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Moving
in Faith by
R.T
It’s
always a comfort to search the Scriptures and learn how God
has done things in the past.
We have just done exactly that to discover how God has always used
physical objects to preach
His message. Many
people ask why God has only shown the Ark of the Covenant to one
person, but is waiting before
He reveals it to the rest of the world, and what is He doing during
this time. I believe we can
find the answer by again seeing what God has done in the past. The
resurrection of Christ is no
small event in the Bible. It is indeed one of the most important by
far. So however God managed
events at that time cannot be passed off lightly. They are extremely
significant, and by paralleling
the events around the resurrection of Christ, we can answer that
question. The discovery
of the Ark of the Covenant and Tables of Stone is a parallel to the
resurrection, for God
has used the same method of revelation in the past too. He has
revealed Himself to just one person
first, then taught new light on the subject, then revealed the actual
evidence to those that believed
the new light, exactly as He has done with the discovery of the Ark
of the Covenant.
After
Christ's resurrection, who was the first person to see Jesus? It was
Mary. A female disciple of Christ and a former prostitute. Not one of
the eleven disciples, nor the king, or Jewish leaders, or
leaders of the Christian church, not even one of the male disciples,
but a woman who was His humble
servant. He revealed Himself to only one humble person at first. We
see God doing exactly
the same thing here, by using Ron Wyatt as the only humble witness to
this discovery at this
time.
Mary
then went about spreading the good news of the resurrection to all
the Christians, but most did
not believe because they had not seen the evidence for themselves.
Thomas was even more certain
that he wouldn’t believe unless he himself touched the wounds on
Jesus’ body. What is the
parallel is here? Ron Wyatt went about spreading the good news of the
discovery of theblood
and water of Christ on the Mercy Seat, but sadly not all of God's
people believed.
Then
Christ met with two of His disciples on the road to Emmaus, but
withheld His identity. He walked
with them, withholding His identity, and He said to them, "O
fools, and slow of heart to believe
all that the prophets have spoken." (Luke 24:25). Notice that
first Jesus had to teach them new
light on the resurrection, as they must understand the significance
of the resurrection first.
He
wanted them to understand what the Scripture said about Him before
they saw the evidence. Only
when they accepted the new light, did Christ open their eyes that
they might recognize Him.
Only after the new light was accepted did He reveal Himself to them,
or show them the evidence.
When
Christ was finished showing them the Scriptures, He was about to walk
on without letting them
recognize Him. At that point, the two disciples could have argued
with the Scriptural evidence,
or not shown any interest in hearing anymore. They could have refused
to listen because
they hadn’t seen Christ yet, or asked "Why would Christ only
show Himself to a former prostitute
first?" But they did receive what Jesus showed them from the
Scriptures, and insisted that
He go no farther, but that He come and stay with them. Imagine what
would have happened if
they had rejected Christ's teaching. Probably He would not have
revealed Himself to them, and they
would have missed out on such a wonderful blessing! Such is the
situation today with the Ark. I
believe this is what God is busy doing for us now. God is not just
keeping us waiting for the evidence,
but is teaching us what this discovery means from the Scripture. THIS
IS GOD'S PRIORITY
BEFORE REVEALING THE EVIDENCE TO US! Refusing to believe before seeing
the physical evidence is just like Thomas. We have evidence from the
Bible before us, butsome
still say it is not enough. Please let us cooperate with Christ
as He is trying to teach usfrom
the Scripture the truth, even before we see the evidence.
So
what is the new light that God has given us regarding this discovery?
That the blood and water
of Christ confirmed that the law is a part of the New Covenant and
has to be kept, not done away
with, and that the law since then, cannot be done away with, and
cannot be changed. If
we also invite Him in, we can become good workers for Him when this
discovery is finally shown,
at the passing of the universal religious law that will force us to
break God's law. Sadly we
see many not caring about the evidence from Scripture that God is now
showing. They say
that
they want to see physical evidence before accepting the Scriptures.
