In this year’s Young People’s Conference in Poland I appreciated the brothers pointing out the facts to us – as seen in Exodus. These facts are concerning Egypt (the world system that Satan created), concerning what life in Egypt is like, and how to escape the tyranny and slavery of Egypt.
I was impressed that the world system that Satan created is composed of Babylon, Sodom, and Egypt. In Babylon we are brought into rebellion and idolatry to worship all sorts of things other than God. The world is anything (good or bad) that distracts us from God.
In Sodom we are brought into sinfulness. The world is full of the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes that defile our person. Lastly, in Egypt we are brought under the slavery and usurpation of Pharaoh (Satan). In the world our time and our whole being is in the slavery of our livelihood, and our time is usurped to such an extent that we have no time for the Lord or for the church. These are the facts of what the world is.
Equally as impressive were the plagues that were seen in Egypt. These 10 plagues signified life in Egypt, life in the world: It begins with death and ends with death. It begins with somewhat of a mild form of death, that one may brush off as if nothing.
But as one remains in the world this death just grows worse and worse – it eventually damages our whole being, especially our soul. Remaining in the world damages us, damages our relationship with one another, and damages our relationship with God.
This is just the fact that if we continue to live in the world we will touch death which will lead us to more death. May the Lord have mercy on us that we would flee from the world and all its forms of death.
Praise the Lord for His way of salvation! He has shown us a vision of the world and a vision of what life in the world is like. Also, He has provided us a way to escape the world – this too is not “a hope” or “a theory”, but it is a fact!
Christ is the reality of the Passover lamb that was slain for the Israelites in Exodus – His blood was shed for our iniquities. After being slaughtered, the lamb was roasted and eaten by the Israelites. This is the Lord being thoroughly judged, crucified, and resurrected – to become our food and our strength to escape the world.
Thus, when He was on the cross, He proclaimed “It is finished!” (John 19:30). All the righteous requirements of God were fulfilled on the cross! Now we are set free to escape Egypt and enjoy God. Hallelujah, this is a fact that we can experience and enjoy today!
We have to give a thousand “Hallelujah’s!” for these facts! We see the world for what it is. We see what life in the world is like. We also see we do not need to remain in the world, but we can escape the world by enjoying the Lord everyday. His blood is shed for our sins.
He has been processed to be the Life-Giving Spirit for us to eat everyday, which gives us strength to escape the life in the world. [sharing from the 2011 Poland Camp by brother Jackson L(USA) from his top enjoyment as a serving one in the camp]
Thank You Lord for these facts. Keep us enjoying You all the days of our life.
Amen!!! What a necessary realization! And now we must pursue, to gain Christ everyday as the fresh Manna, that He can reconstitute us inwardly with His very life and nature. He is our Passover. He has accomplished a wonderful and perfect judicial redemption for us! Praise Him!!! Now we need our inward, corrupt nature changed! We need to take Him as our way (the blood), be supplied with Him inwardly to leave the world (the Lamb), and gather Him freshly every morning and work this manna into cakes and loaves and food to reconstitute us into the real Israelites!