Sabbath Message 26/01/40/120.
Dear Friends,
This Sabbath is the Seventh Day of the Omer Count to Pentecost. The New Moon follows on the Wednesday 1/2/40/120.
In understanding the move from Egypt in the Exodus and the activities in the move to Pentecost we should be studying the paper Moses and the God’s of Egypt (No. 105) and the text on the Passover (No. 098).
When Israel left Egypt they moved to the area on the Red Sea known as Pi Ha Hiroth and then waited for the Egyptians under their Pharaoh to move to them in order that God could deal with their elohim that had been allocated as their Elohim of the Host by God (Deut. 32:8 ff). The entire military host of Egypt was wiped out in the Red Sea in the weeks following the Exodus.
From Succoth the Israelites went to Etham (ay-thawm a name of Egyptian origin, or Buthan: LXX) (Ex. 13:20; Num. 33:6-8). From Etham the Israelites went to Migdol (meaning tower) (Ex. 14:2; Num. 33:7) which is before Pi-hahiroth on the Red Sea as we see below. In the same way we will face trials from now on and the salvation of our people will also see us develop on up to the arrival of the Messiah as he arrived in the pillar of Fire and Cloud to destroy the Host of Egypt.
We will also move on as we did over the steps to Pentecost as we did for Pentecost at Sinai. We will, in a short while, go through the Wars of Amalek and we will develop so that we are given the restoration under the laws of God as we were at Sinai over the six months from Passover to Pentecost and to Trumpets on the First Day of the Seventh Month representative of the Trumpets of the arrival of the Host and the end of this age.
Refer to the paper Pentecost at Sinai (No. 115).
The day of the Count to Pentecost is noted here as the next day after the Sabbath, namely, the first day of the week or Sunday, known as the Wave Sheaf. Pentecost thus must fall every year on the Sunday following the seventh Sabbath, which is fifty days after the Wave Sheaf Offering. The Wave Sheaf Offering is clearly identified as the day following the weekly Sabbath of Unleavened Bread. Pentecost cannot therefore be counted from the first holy day of Unleavened Bread as has been claimed from the Hillel calendar – unless that day falls on a Sunday. The passages found in the LXX regarding Leviticus 23 and Pentecost used by proponents of a 6 Sivan Pentecost are examined in the paper The Omer Count to Pentecost (No. 173). The significance of the sacrifices of leavened bread is thus:
The ten steps or stages of the Exodus were reflected also in the ten candlesticks of the temple of God unfolding through the two thousand years. The progression of the Exodus from Rameses was in stages, the first stage being Succoth. The assembly area at Rameses is not counted as a step. Similarly, John the Baptist was not counted as one of the ten lamps of the restoration.
From Succoth the Israelites went to Etham (ay-thawm a name of Egyptian origin, or Buthan: LXX) (Ex. 13:20; Num. 33:6-8). From Etham the Israelites went to Migdol (meaning tower) (Ex. 14:2; Num. 33:7) which is before Pi-hahiroth on the Red Sea. From Pi-hahiroth the Israelites crossed the Red Sea and moved on some three days journey to Marah (meaning bitter because they could not drink the water (or Picriae: LXX)) (Ex. 15:23; Num. 33:8-9). The waters of the Holy Spirit were made drinkable with the one tree (Ex. 15:25) which was Messiah.
From Marah they encamped at Elim (meaning palm trees; Bene Eliym means Sons of God) (Ex. 15:27; 16:1; Num. 33:9-10). There were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees. These were to symbolise the twelve tribes each fed from a spring which were to be the twelve judges of Israel. The seventy palms were to symbolise the seventy trees of the elders (Ex. 24:1,9), the Sanhedrin and the later council of elders (Lk. 10:1,17). The name Elim is derived from the word Eyil meaning strength, hence a chief, or ram, or pillar; hence an oak or strong tree. Hence the concept has the capacity to extend to the meaning of Elim or Eliym meaning mighty or gods as it appears in Psalm 89:8. The concept is thus an allegory of the Elohim or Eliym. The seventy are thus taken to be representative of the extended council of the heavenly Host. (Hence, the seventy (two) over 2,000 years forms the basis for the 144,000.)
Israel entered the Wilderness of Sin after Elim en route to Sinai on the 15th day of the second month (a Sabbath?). The LXX states that the encampment in the Wilderness of Sin commenced near the Red Sea from which point they entered the wilderness (Num. 33:11-12 LXX).