How would it look if the two disciples on the road to Emmaus said,
"We can see it is true from the Bible, but we will wait until
we see the physical evidence before we believe it"? Will those
who doubt or disbelieve the discovery
because their hearts don’t rejoice in the truth, let Christ pass
them by? They do not seem
to understand the message behind the following Bible verse, "And
He said to them, If they hear
not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though
one rose from the dead."
Luke 16:31.
Christ
taught them the new light before He revealed the evidence to them. So
those that say about
this discovery, "This is not how God works, not revealing the
evidence first", are mistaken,and
have forgotten the above Bible account, or deny it.
There
are two sure ways of ending up in darkness. The first is to refuse to
follow light that has already
been revealed to us, and the second is to refuse to follow new light
that is being revealed to
us. Anyone who refuses to listen to Moses and the prophets as to how
the covenant was confirmed
(according to Hebrews 9:19), will have a difficult time believing it
when they see it happen.
Maybe they will call it the work of Satan (as some already do).
The
lesson here is that biblical evidence far supersedes physical
evidence. If the Bible says something
is true, then it is true, even if we cannot see any physical
evidence. It is all a test of faith
as to whether we take the Bible as our final authority, or if we need
physical evidence too. The
two disciples had to receive the new light and invite Jesus in FIRST
before He let them see the
evidence, or reveal Himself to them. And they said, "Did not our
heart burn within us, while he
talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures?"
So
what is the Lord showing us from the Scriptures on OUR walk on the
road to Emmaus? The warning
against complying with this universal religious law is a warning
against receiving the Mark
of the Beast, and it is a warning to keep God's law. Do you remember
when Christ said in Luke,
"I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones
would immediately cry out"? The
Christian movement that was to warn the world to "keep the
commandments of God and the faith
of Jesus," as a warning against receiving the Mark of the Beast,
have not been very successful
this past century. So "I tell you that, if these should hold
their peace, the stones would immediately
cry out", as indeed the Tables of Stone will, after the
religious law is passed.
Malachi
3:6, "For I am the LORD, I change not." What He said then,
also goes for our time, and the
STONES SOON ARE TRULY GOING TO CRY OUT TO THE WORLD. We can either choose
to CRY OUT with them or to try and silence them.
Remember
the story in 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles. Do you remember the Book of
the Covenant that
Moses sprinkled with blood and water? It contained the covenant
between the Israelites and God,
and was mysteriously found after it had been lost for a long time.
When the Book of the Covenant
was delivered to King Josiah who had followed the evil ways of all
the kings before him,
he began a reformation. He was deeply shaken when the law was read to
him, and the covenant
that had been written down by Moses. Scripture
tells us that he did not know all that was written therein, but when
he heard it, he humbled
himself before God and gathered all the Israelites to hear it so they
could reform their lives
too. It is interesting to note that God is not suddenly using a new
method when He let Ron
Wyatt
find the Ark of the Covenant containing the tables of stone. Just
like in Josiah’s time, He has
again provided evidence for those who have forgotten the true
contents of God’s law, so that they
can refuse the Mark of the Beast. This
is God’s "show and tell" method He is using to speak to
His children, who don’t realize they
are deceived by belonging to an apostate religion. This is a close
parallel to what happened in
the time of Josiah.
In
Josiah’s time, the book with the contents of the covenant were
found after being lost for along time.
Just as today the Ark that contains that same law, which was
confirmed on the cross, was discovered
by Ron Wyatt after being hidden for almost 2600 years. Although
hidden from human
eyes, God knew where it was all the time, and brought it to Ron’s
attention at just the right
time to be a witness to the world. "That which hath been is now;
and that which is to be hath
already been; and God required that which is past."
Ecclesiastes 3:15. "Jesus Christ the same
yesterday, and today, and for ever." Hebrews 13: 8.
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