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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Pressing Toward Salvation, #4
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. (Acts 26:18)
Canaan is not Heaven. Egypt is not the earth. Our lifetime on the earth is not symbolic of the wilderness wandering unless we are following the Lord closely and are learning and being tested by the Spirit of God.
The Christian church is not making its way from earth to Heaven but from the power of Satan to the power of God.
We are coming to a period of greater understanding of what the Kingdom of God is all about.
The transition from Moses to Joshua is a type of the change at hand. We are beginning to behold a new dimension of the Lord Jesus, and the Spirit of God is pointing out to us the land we are to conquer. The closing hours of the present age are upon us. It is time to take the Kingdom.
Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, (Joshua 1:1)
In the Kingdom of God, as well as in the physical realm, major changes occur. Much that has gone before dies, as it were, but not before bringing into view a new horizon. The old brings the Kingdom of God to a certain point and then steps aside so the Messianic burden may be developed further in the new.
The Dispensational model of Scripture interpretation sometimes gives the impression that God's workings proceed on a trial and error basis, as though God experimented with one method of helping mankind, and when that method did not work went to another program.
In actuality, God understands fully the end from the beginning. All that is, is founded on that which has gone before; and all that will be, will be founded on that which now is. An understanding of the continuity of the Divine plan is essential to our comprehension of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God.
The purpose of the things and events of the Old Testament is to help us understand spiritual truth and this is why they occurred.
Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. (I Corinthians 10:11)
It often is true that great changes are made in the Kingdom of God, such as the calling of Israel out of Egypt, the entrance of Israel into Canaan, the making of the Word flesh, and the pouring out of the Holy Spirit on the waiting disciples. These all are parts of one whole work of God.
The death of Moses and the anointing of Joshua marked the end of one epoch and the beginning of a new age in the lives of the Israelites. The change in the Body of Christ that is typified by the death of Moses and the anointing of Joshua is even more significant in the Kingdom of God.
To be continued.