And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was (Exodus 18;2--21).
And the people stood afar off, BUT Moses drew near
Let not God speak to us lest we die (Ex 20;19). Moses talked with God, The people stood afar off.
The biggest hindrance to a nation, a city or an individual experiencing revival is a negligence of seeking God and his person. that is drawing near to the place where God is, indeed it is a place of darkness to many. My proposition in this short blog post is that we have to come into the revelation of the name and person of Jesus in order to encounter the divine person and life transforming experience of meeting his presence. This however comes with a cost, we have to "draw near unto the thick darkness where God is." We have to visit the dark places, to find him, yes the dark places. of church history where man had feared to go to because of religious dogma. I'm talking of the need to visit the dark places of religion that man has sought to ignore God in, like the oneness of God, and rediscover the place the apostles found, and meet there the god of the apostles.
Dark Places
We fear truth that is hidden in the dark places.
We fear his presence. THE REALITY OF THE ONENESS OF GOD strikes the fear of God in many. why its a dark place many fear to Go. they would rather deal with GOD THAT THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WITH RATHER THAN ENCOUNTER A NEW REVELATION OF THE TRUE GOD THAT WOULD DEMAND THEY REPENT even of their religious charismatic modern twenty first century faith. That would be too humiliating for them and below their religious pride.
I was talking to a missionary here from South Korea, I challenged him with the fact that Jesus alone was God, he stood his ground, no matter what scriptures I shared with him on the one God, he smurked and laughed. I told him of when the Jews asked him about the father he replied "he who seen me has seen the father," Jesus went on to say "If you believe not that I am he you hall die in your sins." he was shocked by my statement, maybe he feel insulted. Telling a Christian that he would die in his sIns if he did not accept Jesus as God. This man too in his religious cloak was one of the many afraid to draw near to the one true Deity, Jesus Christ.
The people stood afar off, while Moses drew near. (Exodus 20;21) The stand off generation, knows God but does not want to admit that Jesus alone is God. A generation that want's revival without wanting to repent for their indifference to the oneness of God. They want trinitarianism and that is a sacred cow they will never abandon. A modern day idol of the charismatic ecumenical church today.
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
Where is God? He' not in the past revival, he's in the new revival the new awakening, and the new comes with fresh revelation. It's not enough anymore just to pray to God, we must like Moses see him face to face. We have to hear him say "I AM." Catch him in fire, experience him in the burning bush, Meet him in our desert storm.
Our future depends on our understanding of the person of Jesus Christ. Is he God to you? God is not happy until all bow before him. Until that happens no amount of praying for revival will for one moment change our nation. Moses life is the proof. Thou shalt have no other God's but ME. Moses wrote that, God spoke that! Moses conviction came from being in the presence of one God. God matters! Do you know HIM! Blessed, revived, wakened, is the nation whose God is the LORD (Jesus)..
Paul
copyright by Paul B Thomas
Exerp taken from the book: God Encounters. Hidden Treasures in Secret Places.
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