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Characteristics of the Three
Exoduses
June 1, 2018
Brian
Kocourek, Pastor
Last Sunday
we spoke on the Exodus Experience the Shekina Reflection.
This week we will continue to look at the characteristics of the three Exoduses.
Now, remember as we do we will be examining by Scripture many, many attributes and
characteristics that express the end time. Take note of these in comparison to the
84 signs, events, attributes and characteristics that we saw are to be manifest
at the time of the Parousia.
44 Gods Provided Place
Worship 65-1128.1M Now, let's
take for our text... I want to read from the Book of Deuteronomy, the Old
Testament, just for a setting of Scripture. I have a few
notes I wrote out quickly after I'd come back from breakfast with
Brother Vayle.
46 Now,
in 16th
chapter of Deuteronomy,
it's the Passover observance. So we wish to read about the first few verses,
first four or five, six verses here:
Instead of reading from 4- 6 verses of scripture that Brother Branham used
for his text, I would just like to focus on verses 5 and 6 tonight.
5 "Thou
may not sacrifice the Passover within any of the gates,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee: 6 But at
the place which the LORD thy God has chosen to place his name in, there thou
shall sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun,
at the season that thou comest forth out of Egypt."
Now, this scripture points to God choosing both
the place and the season for worship. Now, a season has earmarks which are
certain characteristics that make it known. Fall has certain things
about it that spring does not. Summer is different from winter. But each
is known by their definitive characteristics.
I). The First EXODUS.
Here we are looking at the season of the 1st EXODUS. What were the earmarks of
the first EXODUS?
Ecclesiastes 3: 1 "To everything there is a
season and a time for everything under the Sun."
An exodus is not only a going out, but it is
also an entering in. So there has to be something happen to build up
to an exodus. No need for an exodus if everything is just great.
A. People in
bondage to a system ...there seems no way of escape.
B. So God sends His
prophet to deliver the people.
C. God backs him up
and vindicates him by showing His own presence.
D. The prophet's
message is rejected, and God sends judgment.
E. Because the
message is rejected, those who follow it are squeezed, pressure put
upon them.
F. This brings on
an exodus.
G. During the
exodus the pressure remains in variouos ways called trials
and testings.
H. Attrition sets
in for those who are not made for the journey.
I. Finally
an entering takes place under the Leadership and guidance of the Pillar of
Fire.
Now then, what were the earmarks of the 2nd
exodus in Jesus and Paul's day?
II). The 2nd EXODUS
There were people also in bondage, this time to
a Roman system. There seemed to be no way out. God again comes down on the
scene and uses the body of a prophet. This time it is not Moses but the body of
His own Son. This prophet ( Jesus ) has three stages of His Ministry
just like Moses. There are three pulls.
1. 1st pull,
miracles, acceptance, open doors.
2. 2nd
pull, discernment, shows vindication of God's Presence
3. 3rd
pull, the Word goes forth - rejection manifests itself among
the make-believers.
4. Finally
they crucify the Word made flesh. To put away the Word from among
them.
As you see here they separate themselves then from the vary presence they
say
they are longing for.
Now, the exodus begins again. God remains as the
Pillar of Fire, a teaching season begins. The people
are positionally placed under the ministry of the Pillar of Fire. A
testing season begins and attrition sets in once again. The make believers are
once again worn down and fall away.
III). The Third Exodus.
What then are the characteristics of the 3rd Exodus? Or shall we say
the end time ministry of God Himself?
Matthew
16:3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather today:
for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of
the sky; but can ye not discern the
signs of the times?
2
Thessalonians 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
Hebrews
6:1-7 1 Therefore leaving the principles of the
doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the
foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying
on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 3 And this will we do, if God permit. 4 For it is
impossible for those who were once for
all enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers (companions) of the
Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and
the powers of the world to come,
6 If they
shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they
crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him
to an open shame. 7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain
that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is
dressed, receiveth blessing from God: 8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh
unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. 9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better
things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. 10 For God is
not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed
toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire that every one of you do
shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
1
Timothy 4:11 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith,
giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
Jude
4 For
there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to
this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into
lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Acts
20:28-32 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and
to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to
feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among
you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also of your own selves shall men arise,
speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 31 Therefore
watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn
every one night and day with tears. 32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God,
and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an
inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
2
Peter 2:1-4 But as there were false prophets also
among the people, even so there shall
be (future
tense) false teachers among you, who privately shall
bring into the Message damnable
heresies, even denying the Lord that
bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways;
(Pernicious: causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious;
hurtful:) by reason of whom the
way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 And through
covetousness shall they with feigned
words make merchandise of you: whose
judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. 4 For if God
spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them
down to hell, and delivered them into chains of
darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
2 Timothy 3:1-9 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men
shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters,
proud, blasphemers, (to speak impiously or irreverently of
(God or sacred things).to speak evil of; slander; abuse.) disobedient to
parents, unthankful,
unholy, 3 Without natural
affection, trucebreakers,
false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady,
highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden
with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever
learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of
the truth. 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses,
so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate
concerning the faith. 9 But they shall proceed no further:
for their folly shall be manifest
unto all men, as theirs also was.
