Under the Covering

Message from GOD

Exodus 10:1-4

And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him: and that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and My signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the Lord. And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before Me? let My people go, that they may serve Me. Else, if thou refuse to let My people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast

10:7 - And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the Lordtheir God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

10:14 - And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

The plague came and thus the remainder of the harvest was destroyed. Pharaoh made a request for forgiveness, but it was insincere, for he went right back to his stubbornness and rebellion against the command of the LORD as soon as the plague was lifted.

The Lord used plagues in Egypt in the time of Moses to show Pharaoh His power. He is doing so now. There is much more to come upon the earth, for the purpose of making the nations of the world to know that He alone is God and He made us; we are just mere humans, the creation of His hands, and He is the Lord our Maker (Psalm 100:3).

One must not be as Pharaoh, who hardened himself against the Almighty God, the Only Wise King. Often times when people go through afflictions or hardships of various types, they will call upon the Lord and make promises to God or a commitment to serve Him; yet when the affliction is gone, they forget God and go about their own way. They forget all about the words they spoke and go back to their hardheartedness, living according to their own heart's desire and the lust of their flesh. This is the way of Pharaoh. This is the way that keeps the soul in captivity, a slave to sin: the refusal to yield to the One who made them. The whole duty of man is to fear the Lord and depart from evil (Proverbs 3:7, Ecclesiastes 12:13). The duty of the people of the LORD is to forsake, to reject, and to object to anything that exalts itself against GOD. This is our warfare and the weapons we use are not carnal, but spiritual for the purpose of casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; and having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled (2 Corinthians 10:5-6).

Pharaoh wanted to continue walking in the way of darkness – he did not want to come under the obedience of GOD.

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil (John 3:19).

What condemned Pharaoh was his love for darkness rather than light. What condemns all of humanity today who refuse the Light of the world (Jesus Christ) is their love for darkness rather than light. Their lust for sin is greater than their desire for goodness and uprightness. Many are content to stay in their evil “comfort” zone of sin rather than getting out of the bed of spiritual laziness and gearing up to fight the good fight of faith, to cast out with Godly zeal anything that tries to reign in the place God has reserved for Himself.

After the locusts, the next plague God brought upon Egypt was a thick darkness And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: (Exodus 10:21-23a). They were in their places for three days in the midst of a darkness that was so thick that it could be felt, men women and children of Egypt alike. All were terrified in the midst of this darkness such as they had never before felt nor experienced in their lives.

But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings (Exodus 10:23b). Because they desired light and walked in the light, GOD covered Israel in Light. They, in those moments of time, learned to put their faith in the One who would deliver them.

God, seeing Pharaoh's desire to keep His people in captivity, said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.

And Moses said, Thus saith the Lord, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.

And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. (Exodus 11:1, 4-6, 8-9)

This world is bad, and growing much worse by the day, no, by the hour. God is beginning to pour out His judgments on the earth and this is only the beginning. The only way we will escape is: if we follow the LORD in all our ways and keep to His paths alone; to be washed and stay covered in the blood of the Lamb, JESUS – not going to the left hand or the right, but removing our foot far away from evil.

Moses was told by GOD to instruct the the people to take a lamb and slay it, And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.

And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord’s passover. For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord. And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye 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.

Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.

And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.

And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said.

It happened just as God said it would. Then the people of Israel were able to leave, they were truly FREE.

How were they able to escape, unscathed by the mark of the plague? How did they live and not die? It was because they covered themselves and remained under the covering of the blood that was on the door of their houses. However, they were not to come out of their houses; that was of utmost importance. It is a good thing they obeyed because they were thrown out of Egypt that same night. We also, the called, the people of GOD, must not go out from under His covering to partake of sin for a day or even a brief moment of time. Time is very short and the time for Salvation is now, not “tomorrow when I've had time to do what I want to do” - “tomorrow” or “later” is not guaranteed to you. Redeem the time.

God instructed the children of Israel to eat the passover lamb and unleavened bread being prepared to leave at a moment's notice. Jesus is the Lamb of God who shed His blood to take away the sin of all who would believe on Him and receive Him in their heart (John 1:29, Acts 10:36-38, 43). The last supper Jesus ate with His disciples before he died was a Passover meal. He explained to them the significance of the bread and wine, that they were His body broken for them, and His blood poured out for them. 1 Corinthians 11:23-26) (The life is in the blood, in essence, the blood is His life which He poured out for us. God said, For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. Leviticus 17:11) To partake of the body and blood of the Lord Jesus, the Lamb of God (to eat the Passover meal) is: to do the will of the Father, to give ourselves wholly to do His work, pour out our lives for the salvation of souls. (It is not we who save the souls, but Jesus, when we preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. - 1 Corinthians 1:21). The time is short, we must do this now.

Jesus said to His disciples, “My meat is to do the will of Him that sent Me, and to finish His work.” (John 4:34, Mark 1:14-15, Luke 4:14-21) We also have this same duty: to carry on the work left to us by Christ until He comes, do the will of our Father in Heaven, be prepared for His return. Glory to God! (Matthew 7:21, Mark 16:14-16, John 4:35-38)

Jesus isthe Giver of Life.

When He returns,Will He find you eating the passover in haste, preparing for His return? Will He find you abiding under the covering, in the house, keeping yourself covered in the blood of the Lamb, abstaining from sin? Where do you stand now? Salvation is available today – accept it while it is called Today.

Make haste, for the time is short.

The scripture says, will He find faith on the earth? Will He find you living in faith? (Luke 18:8)

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh (Matthew 25:13).