Alpha and Omega Comparisons
People in Bondage to a System
May 21st, 2007
Brian Kocourek, Pastor
If you recall one of the questions that we read last
night was asking for a comparative study of the Ministry of Jesus at His first
coming and that of ministry of Christ in William Branham in this hour.
Instead of stopping at that, I would propose that we
list all the comparisons of the first Exodus, with the Second and the Second
exodus with the Third.
For starters, each Exodus had a people who were in
bondage to a system.
I) There is a system that has the people in Bondage.
1st
Exodus:
Exodus 2: 23 And it came to pass in process of time, that
the king of
Deuteronomy 26: 6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and
afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
Deuteronomy 8:14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou
forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the
Token the 63-0901M P:91
Children in the wilderness 47-1123 P:27
And we seen last Sunday, how
that all that church was a type, or a shadow of the Church that we have today:
the calling out, bringing out of darkness into the marvelous light, led by
signs and wonders of God, bringing them from Egypt, going up into the promised
land... And it's a very perfect type of
the Church today being led out of darkness into the Light of Christ, and
how He brought the people, see how they were down there among those Egyptians.
They become like the heathens. God brought them out and give them laws, and
wonders. They walked with God, and God kept sickness away from them. He gave
them food to eat.
Token the 63-0901M P:94 Notice, then the preparation for His
promised land people... Notice, what he did. First, He had a people that He had
made a land for them. He had prepared a land for them. And now, He sent down
there a preparation for it, for the promised land people. It was only for those who were predestinated to that promised land.
Right. And how He done it, He sent a
prophet with a message, identified it by a Pillar of Fire, and gave a token
that they could rest assure that It was right. That's right. It was for
consolation.
2nd Exodus: The people of
Hebrews 2: 15 And deliver them who through fear of death
were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Galatians 5: 1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty
wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of
bondage.
Galatians 4: 24 Which things are an allegory: for these are
the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage,
which is Agar.
Galatians 2: 4 And that because of false brethren unawares
brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ
Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
Acts 7: 7 And the nation to whom they shall be in
bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve
me in this place.
3rd Exodus: The people in this day are in
bondage to a religious system once again.
At
Kadesh Barnea 56-0527 P:38 So we find out in this there's a mixed multitude. Many times people
go out saying, "Yes, I am. I'll do this." And we find out that those
people were carnal. Just as soon as the first little strain come, they desired
to go back into
Deceived church by the world 59-0628M P:50 But as Israel was bound by--by their kings,
that they could not follow the real King, and the real King, when He came, they
didn't recognize Him, so is it today, O Lord, the King of glory has appeared in
the form of the Holy Ghost, and, Lord, they don't know it. They don't recognize
it. They're so organized so tight, that they do not understand it, because it's
not in their organization. Lord, this is a work of the Devil that's done this
to the people. May the Samson of God, may the true in heart, those who are
longing and crying, and pleading and holding on, may they stay with it, Lord,
until this new crop grows out, until there comes forth again a joy in Zion, and
there comes forth a group that can recognize and understand, that can see the
Messiah and the hidden power that's hid from the world, that they will not
understand now. Grant, Lord, that they'll see this. For we ask it in Jesus'
Name. Amen.
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Questions
and answers COD 61-1015M P:31 Now, all the church today is the antitype of the type, We know
that. There's a type and a antitype. Now, when
II) The people need to be delivered from that system.
1st
Exodus: The people needed a deliverer to take them out of that system.
Acts
7: 34 I
have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I
have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I
will send thee into
Psalms 22: 5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered:
they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
Psalms 107: 6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their
trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
Paul a prisoner of Christ 63-0717 P:71 Moses was a deliverer, Paul was a deliverer,
Now, in making our comparisons, we can use Moses, Paul
and William Branham as the messengers under the Pillar of Fire. But we also
have another view to consider and that is that as God sent a Messenger He also
followed that Messenger with a Teacher.
Joshua was sent by God to follow up Moses ministry.
Notice Joshua under the Pillar of Fire was with Moses as they left
So Joshua positionally placed the people even as Paul
came after Jesus who was God’s Prophet, or the God prophet for God was in Him.
And as Moses manifested the Word of God to the people so did Jesus Christ
manifest the Word of God to that age. Then that manifested Word ministry was
followed by a teacher to the gentiles which is what Paul called Himself. 1 Timothy 2: 7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an
apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles
in faith and verity. But I am getting a bit ahead of myself here.
