Daily Bread - DEC/20/14 Exodus 14:23 - And it came to pass in the time period just before dawn that Yahweh looked out into the camp of Egyptians from the pillar of fire and the cloud and terrified the Egyptian camp. When God appeared to man in His power and majesty He came in the midst of a pillar of fire and a cloud of glory (Genesis 15:17; Exodus 3:2,6, 13:21-22, 14:24, 19:18; Deuteronomy 5:4,22-26). This particular event allows us to look a little closer at what was going on in the midst of the fire and the cloud that surrounded Yahweh. Yahweh looked out from behind the fire and the cloud that was wrapped around Him showing the distinction between His bodily glory and the glory of the Fire Cloud. A further distinction was made when Moses was allowed to see the back parts of Yahweh outside of the Fire Cloud when he was with Him on Mount Sinai (Exodus 33:18,20,23, 34:5). Whenever Yahweh God was seen in the fullness of His glory He was fully immersed or baptized in the Fire Cloud. When Yahweh descended upon Mount Sinai to deliver the covenant to Israel the Fire Cloud of His glory surrounded Him (Exodus 19; Deuteronomy 4:11-15). When Yahweh came down upon the Tent of Meeting to fill the Holy of Holies with His presence and with His glory He came down in the Fire Cloud. The fire of His presence set the altar on fire and filled the Holy of Holies with His glory (Numbers 9:15; Leviticus 9:24; Exodus 33:7-11). On the day of Pentecost, when the first group of believers were baptized in the Holy Ghost and fire, the glory of Gods presence came upon them like tongues of fire which filled their tongues with the words of the Holy Spirits authority (Luke 3:16; Act 1:8, 2:3-4). They were not just baptized with the Holy Spirit; they were also baptized with the fire of Gods glory and presence. The awesome reality is that the same baptism and realms of Gods glory are equally available to us right now (John 16:13-15, 14:16-17,26, 15:16, 7:38-39; Acts 1:8, 2:39). Jesus who is the same yesterday, today and forever, is still the One who is baptizing all who will believe and receive in the Holy Spirit and fire.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 22:15:51 +0000
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