:53:48) eternity. (00:53:50) It will one day become the tree of life. (00:53:54) The rod that swallowed death is the same (00:53:56) rod that later blossoms with life and (00:53:59) fruit. (00:54:00) Wow, what a great picture of our master (00:54:04) and a great conclusion to the Exodus. (00:54:09) Don't you just love the Bible? (00:54:11) I know I certainly do. And with that, (00:54:15) let us pray. Beloved, (00:54:19) hallelujah. (00:54:20) Abby, we thank you for the messages (00:54:23) found in the Torah, for the pictures of (00:54:26) Yeshua, Lord, and the gospel message and (00:54:29) how at the beginning before the plagues, (00:54:32) before the wonders, Lord, you made a (00:54:34) statement that day (00:54:36) that you will swallow up death in (00:54:38) victory that oh death, where art thou (00:54:40) sting? (00:54:42) Oh, Hades, I will become your (00:54:44) destruction. (00:54:46) Thank you, Abby, that Yeshua (00:54:50) was lifted up like the serpent on the (00:54:52) pole. He was lifted up that all men (00:54:55) through him may be saved. Thank you, (00:54:59) Abby, that your name is jealous that you (00:55:02) are a man of war. (00:55:05) And that you will stop at nothing to (00:55:08) deliver our soul from shaw. (00:55:11) Thank you God that you have said I will (00:55:15) rescue you and that you will be my (00:55:18) people. (00:55:19) Help us live out that identity better (00:55:23) Lord every day. (00:55:25) We thank you for the exodus in our (00:55:27) lives. We thank you for the blood of the (00:55:30) lamb. We bless you everybody and we (00:55:32) thank you. We hope to see you again y (00:55:35) willing on the next one. For now from (00:55:38) our house to your house. Shalom. (00:55:42) >> Shalom everyone and thank you for (00:55:43) watching. 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