What’s so big about the Moon
anyway?
The Prophetic
Parable of the Moon
~
Psalm
89:7
“It shall
be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in
heaven. Selah.”
“It shall be
established” = gematria value = 76 (as in Spirit of 76’)
*full
moon photo from Wednesday June 18th 2008: http://www.spaceweather.com/
The Preview Parable
of First Fruits
As I had mentioned
previously in regards to Joshua and Israel taking the Promised Land, Jericho was
a first fruits city. Jericho means “moon”. We obtained insight into a future
fulfillment as the Heavenly “Joshua” – Jesus visited and affirmed the earthly
Joshua.
Have you ever been
to a movie? Of course you have – who hasn’t. At the beginning you are able to
see “previews” of the coming movies to entice you to see them at a later date.
They whet your appetite and yet you can’t see them now, but you must watch for
the release of the movie at a future date. And so this fascinating parable
suffices to help us understand what is going on in the Promised Land conquest
early on with Jesus and Joshua.
God invented the
preview. He wants to “whet” your appetite for a grand finale movie starring His
son Jesus coming soon to a theatre near you. The Bible has lots of information
about it, but it is somewhat “hidden”. What do I mean by this? Let’s ask
Jesus:
Matthew 13:12-14
12Whoever
has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have,
even what he has will be taken from him. 13This is why I speak
to them in parables: "Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do
not hear or understand. 14In them is fulfilled the
prophecy of Isaiah: " 'You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you
will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
9His
disciples asked him what this parable meant. 10He said,
"The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but
to others I speak in parables, so that, " 'though seeing, they may not see;
though hearing, they may not understand.'
Jesus
is the “Great Teacher”. There is none better. If you continued to read the
passage just quoted in Luke Jesus went on to explain the parable. He taught His
followers so that they would understand. He is still doing this today! How
wonderful and amazing and what a fantastic opportunity.
Let
me go through a quick example that may be helpful. Most people recognize that
Abraham’s near sacrifice of Isaac as a “prophetic parable” or parallel to God
the Father sacrificing His son Jesus for our sins. As such, do you think this
is the only “prophetic parable” in the Bible? I can assure you it is
not.
The
wisdom of God is endless. Parables are such a perfect way to teach those he
wants to teach. Consider the parable I just used myself regarding the preview
and the movie theatre. If you are “seeking” this is a common, everyday
happening that anyone can understand. All that is required is a “heart” and
desire to learn new things about God. It fits the
formula:
Jeremiah
29:13
“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your
heart.”
But
if someone’s heart is not looking for truth within God’s word, they may think -
“what a bunch of nonsense.” It’s like Sherlock Holmes hiding something right
out in the open instead of locking it in a safe – it’s ingenious. It does
exactly what God says He would do:
1
Corinthians 1:19
19For
it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to
nothing the understanding of the prudent.
And…
Isaiah
42
16 I will lead the blind by ways they have not known,
along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will
turn the darkness into light before them
and make the rough places
smooth.
These are the things I will do;
I will not
forsake them.
17 But those who trust in idols,
who say
to images, 'You are our gods,'
will be turned back in utter
shame.
We
all have lots of learning to do. Peter who walked with Jesus could not see God
was doing something new with the gentiles until God showed him a vision. Paul
who was a learned Pharisee had to be knocked to the ground by a great light.
Many times Old Testament Patriarchs only moved when God brought the famine. It
is similar today.
We
move out of absolute necessity and desperation. Even Hagar the forsaken
maidservant who was sent out into the desert with her son cried out to God and
was heard. She called Him “El Roi” – “The God who sees me”. This is a journey
of the heart not the intellect, but you don’t have to check your brain at the
door. Keep it in working order for safe passage – God gave it to you for a
reason. It is God who says in Isaiah “…come let us reason
together”.
So as
we talk about these new mysteries let’s do just that – “reason
together”.
Excerpt
from Chapter 5 of the eBook “Midnight Shout!”. The book is available at www.midnightshout.com
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Tony