But the Israelites are not that innocent. They cursed Moses saying, "May Yahuah look upon you and judge, for you have made us a foul smell in Pharaoh’s sight and in the sight of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.”
It's like why are these Israelites concerned about what a greedy tyrant thinks about slaves? Pharaoh was probably entertained by the hardship of the Israelites. These Israelites will later stray away from Yahuah and build a golden calf as an idol. With a hidden mindset like that, then they counsel Yahuah to judge Moses? Why do they fear death at the hands of the Egyptians but yet not fear Yahuah?
"Then Moses returned to Yahuah and said, “O Master (ăḏōnāy), why have You brought harm to this people? Why did You ever send me? Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done harm to this people, and You have not delivered Your people at all.” Exodus 5:22-23
Moses thought that Yahuah's will was going to be done immediately just because he asked Pharaoh for something like a week off of hard labor. That's three days out, three days back plus time for sacrifice. How often would this happen? But the question is, why would Yahuah free the Israelites through deception? Three days out and not return. Pharaoh the tyrant was not stupid.
Perhaps it is easy to use armchair discernment having not been in the situation itself. But it is valid point of discernment.
So how does Exodus 5 effect us today. Who would be Pharaoh, Moses or the Israelites? Pharaoh would be those who control society and set the cultural norms. Moses would be someone in the consecutive church. The Israelites would be those who attended any church. The next question is, what is the Freedom the church is supposedly seeking? Or are church members satisfied with the society norm they live in?
Churches desire the community's connection with their leadership. They need resources like finances to operate. They desire more members who will participate in service and offer support to church leadership.
But to what end is all this leading to? I quote, "Liberal and conservative churches have fundamentally different views on Christian teachings, with liberals focusing on adapting faith to modern society through social justice and inclusion, while conservatives emphasize traditional interpretations and adherence to scripture, leading to mutual criticism over who truly represents or takes Christianity seriously", end quote.
It was for freedom that Christ set us free. Therefore, stand firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1
A wise man’s heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man’s heart directs him toward the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2
We should be seeking spiritual freedom. But today's Pharaoh doesn't want to let us go. Then there are today's Israelites that want to be in good standing in the eyes of today's standards. We must remember that history repeats itself.
But I say, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you do not do the things that you want.
To walk by the Spirit and by the flesh, your mindset will always be imperfect. There will be days you desire flesh and not have it. There will be days you will want a spiritual high and not have it. Your mind will become weak in the opposite pull between Spirit and Flesh.
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.
Simple logic is that if you don't have the desire for deeds of the flesh, the Laws concerning flesh doesn't apply. It's like the laws against counterfeiting doesn't apply if you own the real thing. Satan counterfeits Faith. It's called Religion. This type of religion the law of Elohiym does apply.
Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
There you have it. If any of these deeds are in a religious leader, it's the religion of Satan.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.
To have these things part of your character is to know the path to spiritual freedom.
Now those who belong to Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
The desires of flesh need to be crucified with Yahusha Hamashia called Jesus Christ.
If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk in step with the Spirit. Let us not become those with vain glory, challenging one another, envying one another. Galatians 5:16-26
This verse just identified leadership with Vain Glory. This can involve historical theological disputes. The Israelites was in a dispute with Moses. The corrupted party of the dispute will probably have other issues. Today these are the leaders that are out of step with the Spirit. Let's just take one for example, sexual misconduct.
I quote, "the number of priests in the US that may be homosexual vary. Estimates of homosexual priests range from 15% to over 50%."
But many in the church today would rather be spiritually wrong than to use discernment on anyone.
Moses charged God with bringing harm to the people and not delivering His people. If I could respond to Moses I would say to him, Moses, these Israelites act like Egyptian slaves. They act no different than the slaves from Ethiopia. They have forgotten who Elohiym really is. They fear Pharaoh not Elohiym. You need to learn the difference between Elohiym's harm and chastisement. You are as impatient as the Israelites. Elohiym will deliver the Israelites. It won't be easy for them.
So what is this saying for the church today who embrace the left-wing agenda? But as someone said, the right-wing and the to left-wing are on the same bird. For the Israelites they had to face 40 years in the wilderness because they were to afraid to go into the promise land. Pharaoh's army laid under the Gulf of Aquba and yet they wanted to be Egyptian at Jabal al-Lawz, a Mountain in Saudi Arabia.
For the church the promise land is Yahusha Hamashia's Kingdom. As for the Israelites, those who departed Egypt, they never set foot in the promise land. It was there children that did. But for the church, if you are born again, your name is documented as a citizen of the Kingdom of Yahusha Hamashia. If not, your place is with Satan's lot.