The people were given manna to eat at this point. Thus after the tree of Messiah and the springs and trees of the twelve and the seventy which Christ nominated before his death, they entered the wilderness. They murmured and were fed on meat of quails in the evening and in the morning. From then on, they were fed on the bread of Heaven, which is Jesus Christ.
The congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the Wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the Lord (Ex. 17:1). They camped at Dophkah (meaning a knock, hence the call of the Morning Star. Al tarikh means in the Semitic, e.g. in Arabic, Morning Star or he who knocks or he who comes in the night – hence the Surah in the Koran).
Israel then camped at Alush (of uncertain meaning) and from Alush they camped at Rephidim (meaning a railing or balusters, hence to be spread out or along) (Ex. 17:1; Num. 33:14-15). Thus they travelled in staggered march although it seems that the final order of march from Numbers 10 was not established until the move from Sinai in the second year (Num. 10:11ff.). There was no water at Rephidim (Rephidin, Num. 33:14 LXX). This represents the commencement of the famine of the word of God. From Rephidim they arrived at Sinai.
These ten stages represented the ten stages of the restoration from Messiah through the seven Churches to the two witnesses arriving at the millennial reign and the new age. These ten stages are represented by the ten candlesticks of the Temple of Solomon where there are seventy candles and ten tables of shewbread. The last sequence of the two witnesses indicates a staggered and/or sequential grouping. Hence, the Host are not in one body or group.
Thus the sequence is from Egypt to the Law at Sinai and from the Law at Sinai to Messiah and again through the same sequence until the Messiah comes for the final time at the end of the age. See the paper The Ascents of Moses (No. 70).
The Israelites were attacked by the Amalekites at Rephidim (Ex. 17:8). Thus, just before the arrival at Sinai in the ninth encampment, the Israelites were attacked by the Amalekites. These people were to be utterly blotted out for their attack on Israel. This is to reflect the attack of the Last Days reflected by Revelation 12:15-16 (see the paper War of Hamon-Gog (No. 294)). The punishment is shown in the parable of the sheep and goats (Mat. 25:32-33), where the nations are judged by how they treat the elect over the period of trial. Moses had to hold up his arms over the entire period of the attack. To do this, Aaron and Hur had to seat Moses on a rock, which symbolised the power of God, and they stood at his right and left hand holding up his arms. These concepts prefigure the transfiguration (Mk. 9:4-5) and represent the elohim of Christ, Moses and Elijah. The power is of Christ by constant effort until the end of the Day of the Lord. Joshua of Ephraim fought all day until the going down of the sun (Ex. 17:13). After the Amalekites were defeated, Moses was visited by Jethro priest of Midian who sacrificed to the Lord (Ex. 18:12). The symbolism of this act may prefigure the reconciliations and conversions of the Last Days.
The establishment of the Orders of Judges certainly presages the restoration of the Law of the millennial system. Jethro stated that from the Exodus he knew that Jehovah was greater than all of the elohim.
Exodus 18:11 Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all the [Elohim]; truly, in the way in which they were proved against them (Interlinear Bible).
He is speaking here of the YHVH of Israel who is the High Priest of the elohim under Eloah or Elyon, God Most High.
This being is the Yahovah of Israel who is the High Priest of the order of Melchisedek that was established to confer Salvation on Mankind and the sequence and symbolism are covered in the paper Commentary on Hebrews (No. F058).
We will explain this matter further and how this aspect is used to confer Salvation on the Gentiles.
As we progress now our people will be developed and we will develop and be exposed to the very things we have been taught to await and which we have expected with great excitement long ago and now the world is to be dealt with and we will see those beings and aspects. In 1977 we saw the 119th jubilee. In 1987 we were told we were to undertake the measuring of the Temple and we began the last Generation of this age and the 40 years until the end of Satan’s Rule at October 2027 at the end of the Jubilee of 2026-27.
Christ told us that the rule of Satan as Morning Star would have to be cut short otherwise there would be no flesh left alive. We will explain how that will occur and how Satan will have that period reallocated to him at the end of the Millennium as the Gifts and the Call of God are irrevocable.
We will be in a position at the First Resurrection to take over as the Priesthood of the elect and replace the demons at that time and we will then also continue on with the preparation of our children to take over in the Millennial Kingdom under the Laws of God.
Prepare now for Pentecost and make sure we do not forfeit our position in the Kingdom of God.
We will continue now in the sequence of the build up to the Advent.
Wade Cox
Coordinator General