2nd Exodus: The people needed a deliverer
to take them out of that system.
Colossians 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of
darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Galatians 1: 4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might
deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our
Father:
2 Corinthians 1: 10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and
doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
Luke 11: 4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive
every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver
us from evil.
Matthew 6: 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver
us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.
Amen.
3rd
Exodus: The people needed a deliverer to take them out of that system.
1
Thessalonians 1: 10 And
to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus,
which delivered us from the wrath to come.
Token
the 64-0308 P:38 Now,
the Holy Spirit promised to call that in the last days, "Come out from
among the unbelievers."
Oneness
62-0211 P:107 God's
gathering the elect from the four winds of the earth. He said He'd send angels
and gather them. Is that right? Gather them together, separate them from the
tares. Amen. The tares will be burnt, not the wheat. That's right. But they're
so headstrong; they're going to have it or not, don't make any difference. Oh. But
God's chosen Ones are commanded to come out from among them. "Be ye
separated," saith God, "and I will receive you. Touch not their
worldly things, and I'll be a Father to you, or God, and you'll be My sons and
daughters. Yoke yourself not up with unbelievers, but come out of it." God
wants separation from the world. He wants to be unionized with you, Himself.
And no manmade scheme of organization, denomination, or any manmade theories
will ever stand. It'll take God, the Holy Ghost in you to unite you to God. And
how do you know you got It? The Holy Ghost that wrote the Word will bear record
with every Word; and the same things that the Holy Ghost did in the Old
Testament, It'll do in the New Testament: will do now just the same, because
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. And you're not yoked
with organizations and the world. You're not yoked with them. Yoke yourself not
up among them, but come out from among them. Ye are yoked to Christ, yoked to
the Lord Jesus Christ.
III) God Himself comes down to deliver his people.
1st
Exodus: God came down Himself to be that deliverer of the people
Exodus 3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the
affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and
have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;8 And I
am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring
them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with
milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
2nd Exodus: God came down Himself to be
that deliverer of the people
Matthew
3: 16 And
Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the
heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a
dove, and lighting upon him:
2
Corinthians 5: 19 To
wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing
their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of
reconciliation.
John
9: 5 As long as I am in the world,
I am the light of the world.
John
8: 12 Then
spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that
followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
John
12: 46 I
am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide
in darkness.
3rd Exodus: God came down Himself to be
that deliverer of the people
1
Thessalonians 4: 16 For
the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the
archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Revelation
10: 1 And
I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a
rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as
pillars of fire:
Anointed
ones at end time 65-0725M P:193 Now, I want you to know this is sure. And you that listen to this
tape, you might have thought today that I was trying to say that about myself,
being that I was packing this Message. I have no more to do with it than
nothing, no more than just a voice. And my voice, even against my better
judgment... I wanted to be a trapper. But it's the will of my Father that I
declare to do, and determined to do. I wasn't the One that appeared down on the
river; I was only standing there when He appeared. I'm not the One that
performs these things and foretells these things that happens as perfect as
they are; I'm only one that's near when He does it. I was only a voice that He
used to say it. It wasn't what I knew; it's what I just surrendered myself to,
that He spoke through. It isn't me. It wasn't the seventh angel, oh, no; it was
a manifestation of the Son of man. It wasn't the angel, his Message; it was the
mystery that God unfolded. It's not a man; it's God. The angel was not the Son
of man; he was a messenger from the Son of man. The Son of man is Christ. He's
the One that you're feeding on. You're not feeding on a man. A man, his words
will fail, but you're feeding on the unfailing Body-Word of the Son of man.
If you haven't fed fully on
every Word to give yourself strength to fly above all these denominations and
things of the world, will you at this time do it, while we pray?
End
time evangelism 62-0603 P:30 Same thing today, when you see His work. Now, we have already seen
and are witnessing the appearing of the Lord. Now remember, appearing and
coming is two different words: to appear and then to come. Now is the
appearing; He's already appeared in these last days, right here with us in the
last few years. Now, it's a sign of His coming. He's appearing in His Church in
the form of the Holy Spirit, showing that it's Him, 'cause people cannot do
these things that you see the Holy Spirit doing; so that's the appearing of the
Lord. Now, you remember, it spoke both places, "appearing" and
"coming."