Is “Passover,” a relevant example in this context?
It’s not just about us stopping being so pagan; it’s about stopping being pagan, period, all of it, not just part. It happens that ‘Passover’ is an ideal backdrop in which to picture both our problem [namely our defiance against God] and the solution, namely our turning to The LORD’s way of seeing and doing things.
In the original event, God had Israel put the blood of the lamb around the door. The destroyer did still move through the land. The LORD saw to it that death did “passed over” those with the lamb’s blood evident over them. However, the destroyer did take the first born of the people of the nation, and even the animals [sustenance] of those without the blood/LOVE of the Passover Lamb over them. The relevancy involving all this for us today becomes huge BeLoved. And it’s not just about ‘obedience’ – it also involves what they ate/partook of. ‘As you do this [as our bodies are broken like unleavened bread] remember My unleavened brokenness for you.’ (Ex.12:18-20, Lk.22:19 & 12:4, 1Co.11:23&24)
The war we are in now literally involves “terrorism” carried out by the minions of those at the helm of the Beast’s One World government agenda. It seems like pretty inconceivable odds as we realize we are up against The LORD God’s appointed “Beast” system. As we consider just one small faction of Elitists against the whole of the rest of the world, it just doesn’t seem like a fair fight. However, if we are going to understand which way this is going to go – we need to understand who it is that is picking a fight with God’s Beast bringing judgment against the rebellious. Whom is it who makes up all those who are in rebellion?
Are we coming into a time of ‘Passover’ where the Beast cause, which The LORD controls, will see death Passing Over America? Is God “cleaning house,” as it were? The perception we get from Ez. 9 is that The LORD starts this cleansing in His sanctuary/ temple, which for us today means ‘The Body of His Christ.’ This is just one more good reason why it really matters we identify correctly as to who is who in Scripture.
One of the more dramatic descriptions of God’s “cleaning house” is found in Ez. 5:12 where one third die by plague/disease or are consumed by famine, one third will fall by the sword, and one third will be scattered to every wind, and The LORD will unsheathe a sword behind them. This is not a statement about just those outside of Israel – but of the judgment on Israel, itself. The Passover “season,” as described in Ez. 9, isn’t a pass over Israel but a pass through Israel. No one escapes the judgment. It’s not just Egypt getting clobbered in this scenario, but rather it is also Israel getting walloped. “Mystery Babylon” isn’t all that difficult to identify if we take a moment to think about it.
As a nation, how will all Americans have a clear mission for survival when all of their rebellion is under attack by God, Himself? God, Himself, has provided the answer: “The Lamb’s” blood on our “doorposts” and the bread in our mouths. – -Being The Body of Christ – and Having The Mind of Christ.
What was it in Jesus’ mind that He mastered fully? It was not some “external,” “all powerful,” floatie-thing He was engaging in. Jesus was wrestling with Himself about what to do with what He was realizing He had and what He was. How did He master this challenge? With the full acceptance of the thoughts, words, and actions He received from His “LORD Father.” He mastered the temptations of His own inner thoughts by keeping the superiority of The Father’s divine perspective above His own ideas and standards. Whether in a beautiful Garden, or in the wilderness, Jesus knew to always choose The Father’s way first.