Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Let My people go, that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’” (Exodus 5:1)
Feast to Me in the wilderness
The Bible is full of food and eating.
Starts in Genesis with God telling Adam and Eve—
I give you every green plant for food,
the fruit from every tree of the garden is yours to eat.
But, there is one tree whose fruit you may not eat.
Ends in Revelation with the wedding feast of the Lamb.
And all in between, the Bible is full of food and eating.
Manna in desert, land flowing with milk and honey.
Trouble is described as the bread of adversity.
Blessings are described as bread from heaven.
What was the great sacrament of the Old Testament church?
A meal. The Passover feast remembering the night Israel was delivered.
What is the great sacrament of the New Testament church?
A meal. Communion, a re-enacting Jesus’ last supper with disciples.
What did Jesus talk about at that last supper?
A future banquet with all of us in his Father’s kingdom.
And now we come to this passage—the feeding of the 5,000.
So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying, “You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. And you shall lay on them the quota of bricks which they made before. You shall not reduce it. For they are idle; therefore they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’ Let more work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it, and let them not regard false words.” (Exodus 5:6-9)
One of satan’s oldest tricks in the book is whenever you decide to up your prayer, bible reading, fasting, serving the Lord etc, he will try and make you busy with the things of the world, so much so that you may not have time for the Lord.
One of the signs you are under the influence of an evil taskmaster is that when you set out to do the work of God, suddenly more work is dumped on you.
So the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather the short stubble instead of straw. (Exodus 5:12)
The people were scattered. The enemy will try to scatter the people.
Chapters
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 30
- Chapter 31
- Chapter 32
- Chapter 33
- Chapter 34
- Chapter 35
- Chapter 36
- Chapter 37
- Chapter 38
- Chapter 39
- Chapter 40