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Exodus 34:24 (KJV)
For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.

God’s care and forethought of his people are overwhelming. Consider: this is nearly forty years previous to possessing the Promised Land. God was here instructing them about a life they did not know but that He assured them would one day be theirs. He set periods when they were to come aside from regular life for dedication to the Lord. God made provision for their personal property during those things through three things:

• He would cast out those nations who could threaten their property.
• He would rid them of enemies.
• He would enlarge their borders

By giving them a larger land, increasing the distance between them and a potential enemy, and strengthening their defenses against the enemies. 

• He would remove from others the desire for their land 
• Friends would not want to take it. 
• Friends would help defend it, and 
• God would put it from the enemy’s minds

God said all that would happen when they appeared before the Lord three times yearly.

Israel today sees little of these promises. 

It is, in my opinion, because God sees little of them.

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Exodus 34:24 Because God Sees Little of Them

Exodus 30:9 (KJV)
Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.

As I understand the Tabernacle, the priest would perform his service in a specific order.
He would approach the brazen altar
And there, the sacrifice was offered. Sin must be judged in blood. No other service to God is acceptable prior to sacrifice.

He would approach the laver
Here the priest would wash. He would have been soiled from his work at the altar. Our sins are judged and forgiven in Christ. Our lives are then cleansed through the washing of the water by the Word.

He would approach the first chamber of the Tabernacle
Inside was the table of shewbread representing Christ as the bread of life, the golden candlestick representing Christ as the light of the world, and the altar of incense, representing the prayers of the saints rising to the Lord.

Notice particularly that this altar only had incense. Never a sacrifice. Approaching the throne of grace in prayer must always and only be done on the merits of the sacrifice of Christ, never on the merits of any effort of our own. Prayer is to be freely, boldly offered before the Lord. It is never appropriate to come on the credit of religion, good deeds, or personal sacrifice. Come to God through Christ alone.

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Exodus 30:9 Never a Sacrifice

Exodus 22:31 (KJV)
And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.

Exodus chapters twenty-one and twenty-two are amazingly simple. Chapter 21 begins, 
Exodus 21:1 (KJV)
Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

They describe a sort of honesty among our fellow man that is obvious, basic, almost naïve. It is a sort of honesty that is so simple it is not natural for the carnal man. Truth be known, it’ll be costly to obey. The one who is simple enough to honor this principle is almost certainly to be run over and “cast to the dogs.”

This is what makes them holy men into God.

• They are different than men of the world
• They are more faithful to God than men of the world and, therefore
• They are more dependent upon the Lord than men of the world

Just as the Jews were an abomination to the Egyptians, so I, as a Christian, long to be so holy unto the Lord that I am unwelcome in the world. It is then I am a pleasure to the Lord and best able to make a difference in the world.

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Exodus 22:31 Holy Men Unto God

Exodus 17:7 (KJV)
And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

Is the Lord among us, or not?

I think I’ve heard that challenge issued from those we would believe to be the godliest among us. We tend to equate success as evidence of the Lord’s presence. So, those who are the most successful, as men count success, are prone to issue the challenge. “Is the Lord with you, Brother? Then you should expect God’s blessings.”

In the case of our text, it’s the murmuring crowd throwing out the challenge. They are without water. They lay the problem at Moses’ feet and charge him, “Is the Lord among us^[1] or not?” “If God is among us if God is leading you, then get us some water!”

The proof of God’s presence is not water, success, or victory in battle. The proof of God’s presence is His Word, His love, and His provision of a Saviour.

To challenge those is to tempt the Lord.

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^[1] As you have insisted He is.

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Exodus 17:7 The Proof of God’s Presence

Exodus 16:3 (KJV)
And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

It’s important to remember that these same people had, only recently, cried out to God for deliverance from the cruelties of the Egyptians. Yet, here they are, looking back fondly on those days claiming to have sat around the “flesh pots” eating “bread to the full.” This was a twisted memory of their past. They had been overworked and abused in Egypt. They had never sat down to a pot full of meats and relaxed together.

I doubt that the fleshpot of that time was anything near what I am thinking about. Perhaps a clam bake style pot full of meats, sausages, corn on the cob, potatoes, and beans. I’m thinking of the crab pots served locally where, once the pot is cooked, they dump the contents on the table, and people grab what they want.^[1]

A people, led of God into liberty, and now experiencing privations, longed for fleshly, worldly, gluttonous things.

God responded with manna. It was sufficient. It was nutritious but would not allow for the abuse and overuse of the flesh. It had to be earned every day, and it would provide only for the immediate need.

May God grant that, as His children, we would be content with such.

