Scripture, telling us about the events that occurred on the eve
and on the night the people of Israel left Egypt, points to a
significant event in the past and many important events in the
future.
“And the Lord spake vnto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
This moneth shalbe vnto you the beginning of moneths: it shall be the
first moneth of the yeere to you.”
(Ex.12:1,2);
Ҧ Speake ye vnto all the Congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day
of this moneth they shall take to them euery man a lambe, according to the
house of their fathers, a lambe for an house”
(Ex.12:3).
And indeed, on Nisan 10, much people took “branches of Palme trees,
and went foorth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna, blessed is the king of
Israel” (John 12:13). This day, He was popularly recognized as the
King of Israel.
“And ye shall keepe it vp vntill the fourteenth day of the same moneth:
and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the
euening”
(Ex.12:6);
On Nisan 14, “all the Congregation of Israel” put Jesus to death
through crucifixion. This is described in detail in the work “The Week of
the Days”. Scripture, telling us about further events of this day, having
stepped over 2000 years, shows us future events in the Tabernacle of
heaven.
“And they shall take of the blood and strike it on the two side postes,
and on the vpper doore poste, of the houses wherin they shall eate it”
(Ex.12:7);
Scripture prophetically says that the heavenly Tabernacle, before
serving in it, will be sprinkled with the Blood of Jesus
Christ.
“And almost all things are by the Law purged with blood: and without
shedding of blood is no remission”
(Heb.9:22);
“It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heauens
should bee purified with these, but the heauenly things themselues with
better sacrifices then these”
(Heb.9:23).
In the “house”, “wherin they shall eate it” (Ex.12:7), eat “the
Passeouer” (Luke 22:8), feast meal will take place. The ceremonial Law
calls this first day in the Tabernacle of heaven a feast of unleavened
bread.
“And they shall eat the flesh in that night roste with fire, and
vnleauened bread, and with bitter herbes they shall eate it”
(Ex.12:8).
Chapter 8 of Leviticus describes the consecration of Aaron and
his sons, prophetically, the High Priest and Priests. After
bathing with water, “Aaron” will be clothed in all holy
garments. The loins of the Priests will also be girded.
“And Moses brought Aarons sonnes, and put coats vpon them, and girded them
with girdles, and put bonnets vpon them, as the Lord commanded Moses”
(Lev.8:13);
What prophetic meaning has washing of disciples’ feet by Jesus during the
supper (John 13:5)? The washing of the feet of the disciples, as well as
the washing of the sons of Aaron, are the prototypes of the future
consecration of Priests to serve in the Tabernacle of heaven.
“And Moses brought Aaron and his sonnes, and washed them with water”
(Lev.8:6).
“After that, he powreth water into a bason, and beganne to wash the
disciples feete, and to wipe them with the towell wherewith he was
girded”
(John.13:5).
The towel with which Jesus was wrapped in the upper room, prophetically,
points to the belt of the outer clothes of the High Priest. Apparently,
this belt will be long and relatively wide, like a towel:
Moses “put vpon him the coate, and girded him with the girdle, and
clothed him with the robe, and put the Ephod vpon him, and he girded him
with the curious girdle of the Ephod, and bound it vnto him therewith”
(Lev.8:7).
Jesus “riseth from supper, and layed aside his garments, and tooke a
towell, and girded himselfe” (John.13:4).
The LORD said to Moses:
Ҧ And thus shall ye eate it: with your loines girded, your shooes on your
feet, and your staffe in your hand: and ye shall eate it in haste: it is
the Lords Passeouer”
(Ex.12:11).
“and none of you shall goe out at the doore of his house, vntill the
morning”
(Ex.12:22).
What prophetic significance does this prohibition have? Not to go out
even till break of day means not to go out until “the Sunne of
righteousnesse” arises (Mal.4:2). Scripture, telling about the events
that occurred on the first day of the week during Paul’s journey (Acts
20), prophetically tells us about the rapture of the Church of the
firstborn and about some of the events that took place in the upper room
“even till break of day”.
Jesus Christ “therefore was come vp againe, & had broken bread, and
eaten, and talked a long while, euen till breake of day, so he departed.”
(Acts.20:11).
But no one will ever leave the heavenly chamber unless our
“yongest brother”
comes. Scripture, as if on behalf of the Lord God, says by Joseph’s words:
“Hereby ye shall be proued: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not goe foorth
hence, except your yongest brother come hither”
(Gen.42:15).
The Lord God swears by Himself that no one will come out of the Tabernacle
of heaven alive unless our “yongest brother” comes hither. The
Scripture compares the rapture of the Church of the firstborn to spying by
spies of the new earth for its conquest and settlement.
“But when Iacob heard that there was corne in Egypt, he sent out our
fathers first.
