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Your Word for Today

Your Word for Today

“And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac (Gen. 21:9-10).

The effect of the birth of Isaac was to make manifest the character of Ishmael. Ishmael hated Isaac and so did his mother, Hagar. Prompted by her, Ishmael sought to murder Isaac (Gal. 4:29), and, with his mother, was justly expelled. Both merited the severer sentence of death. Thus, the birth of Isaac, which filled Sarah’s heart with joy, filled Hagar’s with murder.

Isaac and Ishmael symbolize the new and the old natures in the Believer. Hagar and Sarah typify the two covenants of works and Grace, of bondage and liberty (Gal., Chpt. 4). The birth of the new nature demands the expulsion of the old. It is impossible, in fact, to improve the old nature. In the Eighth Chapter of Romans, the Holy Spirit says it is “enmity against God: for it not subject to the Law of God, neither indeed can be.”

If, therefore, the old nature cannot be subject to the Law of God, how can it be improved?

How foolish, therefore, appears the doctrine of moral evolution!

The Divine way of holiness is to “put off the old man” just as Abraham “put off” Ishmael. Man’s way of holiness is to improve the “old man,” that is, to improve Ishmael. The effort is both foolish and hopeless.

The only way the “old man,” which refers to the old way, the way of the flesh, can be put off is by the Believer evidencing and maintaining Faith in Christ and the Cross. As the Cross is the only answer for “sin,” it also is the only answer for “self” (Lk. 9:23-24).”

— Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
Donnie Swaggart
 
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“And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a Burnt Offering in the stead of his son. And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-Jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen (Gen. 22:13-14).

The name, “Jehovah-Jireh,” means “the LORD will see” or “provide.”

Provide what?

He will provide a Redeemer, which all of this, as it regards the proposed offering of Isaac, represented.

The great test of Faith which the Lord required of Abraham, as it regards the proposed offering up of his son Isaac, was for the purpose of telling the great Patriarch how mankind would be delivered. It would be by and through the Death of God’s Only Son, of which Isaac was a Type.

However, as the Lord told Abraham of the manner of Redemption, which would be by death, He did not tell him how this death would be brought about, which would be by the Cross. That information would be given to Moses some 400 years later (Num. 21:8-9).”

— Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
Donnie Swaggart
 
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“And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray you, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. And Jacob said, Sell me this day your birthright. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he swore unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob (Gen. 25:30-33).

The birthright was to go to the firstborn. In this case, it was Esau. It pertained to the Father’s Blessing involving Supremacy. It also included a Double Portion of the family estate. Last of all, it concerned the Domestic Priesthood.

The Domestic Priesthood meant that the oldest son acted as Priest for the family and offered the Sacrifices which God had commanded Adam and his sons to offer. Officiating the Sacrifices meant that the firstborn knew and understood that this was a symbol of the Coming Redeemer. But the Scripture says that Esau had no regard for any Coming Redeemer. He was interested only in the now and present. So it would not be as was intended, “The God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Esau.” Esau had no faith in that of which we speak.

Jacob, deplorable as was his character, valued Divine and Eternal Blessings. So he tried to purchase the Birthright; he found, to his dismay, that such cannot be done. God has nothing for sale. Everything He has is a “Gift” (Jn. 3:16). Had Jacob placed himself in God’s hands at the beginning, the Prophecy made to his mother before he was born (Gen. 25:23) would have been fulfilled to him without the degradation and suffering which his own scheming brought upon him.

Regrettably, the entirety of the world and most of the Church, as Esau, have no regard for the birthright, i.e., “the Cross of Christ.” And then the few in the Church who do regard the birthright, i.e., “the Cross,” all too often try to obtain it by means other than Faith.

It can be gained only by Faith (Rom. 5:1).”

— Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
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“And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the Earth, and the top of it reached to Heaven: and behold the Angels of God ascending and descending on it (Gen. 28:12).

Jesus spoke of this ladder when He began His public Ministry. He said to Nathanael, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter you shall see Heaven open, and the Angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man” (Jn. 1:51).

That ladder, as Jacob saw it, was closed to all but the Angels. In other words, due to the terrible sin debt upon man, even believing man, Heaven was closed to all. Believers who died before the Cross did not go to Heaven, but rather down into Paradise, where they actually were held captive by Satan (Eph. 4:8). They were comforted in
Paradise; however, there was only a gulf which separated Paradise from Hell (Lk. 16:19-31).

But when Jesus died on the Cross, the sin debt was forever paid. Now that ladder is open not only to Angels, but also to all Believers.