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^[1] This was before the Mosaic Law. They may not have known of an unclean meat yet.

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Exodus 16:3 Fleshly, Worldly, Gluttonous Things

Exodus 15:21 (KJV)
And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

I see a minimum of three times in Exodus 15:1-21 the Bible says they sang “to the LORD.”

The song was not an expression of joy, it was for sure not a moment of entertainment. They sang as an act of thanksgiving and worship.

In the book of Ephesians, we read, 
Ephesians 5:19 (KJV)
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

There is a time and place to sing spiritual songs “to yourselves” but even then, it is in the heart and to the Lord. There is no occasion I can find where singing is purely for the benefit of a human audience.

Our hearts are so wicked that we become easily deceived. Modern American Christianity has been duped into believing that Christian music is an acceptable form of entertainment. We have musicians who make a living hosting huge concerts where they “sing to the Lord” gospel songs meant to entertain large gatherings of Christians. There are whole cities that are known for being a Mecca for Christian music. People travel there just to vacation around the gospel singing. It is a multi-million, if not billion, dollar industry, and it is idolatry.

I don’t want to make it sound wicked. But it is evil in the sense that it is not what the Bible teaches music is for. It becomes a wicked thing when we bring it into our churches where we have transitioned now to making the service about ministering to the people who assemble rather than the God they were supposed to have assembled before.

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Exodus 15:21 When Christian Music Becomes Evil

Exodus 13:21 (KJV)
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

God provided guidance for Israel in the wilderness day and night.

• He went before them
• He protected behind them
• He never took it away

I have come to think of the Word of God in similar terms.

The Bible serves to go before us
It points out the way in which we should go. It provides an example of others who have been where we are. It teaches us through them what our next steps should be.

The Bible serves to protect behind us
Careful observance of Bible principles and lessons prevents us from many dangers. The salvation of God ensures that, no matter what the world does to us, we are fully and eternally protected. 

The Bible has not been removed from us
Satan has repeatedly attempted to take the Bible from us. His most successful efforts have been to replace the Bible with inferior substitutes. Nevertheless, the Word of God remains intact and thoroughly profitable to those who will open it.

Day or night, day and night, God is present in the pages of His Word to lead us the way. Be faithful to look into the Word of God all day and all night.

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Exodus 13:21 By Day and Night

Exodus 12:14 (KJV)
And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

On the day of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, John Adams wrote that the day should be celebrated in the future with fireworks and rejoicing. Just two hundred forty some years later, historians debate whether he referred to July 4th or July 2nd.

Generally, men memorialize events that have happened and are recognized as significant. Herein lies one of the many fundamental differences between God and man. God established the memorial of the Passover before the fact. Even as he instructed Moses in the steps the Hebrews should take to save themselves when the death angel passed by; He was proclaiming that this day would be the most significant of events in Israel’s history, to be memorialized and observed forever into the future.

We only see the present and the past. Occasionally we will have a hint that an event will be memorable. Never can we look into our future and choose that this event will be the one we set our clocks by for the rest of history.

Only God does that.

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Exodus 12:14 Only God Does That

Exodus 4:1 (KJV)
And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.

The first nine verses of this chapter are surrounded by Moses’ question whether anyone would believe him. 

Exodus 4:8-9 (KJV)
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

He had a legitimate concern as, forty years earlier, they had not believed him. It almost cost his life.

The fact was, neither Pharaoh nor the Jews did believe him when he first returned. It took a serious length of time and a set of plagues before either one believed. Even then, there were still some doubts and doubters.

Whether our message is believed is a lesser concern for you and me. God has ways of working through our weaknesses. He may not work in the ways we expect or in the timing we expect, but He is at work through our weaknesses and their doubts. We just need to obey Him and preach the message.

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Exodus 4:1 What If They Don’t Believe Me?

Exodus 3:3 (KJV)
And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

I have long considered the burning bush to be emblematic of God’s care of Moses. Moses had been through fires.

• He was not supposed to survive birth
• He could have been killed by Pharaoh after defending the Egyptian
• He had been forty years in the desert

Moses had not only survived the fires but thrived.

• He was raised in the palace
• He was married in the desert
• He was called of God from shepherding
• Moses’ ministry from speaking with Pharaoh the the wilderness could be seen as a busn not being consumed event

If the burning bush is emblematic of Moses, it is not a stretch to consider it a picture of God’s work among His children.

• We’re not supposed to escape the fires of life
• We are meant to be a testimony so that others turn aside and ask what prevents us from being consumed

When this happens, others are led out of captivity to sin and into the deliverance of Jesus Christ.

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Exodus 3:3 Why The Bush Is Not Burnt