I watched a video this
morning where a brother made a very interesting connection
between what is happening at this time with a message being
delivered to the body of Christ through a "messenger" (Joshua)
and it being received by a variety of humble followers of Jesus
who then look to God for a confirmation.
(I am not able to find that video at this time to post the
Youtube link.)
It matches a pattern of something God did prior.
We are waiting for Jesus to "show up".
When Jesus "showed up" at His birth, read what happened:
8In the same region there
were some shepherds staying out in the fields and
keeping watch over their
flock at night. 9And
an angel of the Lord suddenly stood near them,
and the glory of
the Lord shone around them;
and they were terribly frightened. 10And so the
angel said to
them, “Do not
be afraid;
for behold,
I bring you
good news of
great joy which will
be for all the
people; 11for
today in
the city of
David there
has been born for
you a Savior,
who is [h]Christ the
Lord. 12And
this will
be a
sign for
you: you will
find a
baby wrapped in cloths and
lying in
a [i]manger.” 13And
suddenly there
appeared with
the angel a
multitude of
the heavenly [j]army of
angels praising God and
saying,
14“Glory to God in
the highest,
And on earth peace among people [k]with whom He is
pleased.”
15When the angels had
departed from them into heaven, the
shepherds began saying to
one another, “Let’s go straight to
Bethlehem, then, and see this thing that
has happened, which the
Lord has made known to
us.” 16And
they came in
a hurry and
found their
way to Mary and
Joseph,
and the baby as
He lay in
the [l]manger. 17When
they had seen Him, they
made known the
statement which
had been told them
about this Child. 18And
all who
heard it
were amazed about the
things which
were told them
by the
shepherds. 19But
Mary treasured all these things,
pondering them
in her heart. 20And
the shepherds went back,
glorifying and
praising God for
all that
they had heard and
seen,
just as had
been told them.
Joshua was a
messenger. He announce good news of great joy.
The humble in the body of Christ received the message and
looked to God to "see for themselves". Then they made
known to others about the sign(s) given to them. They
are glorifying and praising God for all that they have seen
and heard. Those listening to their many confirmations
are amazed. Others are treasuring these things,
pondering them in their hearts.
The messenger
announcing Jesus' birth did not go to the religious
leadership.
The Holy Spirit is
revealing the announcement of Jesus to the humble. How
many of those posting confirmation videos are doing so using
Youtube for the first time? Most I have listened to
have this one quality: they demonstrate humility. They
are like modern day shepherds.
I see the above as a
huge type/shadow of God using patterns to reveal Himself to
us.
God bless you.
PS. The
shepherds received a "very personal" sign for this
reason. These folks were responsible for raising the
lambs that would be used during the Passover. They
would take the lambs that were spotless, wrap them in fabric
and lay them in a trough to prevent them from getting
injured. When they saw Jesus wrapped in swaddling
clothes laying in a manger, they totally got the meaning.
In a similar way, the
humble today are getting very personal signs that they
totally get the meaning of.