The moment the Cross was a fact, Jesus went down into the nether parts of the Earth, and made those who had been all of this time captives of Satan, His captives, and took them with Him home to Glory. Now when a Believer dies, he instantly goes to be with Jesus (Phil. 1:23), all made possible by the Cross.”

— Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
Donnie Swaggart
 
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“And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a Man with him until the breaking of the day (Gen. 32:24).

God had a controversy with Jacob because of his faulty life. When, as a consequence, he found himself in deadly peril and realized that God Himself was behind that peril, and that it really was not with Esau his brother that he had to contend, but rather with the Angel of Jehovah Himself, he then learned a valuable lesson. When sore broken by that Mighty Hand, when he ceased to wrestle and clung instead with weeping and supplication to the very God Who wounded him, it was then he got the victory and the glorious name of “Israel.”

The great principle that God cannot give victory “to the flesh” appears in this night scene. It is the broken heart that begins to experience what Divine Power means. Better for the sun to rise upon a limping Israel than to set upon a lying Jacob.

Jacob, for his misconduct, was exiled from the Promised Land, having nothing but his staff. He returns a wealthy prince, but lamed. So Israel, cast out of Jehovah’s land because of her sin, also will return with abundance, but broken and contrite in spirit, all typified by Jacob.

God had to cripple the “flesh” in Jacob, as He has to cripple the flesh in us. It can only be done one way: As you, the Reader, will learn in this Devotional, it is the Holy Spirit Alone Who can subdue the flesh. He demands only one thing of us, and that is that our Faith be anchored squarely in Christ and the Cross, never wavering.

Paul said: “

For the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the Law of sin and death” (Rom. 8:2).”

—Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
Donnie Swaggart
 
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“And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days (Gen. 49:1).

The Holy Spirit, in Hebrews 11:21, points to Jacob’s action in this Chapter as the great faith action of his life. Feeble and dying, and having nothing except the staff on which he leaned and worshipped, he yet bestowed vast and unseen possessions on his grandsons.

First he recited the Gift of the Land of Canaan to him by God (Gen. 49:3-4). Then, making Joseph his firstborn (Gen. 49:22), he adopts Joseph’s two sons as his own (“Even as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine”), and setting the younger above the elder, endowed them with the firstborn’s double portion. It was a beautiful picture of a faith that was Divine, intelligent, and triumphant.

The double portion given to Joseph as the firstborn was a conquered portion (Gen. 49:22). The possession given by God to the Divine Firstborn among many brethren, the Lord Jesus Christ, is also a conquered possession, i.e., it was done at the Cross, and it redeemed His People out of the land of the enemy — the Amorite, one might say.

Everything Jacob said came to pass, and everything our Heavenly Jacob has promised us will also come to pass. The Cross has made it all possible! (Rom. 6:1-14)”

—Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
Donnie Swaggart
 
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“Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house (Ex. 12:3).

The lamb, and all that pertained to it, symbolized Jesus in His Atoning Work.

1. “Your lamb shall be without blemish”: Jesus was without blemish.

2. “A male of the first year”: Jesus was the Second Man, the Last Adam (I Cor. 15:45, 47).

3. “And you shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month”: This was for further inspection in order that no blemish be found. For 33 1/2 years no fault was found with Christ. Satan had no part in Him.

4. “The congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening”: Jesus would die at the time of the evening Sacrifice, 3 p.m.

5. “And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door posts of the houses”: As the blood of the lamb was shed, Christ shed His Life’s Blood. As the blood of the lamb was to be applied to the houses, likewise, and by faith, it is to be applied to our hearts and lives (Eph., Chpt. 2).

6. “And they shall eat the flesh, and let nothing of it remain”: One must partake of all of Christ, which refers to believing all He did for us at the Cross.

7. “The lamb was to be eaten with unleavened bread”: This typified the perfection of Christ. There was no evil, i.e., “leaven,” in Him.

8. “And you shall eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand”: As Israel was leaving Egypt (and they were to be prepared to leave at a moment’s time), likewise, the believing sinner, upon accepting Christ, is to leave the world and its system behind, and do so forever.”

—Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
Donnie Swaggart
 
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“And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt (Ex. 12:13).

He said, “When I see the blood,” not “When I see your particular Church,” or “your good works,” or “your particular Denomination,” or whatever! It’s “When I see the blood, I will pass over you.”

The worthiness of the person is not taken into question, simply because, in the eyes of God, there is no worthiness. The goodness of the person is also not taken into question, simply because, in the eyes of God, no one can really be called “good.” That which characterizes acceptance by God is that the Blood of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, which refers to what He did for us at the Cross of Calvary, be applied to our hearts and lives, which is done by Faith (Rom. 5:1; Eph. 2:8-9).