2
Timothy 4:1-8 I
charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord
Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his
kingdom; 2 Preach
the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering
and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own
lusts shall they heap to themselves
teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth,
and shall be turned unto fables. 5 But watch thou in all things, endure
afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. 6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the
time of my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished
my course, I have kept the faith: 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown
of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that
day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
Luke
17:30 26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so
shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They did eat, they drank, they married
wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the
ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise also as it was
in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they
planted, they builded; 29 But the same day that Lot went out of
Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30 Even thus shall it be
in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
Malachi 4:1-6 1 For,
behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the
proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that
cometh shall burn them up,
saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave
them neither root nor branch. 2 But
unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in
his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. 3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be
ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts. 4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded
unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes
and judgments. 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the
prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the
children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite
the earth with a curse.
Revelations 10:1-7 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: 2 And he had in his hand a little book open:
and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his
left foot on the earth, 3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven
thunders uttered their voices. 4 And when the seven thunders had uttered
their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto
me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. 5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the
sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, 6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and
ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and
the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein,
that there should be time no longer: 7 But in the days of the voice of the
seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be
finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
Revelations 22:10 7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is
he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. 8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to
worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy
brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship
God. 10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings
of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. 11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust
still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is
righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy
still. 12 And, behold, I come
quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as
his work shall be. 13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and
the end, the first and the last. 14 Blessed are
they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life,
and may enter in through the gates into the city.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 But I would not have you to be ignorant,
brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others
which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose
again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of
the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto
the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 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: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the
clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these
words.
2 Thessalonians 1:7-12 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us,
when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them
that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting
destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his
saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among
you was believed) in that day. 11 Wherefore also we pray always for you,
that our God would count you worthy of this
calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his
goodness, and the work of faith with power: 12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may
be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the
Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-13 1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto
him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be
troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the
day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling
away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above
all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the
temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with
you, I told you these things? 6 And
now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already
work: only he who now letteth will let, until he
be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed,
whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy
with the brightness of his coming: 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of
Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of
unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the
truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them
strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed
not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to
God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning
chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the
truth:
1 Peter 1, 5, 11, 13 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the
strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of
God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and
sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. 3 Blessed be
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant
mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that
fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 Who are kept by the power of God through
faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for
a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious
than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto
praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom,
though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye
rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 9 Receiving
the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. 10 Of
which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who
prophesied of the grace that should come unto
you: 11 Searching what, or what manner of
time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified
beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. 12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but
unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them
that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from
heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. 13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind,
be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at
the revelation of Jesus Christ;
Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together
until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather
ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather
the wheat into my barn.
Acts 3:19 19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted,
that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from
the presence of the Lord; 20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which
before was preached unto you: 21 Whom the heaven must receive until the
times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all
his holy prophets since the world began. 22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A
prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto
me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. 23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet,
shall be destroyed from among the people. 24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and
those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these
days.
1 Corinthians 1:4-10 4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God
which is given you by Jesus Christ; 5 That
in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; 6 Even
as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: 7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: 8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus
Christ. 9 God is
faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ
our Lord. 10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind
and in the same judgment.
2 Corinthians 1 Do
we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? 2 Ye
are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: 3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the
epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit
of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. 4 And
such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: 5 Not
that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our
sufficiency is of God; 6 Who
also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but
of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 7 But
if the ministration of death, written and
engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not
stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: 8 How
shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? 9 For
if the ministration of condemnation be glory,
much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. 10 For even that which was made
glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. 11 For
if that which is done away was glorious, much
more that which remaineth is glorious. 12 Seeing
then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: 13 And
not as Moses, which put a vail over his face,
that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which
is abolished: 14 But
their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken
away in the reading of the old testament; which vail
is done away in Christ. 15 But
even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. 16 Nevertheless when it shall
turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. 17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the
Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with open face
beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image
from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the
Lord. 4:1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have
received mercy, we faint not; 2 But
have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor
handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth
commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 3 But
if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds
of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who
is the image of God, should shine unto them. 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the
Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of
darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the
light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 7 But
we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may
be of God, and not of us.
Ephesians 1:10-17 10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of
times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in
heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: 11 In
whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the
purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: 12 That
we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. 13 In
whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the
word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye
believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance
until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your
faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making
mention of you in my prayers; 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the
knowledge of him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being
enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the
riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
2 Thessalonians 2:61 Now
we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That
ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word,
nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling
away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is
called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of
God, shewing himself that he is God. 5 Remember
ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed
in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he
who now letteth will let, until he be taken out
of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be
revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall
destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan
with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And
with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they
received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,
that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who
believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Let us pray...