Devotion 73
DEVOTION 73: “The Law Points to Christ” coming out of Exo. 23
“Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor .”
The Word continues to explain Himself. Someone’s interpretation or opinion is not required. The Word interprets Himself.
The end of the Law (Word) is to make us one with God. Our adversary becomes His adversary, and our enemies His enemies.
Let’s read:
Exodus 23:1-9 “Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. [2] Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: [3] Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. [4] If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. [5] If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. [6] Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. [7] Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. [8] And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. [9] Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”
Lying, cheating the poor or stranger, and accusations are all ungodly. His Word is simply to bring us in line with Him. Our part is simply to believe His Word.
We continue our reading:
Exodus 23:10-12 “And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: [11] But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. [12] Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.”
The Word explains the Law of the sabbath rest, pointing us ultimately to our sabbath rest in Christ.
We continue our reading:
Exodus 23:13 “And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.”
Thou shall have no other gods. Not to even mention other gods with our mouth.
The Word, doing His own explanation.
We continue our reading:
Exodus 23:14-15 “Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. [15] Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)”
No leaven (yeast) — a type of sin, for leaven corrupts the dough just as sin corrupts a man or woman.
Unleavened points to Christ, the only sinless man.
We continue our reading:
Exodus 23:16-19 “And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. [17] Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD. [18] Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. [19] The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.”
The firstborn male belongs to God. It typifies Christ being the Firstborn of God.
The first-fruits of labor belongs to God. It typifies Christ being the First-fruit sacrifice of God.
Unleavened bread is what they are supposed to eat. It typifies Christ as the sinless Bread of life Whom we are to consume by faith in His finished work of the Cross.
John 6:53-58 “Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. [54] Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. [55] For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. [56] He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. [57] As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. [58] This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.”
The Word (the Bread) explaining Himself.
We continue our reading:
Exodus 23:20-21 “Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. [21] Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.”
Only God can forgive sins.
The Name of God is only in Christ.
This Angel of God is Jesus Christ, Who is the Same Word of God becoming flesh, to lead the people.
Today, the Same Word of God leads us in the Form of the Holy Spirit.
We continue our reading:
Exodus 23:22 “But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.”
When we obey (receive and believe) the Word, we become one with God. This is when our adversaries and enemies become His adversaries and enemies.
We conclude our reading:
Exodus 23:23-33 “For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off. [24] Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images. [25] And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. [26] There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil. [27] I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. [28] And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. [29] I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. [30] By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. [31] And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. [32] Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. [33] They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.”
We become one with God by receiving and believing His word. He then does the fighting and protection for us.
If we refuse to believe His Word, the world becomes a snare to us. We fight lost battles, and are unprotected.
Let the Word of God bring you into oneness with God. BELIEVE, and confess Christ the Word as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. The Word does His own interpretation, in Christ!
“Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor .”
The Word continues to explain Himself. Someone’s interpretation or opinion is not required. The Word interprets Himself.
The end of the Law (Word) is to make us one with God. Our adversary becomes His adversary, and our enemies His enemies.
Let’s read:
Exodus 23:1-9 “Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. [2] Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: [3] Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. [4] If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. [5] If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. [6] Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. [7] Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. [8] And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. [9] Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”
Lying, cheating the poor or stranger, and accusations are all ungodly. His Word is simply to bring us in line with Him. Our part is simply to believe His Word.
We continue our reading:
Exodus 23:10-12 “And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: [11] But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. [12] Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.”
The Word explains the Law of the sabbath rest, pointing us ultimately to our sabbath rest in Christ.
We continue our reading:
Exodus 23:13 “And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.”
Thou shall have no other gods. Not to even mention other gods with our mouth.
The Word, doing His own explanation.
We continue our reading:
Exodus 23:14-15 “Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. [15] Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)”
No leaven (yeast) — a type of sin, for leaven corrupts the dough just as sin corrupts a man or woman.
Unleavened points to Christ, the only sinless man.
We continue our reading:
Exodus 23:16-19 “And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. [17] Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD. [18] Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. [19] The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.”
The firstborn male belongs to God. It typifies Christ being the Firstborn of God.
The first-fruits of labor belongs to God. It typifies Christ being the First-fruit sacrifice of God.
Unleavened bread is what they are supposed to eat. It typifies Christ as the sinless Bread of life Whom we are to consume by faith in His finished work of the Cross.
John 6:53-58 “Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. [54] Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. [55] For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. [56] He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. [57] As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. [58] This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.”
The Word (the Bread) explaining Himself.
We continue our reading:
Exodus 23:20-21 “Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. [21] Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.”
Only God can forgive sins.
The Name of God is only in Christ.
This Angel of God is Jesus Christ, Who is the Same Word of God becoming flesh, to lead the people.
Today, the Same Word of God leads us in the Form of the Holy Spirit.
We continue our reading:
Exodus 23:22 “But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.”
When we obey (receive and believe) the Word, we become one with God. This is when our adversaries and enemies become His adversaries and enemies.
We conclude our reading:
Exodus 23:23-33 “For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off. [24] Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images. [25] And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. [26] There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil. [27] I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. [28] And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. [29] I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. [30] By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. [31] And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. [32] Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. [33] They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.”
We become one with God by receiving and believing His word. He then does the fighting and protection for us.
If we refuse to believe His Word, the world becomes a snare to us. We fight lost battles, and are unprotected.
Let the Word of God bring you into oneness with God. BELIEVE, and confess Christ the Word as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. The Word does His own interpretation, in Christ!
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