This simply means that both the believing sinner and the believing Christian are to place their Faith exclusively in Christ and what Christ did for us at the Cross (Rom. 6:1-14).

The Holy Spirit states in I Corinthians 5:7 that the Passover pictured Christ’s Sacrifice of Himself in order to save sinners sentenced to die. Two great facts appear in the first Passover: the certain doom of the firstborn and his certain Salvation. He was doomed to death by God, not because of his conduct, but because of his birth. This latter fact, he could not alter; and he was, therefore, hopelessly lost. He was, however, absolutely saved, because of the value of the life sacrificed for him. He knew he was saved because God had pledged Himself to most certainly save all who sprinkled the shed blood upon the door posts, all a Type of the price Jesus would pay on Calvary’s Cross in order that we might be saved (Jn. 3:16).”

—Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
Donnie Swaggart
 
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“And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and you shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever (Ex. 12:14).

All sinners are justly doomed by God to death. But He loves them as He loved the firstborn; therefore, the Lamb of God has suffered that death. His Precious Blood, that is, His Priceless Life poured out, attests the fact.

The Word of God promises eternal safety to anyone who will seek Salvation in that Atoning Saviour. The Believer in Christ knows, therefore, that he shall never perish; and this knowledge is based on two facts outside of himself, which are:

1. The preciousness of Christ’s Blood to God.

2. The Faithfulness of God to His Own Promise.

Israel was to keep the Passover “for a memorial,” and was to do so “forever.” This referred to the fact that their Salvation, prosperity, freedom, and strength all were derived from “the Blood of the Lamb.” It has not changed for the modern Believer. Everything we are, and I speak of Righteousness, can only be credited to the Shed Blood of the Lamb.

All of this represented the Cross, which means that it must ever be the anchor and the Object of our Faith (Eph. 2:13-18).”

—Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
Donnie Swaggart
 
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“Then sang Moses and the Children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spoke, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for He has triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider has He thrown into the sea (Ex. 15:1).

The Red Sea and the Jordan River typify the Death and Resurrection of Christ. The Red Sea pictures death to sin; the Jordan, death to self. The one separates from Egypt; the other, from the wilderness.

Moses began and ended his wilderness life with a song. That of Deuteronomy 32:1-43 is the one referred to in Revelation 15:3. There was no singing in Egypt; there only was groaning. Singing only follows Redemption.

This, the song of Exodus 15, is the oldest song of praise in existence. The greatest poets unite in admiration of its surpassing beauty and sublimity. It is a song of praise; its theme is Jehovah-Jesus; and it praises Him for His destruction of the enemy. It begins with Redemption and ends with Glory. In fact, this is the first of ten songs of praise recorded in the Bible; the last is Revelation 14:3.

“Self” is absent from this song; it is all about Jehovah and His Power to save, all brought about by the death of the Pascal Lamb, which typified Jesus and the price that He would pay at Calvary’s Cross. The Cross alone sponsors Redemption’s song!”

—Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
Donnie Swaggart
 
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“And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD showed him a Tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there He made for them a Statute and an Ordinance, and there he proved them (Ex. 15:25).

We find here that God tests faith in order to strengthen and enrich it. This test can come at any time, either before a great victory or after a great victory. Israel journeyed three days in the wilderness and found no water. When water was found, there was an added trial — the water was bitter.

The “bitterness” typifies life’s journey. At times, it’s not a pleasant journey. There is only one answer to the episodes of bitterness that come to every Believer; it is the Cross of Christ. As “bitterness” represented the pitfalls of life, which cannot be escaped, likewise, the “Tree” represents the Cross.

Facing the “bitter waters,” Moses “cried unto the LORD.” That is what every Believer should do. An answer is guaranteed. It is found here in God’s Word. The Lord told Moses to cut down a “Tree” which was growing nearby. It was to be “cast into the waters.” That being done, “the waters were made sweet.”

In this episode, the Lord is telling us that the Cross is the answer to every problem. If the “Tree” would be placed into the vicissitudes of life, we will find that the Lord will turn the bitterness into sweetness. As here enjoined, the answer is the Cross, always the Cross! (I Pet. 2:24-25).”

—Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
Donnie Swaggart
 
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“And said, If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD your God, and will do that which is right in His sight, and will give ear to His Commandments, and keep all His Statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon you, which
I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD Who heals you (Ex. 15:26).

