The Lord spoke to my heart some years ago saying:
“I want you to announce to My people that they are living in the land of Goshen.” As I have pointed out before, when the Lord speaks something to our hearts (if it’s truly the Lord) the initial revelation or understanding comes with it. In this case the revelation being: God making a difference or distinguishing His people above others who aren’t in covenant relationship with Him.
Remember back in the book of Exodus the plagues that came on the Egyptians prior to the Israelites exiting their land? The plague of darkness that covered the land of Egypt; a darkness so intense it could be felt!? Let’s look at it: “Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, darkness which may be felt.’… and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt … But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings” (Exodus 10:21-23).
The points I want to make are: 1) This darkness was so dark it could be felt. I was granted a vision in the early part of 2003 and in the vision I saw the planet Earth covered with a thick, tar-like darkness, a darkness that could be felt! Are you ‘feeling’ the effects of darkness around you? Isaiah prophesied: “For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people” (60:2). The second point is: 2) The Lord making a difference between His people and the people of the world). The vision continued with shafts of light (a light so bright, it resembled laser light or lightening) bubbling up and bursting forth through the darkness! Isaiah 60:2 continues with: “But the Lord will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you.”
The glory of God speaks of His Presence and provision. In Exodus 33 Moses said to the Lord: “Please, show me Your glory” (v18). His response was: “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord” (v.19a). Jehovah said His goodness was His glory, and the name of the Lord (everything He’s promised is in that name!).
Scripture also teaches there was a great transference of wealth [provision] before they left Egypt: “Now the children of Israel…asked from the Egyptians articles of silver, articles of gold and clothing. And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians…Thus they plundered the Egyptians” (Exodus 12:35-36). “…the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous” (Proverbs 13:22b, see also Ecclesiastes 2:26).
It has come into my heart that the exodus of the children of Israel is symbolic of our departure (what we call the rapture). Yes, it truly happened, but I also believe it was a pattern of events we’ll experience before we leave this planet. Not specific, like the individual judgments God passed on their ‘gods’ (the Word of the Lord has spoken to me of judging our cultures’ ‘gods’…like the carnal security found in the weekly paycheck). That’s a whole other teaching, though.
God is making a difference in the lives of His true church (the body of Christ), and we’ll get in on it by aligning our lives with Him and the fresh Word He’s speaking to each of us daily. “He who has an ear to hear…”