And at the second time Ioseph was made knowen to his brethren, and Iosephs
kinred was made knowen vnto Pharao”
(Acts.7:12,13).
And indeed, “at the second time” (Acts 7:13) and this is
the second rapture, the Church of the firstborn will bring
their youngest brother (chosen), those who are called will come
with them, and then they will call Jacob “and all his kinred”
(Acts.7:14).
Scripture calls the Church of the firstborn: “the captivity”, “the
firstborn”, “the Elders” (Ezra.10:14), “chiefe of the
fathers” (Ezra.10:16), “the Elders” (Ex.12:21), all “of
them by their names” (Ezra.10:16). And all Christians remaining on
earth will be like the “yongest brother” of Joseph. A battle will go on
for them.
Scripture, narrating about the people of Israel leaving Egypt and passing
through the sea to serve the Lord, shows us the rapture of the Church of
the firstborn. One time will be set for each captive, that is a midnight,
local time.
“It is a night to be much obserued vnto the Lord, for bringing them out
from the land of Egypt: This is that night of the Lord to be obserued of
all the children of Israel, in their generations”
(Ex.12:42).
“And the children of Israel went into the midst of the Sea vpon the dry
ground, and the waters were a wall vnto them on their right hand, and on
their left”
(Ex.14:22).
Imagine a huge wall of water on the right and the same wall of water on
the left. And there is a narrow path along the corridor of the water.
Another comparison is, the path by the brook (Neh. 2:15). Now imagine that
you need to go through another sea - “the waters of the great deep”
“The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deepe is frozen”
(Job.38:30).
For humans, this is an endless block of ice, with a temperature close to
absolute zero. When captives go through the depths of the sea, the waters
will be “a wall vnto them on their right hand, and on their left”
(Ex.14:22). In a frozen deep, Scripture says, there is “the gate of
the valley” (Neh. 2:13). I think that strait is the gate, and narrow
is the way there. Scripture prophetically calls “the waters of the
great deepe” (Is. 51:10) the king’s pool (Neh. 2:14).
But the return journey through “heaven” (Rev.19:11) will already
be a broad way:
“Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deepe,
that hath made the depthes of the sea a way for the ransomed to passe
ouer?”
(Is.51:10);
“For wee haue heard how the Lord dried vp the water of the red Sea for
you; when you came out of Egypt, and what you did vnto the two kings of
the Amorites that were on the other side Iordan, Sihon and Og; whom ye
vtterly destroyed.”
(Josh.2:10).
The two kings of the Amorites are the beast and the false
prophet, who will be “cast alive into a lake of fire
burning with brimstone” (Rev. 19:20).
For the people of Israel, passing through the sea, after they
leave the land of Egypt, has its prophetic significance. In the
future, on the eve of the second coming of the Lord Jesus
Christ, the people of Israel will come out of the slavery of
the official religion in order to seek the Lord their God (Jer.
50).
“By faith they passed through the red sea, as by drie land: which the
Egyptians assaying to do, were drowned”
(Heb.11:29).
Crossing the sea for them will mean “entering into his rest”, in the
Millennium, to perform service to the Lord. Scripture, prophetically, as
if on behalf of a future whore, tells them:
“Rise vp, and get you forth from amongst my people, both you and the
children of Israel: and goe, serue the Lord, as ye haue said”
(Ex.12:31).
Exodus of the people of Israel from Egyptian slavery is a prototype of
their future going out of slavery of the “Babylonian whore”, the Orthodox
Church (Rev. 17).
“and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute iudgement: I am the
Lord”
(Ex.12:12).
So, Scripture called the day and the month when “the whole assembly of
the congregation of Israel” would put Jesus to death more than a
thousand years till this event. The year of this event was identified in
the book of Daniel in more than 400 years till this event. The counting of
years began “from the going foorth of the commandement to restore and
to build Ierusalem” (Dan.9:25). 483 years had to pass from this
command to the death of Jesus Christ. But these seven weeks of Daniel have
also a hidden prophecy, it is not in vain that these 483 years are divided
into two parts. Scripture prophetically determines the rapture of the
Church of the firstborn, as the beginning of the restoration of Jerusalem.
“from the going foorth of the commandement to restore and to build
Ierusalem, vnto the Messiah the Prince, shall be seuen weekes; and
threescore and two weekes”
(Dan.9:25).
And indeed, now the house of the Lord is being “built up” - the heavenly
Tabernacle. It will be completed on the day of the rapture of the Church
of the firstborn. Then will be given “the commandement” to restore
and to build the heavenly Jerusalem. Its construction will be completed on
the day of the enthronement of the Lord Jesus Christ. 49 years will pass
from the beginning of the ministry in the Tabernacle of heaven “vnto
the Messiah the Prince”.
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