In this episode of the bitter waters of Marah, we find that the Lord gives a great Promise to Moses, and, in fact, to every Believer. It is a Promise of Divine Healing, which addresses itself not only to physical needs, but also to emotional needs, typified by the “bitter waters” of Ex. 15:25.

But yet the Promise has a qualification, a qualification which is impossible for us as human beings to meet.

We are to “give ear to His Commandments, and keep all His Statutes.” That being the case, He has promised to keep us free from “diseases,” etc.

But, as stated, what human being can say that he has always kept all of God’s Commandments and Statutes?

The answer: None!

However, the door is not closed. There is One, only One, Who has always kept all of God’s Commandments and Statutes. And that is all that is needed! The “One” is the Lord Jesus Christ. He did it all as the Second Man and the Last Adam (I Cor., Chpt. 15); He did it all on our behalf.

Our Faith and trust exclusively in Him and what He has done for us at the Cross guarantees us His Perfection and all the benefits which go with that Perfection.

Need I say more?! (Rom. 8:1-2, 11).”

—Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
Donnie Swaggart
 
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“And when the Children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is Manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the Bread which the LORD has given you to eat (Ex. 16:15).

The Manna prefigured the descent of the True Bread, of which if a man eat he shall live forever (Jn. 6:51). It was a test of appetite and of obedience. In Egypt, Israel had slave food; in the desert, Angel’s food. The test quickly revealed that the natural man has no appetite for Heavenly things. The people soon called it “light food.”

The Manna was so precious that it could not bear contact with the earth. It fell upon the dew and had to be gathered ere the sun was up, and freshly every morning. Yesterday’s Manna did not do for today, nor today’s for tomorrow (Num., Chpt. 9). Thus, must the Christian feed upon Christ every day, as He reveals Himself in the Scriptures (Lk. 9:23-24).

Israel in the desert presents a striking picture! Egypt behind them, Canaan before them, the wilderness around them, and the Manna above them. They were a Heaven-born people and a Heaven-bound people; they ate Heaven-baked Bread.

In looking back toward Egypt, they murmured; when looking forward toward the Wilderness, they saw the Glory of the Lord (Williams).

Jesus as the Bread of Life, and He Alone is, can only be had by virtue of the Cross. As we have repeatedly stated, Christ is the Source, while the Cross is the means (Eph., Chpt. 1).”

—Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
Donnie Swaggart
 
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“And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD has said, Tomorrow is the rest of the Holy Sabbath unto the
LORD . . . (Ex. 16:23).

The Sabbath, the day of rest, here suddenly reappears after a silence of more than 2,000 years. Redemption being accomplished, the Sabbath is gifted to Israel. But man has no heart for God’s rest. His nature is bad; he can neither rest with, nor work for, God. If God makes a rest for him, he will not keep it; and if God tells him to work, he will not do it.

In this Chapter, Israel refused the Sabbath as a gift; in Numbers 15, they disobeyed it as a Law.

The Sabbath was to be a day of “rest,” symbolizing the “rest” which one finds in Christ, and only in Christ. Hence He says, “Come unto Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you Rest” (Mat. 11:28).

Since the “Sabbath” is only a symbol of the “rest” that one finds in Christ, once the reality had come, the symbolism is no longer needed. Hence, the strict observance of this ritual was not carried over into the New Covenant. And yet, when one accepts Christ, following Him by placing one’s Faith entirely in Christ and the Cross, this is the same as “keeping the Sabbath,” because the Sabbath prefigured Christ and His Rest (Heb., Chpt. 4).”

—Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
Donnie Swaggart
 
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“Behold, I will stand before you there upon the Rock in Horeb; and you shall smite the Rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the Elders of Israel (Ex. 17:6).

It seems strange that God, Who professed to love them, should lead Israel into a desert, both foodless and waterless. But love led them there that they might learn the desperate unbelief of their own hearts and the unfailing faithfulness of God’s Heart. Only in a desert could God reveal what He can be to those who trust Him; for only there was Israel dependent upon Him for everything. Without God — nothing; with God — everything.

The water from the Smitten Rock foretold the Living Water, the Holy Spirit, to be sent forth by the Smitten Saviour. The Holy Spirit was shed forth as the fruit of Christ’s Sacrifice (I Cor. 10:4). The Rock was smitten by the very same rod of judgment that smote the land of Egypt.

The “Rock” was a Type of Christ being smitten by God (Isa. 53:4), which was done at the Cross, and which brought forth Eternal Life, at least for all who will believe (Jn. 3:16).

The fact of the Cross guaranteed the payment of all sin, past, present, and future, the giving of Eternal Life, and the advent of the Holy Spirit in a new dimension, at least for all who will believe (Jn. 7:37-39).”

—Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
Donnie Swaggart
 
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“Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim (Ex. 17:8).

The reception of the Holy Spirit, symbolized by the Smitten Rock pouring out life-giving water, immediately causes war. “Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel.” Up to this point, God had fought for them. Israel was to stand still and see His Salvation; but the Command now is to go out and fight.

There is an immense difference between Justification and Sanctification. The one is Christ fighting for us; the other, the Holy Spirit fighting in us. The entrance of the new nature is the beginning of warfare with the old.

Amalek pictures the old carnal nature. He was the grandson of Esau, who, before and after birth, tried to murder Jacob, and who preferred the mess of pottage to the birthright. This carnal nature wars against the Spirit. “It is not subject to the Law of God, neither indeed can be”; and God has decreed war against it forever.

The only way that “Amalek,” i.e., the flesh, can be defeated is by the Believer ever placing his Faith in the “Smitten Rock,” i.e., “the Crucified Christ” (Gal. 6:14). Otherwise there is no victory! (Gal. 2:20-21).”

—Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
Donnie Swaggart
 
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“And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the Rod of God in my hand (Ex. 17:9).

God did not destroy Amalek, but determined to have war with him from generation to generation. He was to dwell in the land, but not to reign in it. The Sixth Chapter of Romans, which presents the blueprint for spiritual victory, says, “Let not sin (the sin nature) therefore reign in your mortal body.” This Command would have no meaning if the sin nature did not continue to exist in the Christian. Amalek is a type of the sin nature.

The sin nature dwells in the Believer, but dwells and reigns in an unbeliever.

There is only one way for the Believer to have perpetual victory over the sin nature, and that is to understand, even as Paul told us in Romans 6:3-5, that we are baptized into the death of Christ, buried with Him by baptism into death, and raised with Him by the Glory of the Father, that we “should walk in newness of life.”

The Cross of Christ is the foundation principle of our life, living, and victory. Our Faith must ever rest in that Finished Work. Only then will this “fight” be successful! (II Tim. 2:4)”

—Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
Donnie Swaggart
 
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“But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun (Ex. 17:12).

In brief form, we are here given the blueprint for victory:

1. “But Moses’ hands were heavy”: When Moses “held up his hands,” Israel prevailed. When he “let down his hands,” Amalek prevailed. Functioning by his own strength, his hands grew heavy, symbolizing the flesh, which quickly wearies.

2. “And they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon”: The “Stone” is a Type of Christ. In Him, we rest, and only in Him can we rest. Resting in the midst of battle may seem strange, but the Lord’s battles are fought with Faith, and not by the flesh.

3. “And Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side”: Aaron is a Type of Christ as our Great High Priest, the Lord Jesus Christ, ever making Intercession for us. “Hur” is a Type of the Holy Spirit.

With the Intercessor and the Holy Spirit holding up our hands, they will then be “steady.” Then our Heavenly Joshua will win the victory, all on our behalf, but only when our obedience is as it should be. Our hands must be held up, a posture which signifies our trusting solely in the Lord. Christ acts here as the High Priest and the Warrior. To follow His direction guarantees victory (I Jn. 5:4).”

—Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
Donnie Swaggart
 
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“And you shall make an Altar of Shittim Wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the Altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits (Ex. 27:1).

The great Brazen Altar, which sat in front of the Tabernacle, represented Jesus and Calvary. The brass (copper) pictured judgment and the enduring strength of His Atoning Sacrifice; its polished surface, His sinlessness; its measurements, three by five, His Deity and His Grace. Its shape, foursquare, expressed its provision and sufficiency for the four quarters of the Earth; and its position, in front of the entrance to the House, that the Crucified Lamb of Calvary is the One and Only Way to God.

It was borne by staves, thereby accompanying the people in their pilgrim way to Canaan, so teaching the lesson that there never comes a period in the Christian life where the Atoning Blood of Christ can be dispensed with.

The Brazen Altar, without a doubt, was the single most important piece of furniture in the entirety of the Tabernacle. Some may argue that the Ark of the Covenant was the greatest; however, nothing could be reached in the Tabernacle, the Golden Lampstand, the Table of Shewbread, the Altar of Worship, and, above all, the Ark of the Covenant, without the Priests first going by means of the Brazen Altar. In other words, the Brazen Altar, typifying Christ and His Crucifixion, made possible the entirety of the Levitical Worship.

Presently, and forever it will be the case, the Believer will ever have access to the Throne of God, all because of Jesus and what He did at the Cross (Rev., Chpt. 5).

—Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
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