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11/04/07 ANGEL OF DELIVERANCE
VISION: I was nestled in the crevice of a very
tall, narrow pinnacle rock overlooking a river. I bent
over a couple inches and looked straight down, to see if
there was a way down and I gulped. No way! So I turned
around and looked straight down the other way and it was
identical. I just stayed put in the crevice because I
knew I was safe as long as I waited on the Lord to
deliver me. Suddenly a deliverance angel showed up. He
was massive, about 3 stories tall. He cradled and
carried me off. In a deep, deep base voice he said, “It
is a pleasure and honor to serve the Lord’s bride.” I
felt very safe even though he was so massive. So I
started asking him a pile of questions and he took much
care in answering each one with a lot of patience and
sincerity. As I listened to him, I knew English was not
his normal language because he spoke with a deep accent.
When I came out of the vision, I laughed delightedly
because I remembered his size, his face, his kindness,
the depth and accent of his voice. But I didnt remember
one question I asked him or any of his answers. That is
SO much like God!
APPLICATION: As I was pondering the tight place
in the vision I asked the Lord what the high pinnacle
represented. I knew the crevice represented being hidden
in the cleft of His rock. But this was a very tall, long
narrow pinnacle peak, almost like the mountain had
eroded away and all that was left was the strong rock
dike sticking straight up from the ground. The word
“pinnacle” was quickened to me as the 3rd testing of
Jesus and that speaks of going through a time of testing
the Lord’s patience as in the place of Meribah in Ex 17.
The Amplified Bible shows the connections of these
passages:
Luke 4:9-12 AMP
Then he took Him to Jerusalem and set Him on a gable of
the temple, and said to Him, If You are the Son of God,
cast Yourself down from here; For it is written, He will
give His angels charge over you to guard and watch over
you closely and carefully; And on their hands they will
bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.
{Ps 91:11,12.} And Jesus replied to him, {The Scripture}
says, You shall not tempt (try, test exceedingly) the
Lord your God. {Deut 6:16.}
Deut 6:16 AMP
You shall not tempt and try the Lord your God as you
tempted and tried Him in Massah. {Ex 17:7.}
Ex 17:3-7 AMP
ALL THE congregation of the Israelites moved on from the
Wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the
commandment of the Lord, and encamped at Rephidim; but
there was no water for the people to drink. 2 Therefore,
the people contended with Moses, and said, Give us water
that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do you
find fault with me? Why do you tempt the Lord and try
His patience? 3 But the people thirsted there for water,
and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why did
you bring us up out of Egypt to kill us and our children
and livestock with thirst? 4 So Moses cried to the Lord,
What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready
to stone me. 5 And the Lord said to Moses, Pass on
before the people, and take with you some of the elders
of Israel; and take in your hand the rod with which you
smote the river {Nile}, and go. 6 Behold, I will stand
before you there on the rock at {Mount} Horeb; and you
shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it,
that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight
of the elders of Israel. {1 Cor 10:4.} 7 He called the
place Massah {proof } and Meribah {contention} because
of the faultfinding of the Israelites and because they
tempted and tried the patience of the Lord, saying, Is
the Lord among us or not?
1 Cor 10:4 AMP
And they all drank the same spiritual (supernaturally
given) drink. For they drank from a spiritual Rock which
followed them {produced by the sole power of God Himself
without natural instrumentality}, and the Rock was
Christ. {Ex 17:6; Num 20:11.}
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MASSAH
OT:4532
OT:4532 Maccah (mas-saw'); the same as OT:4531; Massah,
a place in the Desert:
KJV - Massah.
OT:4531
OT:4531 maccah (mas-saw'); from OT:5254; a testing, of
men (judicial) or of God (querulous):
KJV - temptation, trial.
OT:5254
OT:5254 nacah (naw-saw'); a primitive root; to test; by
implication, to attempt:
KJV - adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.
OT:4809
OT:4809 Meriybah (mer-ee-baw'); the same as OT:4808;
Meribah, the name of two places in the Desert:
KJV - Meribah.
OT:4808
OT:4808 meriybah (mer-ee-baw'); from OT:7378; quarrel:
KJV - provocation, strife.
OT:7378
OT:7378 riyb (reeb); or ruwb (roob); a primitive root;
properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to
wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to
defend:
KJV - adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, ever,
lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, thoroughly.
PIX: I saw a light flying from heaven down to
earth. It landed on top of a doorway of some rafters. It
was a lighted up sign that said, “Exit.” Immediately
I thought of the word Exodus, which means “A way out.”
The book of Exodus is the journey of how the Lord
delivered His people from the heavy bondage of the
taskmaster.
WORD TO PONDER 11/04/07 MY WAY OUT
Dear one, even in places where you are in a tight place
and stuck, I have nestled you safely in the cleft of My
rock and you are secure there as long as you wait upon
Me to send you a way out. Do not try to defend yourself,
save yourself, promote yourself or move yourself from
this safe place. Simply rest knowing I have heard your
cries.
I have heard your prayers and am sending angels of
deliverance to set up circumstances for you to provide a
way out. Even as I provided a way out of the wilderness,
through the mass Exodus of My people, I have provided a
way out for you. Straight from heaven’s resources, I
have sent tokens of light that are Exit signs. Simply
follow My signs and be carried out on the wings of
deliverance.
Ex 23:20-26 NKJV
"Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the
way and to bring you into the place which I have
prepared. 21 Beware of Him and obey His voice; do not
provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgressions;
for My name is in Him. 22 But if you indeed obey His
voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy
to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. 23
For My Angel will go before you and bring you in to the
Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the
Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will
cut them off. 24 You shall not bow down to their gods,
nor serve them, nor do according to their works; but you
shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down
their sacred pillars. 25 "So you shall serve the LORD
your God, and He will bless your bread and your water.
And I will take sickness away from the midst of you. 26
No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your
land; I will fulfill the number of your days. |
