We are into our first week in March
I am journaling today,
“You look out at the trees and realize you’re starting to see tints of green and tiny buds that will be leaves at any time now. Like Spring, everything will suddenly move us forward, and we must be ready.”
March 10th, 2024, Daylight Savings Time. We get to Spring 1hr forward.
March, we will be celebrating according to our Gregorian calendar,
March 24th Palm Sunday
March 29th Good Friday
Sunday 31st Passover /Resurrection Morning
“He is Risen” is the fullness of our Messiah. Jesus, The Messiah, our Passover Lamb
(I Corinthians 5:7)
In the Hebrew calendar, The month of March Hebrew Nisan (Starts in Spring)
The month of Nisan is known as Passover, the Exodus. (some Jews still do not believe Yeshua is the Messiah) they celebrate with a traditional Seder meal (Seder means Order) in remembrance of the ultimate exodus to freedom, miracles, and redemption. It was the month when the Israelites were brought out of Egypt, and it was a season of stepping out of bondage and towards our promised lands.
As a righteous Jewish man, Jesus grew up celebrating Passover every year he went to Jerusalem (Luke 2:41); and so, as to be expected, in the days leading up to his arrest, Jesus again obediently celebrated the Passover meal with his disciples (see Matthew 26:17-19; John 13:1)
The Third Month (March Springtime) is the Third Day – The Power of Three.
1. It is the month of arrival. It is for arriving where God is waiting for you.
Exodus 19:1-2: In the third month, the children of Israel arrived in the Wilderness of Sinai and camped in the wilderness. So Israel camped there before the mountain.
2. It is for dethroning evil and proud powers.
Ezekiel 31:1-2, 18: vs1 Now it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying, vs2 [2] “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude:
vs18” You shall be brought down.”
Our Conquering King
COLOSSIANS 2:15 (AMP)
When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities [those supernatural forces of evil operating against us], He made a public example of them [exhibiting them as captives in His triumphal procession], having triumphed over them through the cross.
When he cried “It is finished, “ paid in full, accomplished.” “Jesus died with the cry of the Victor on His lips.”
“The verb below (teleo, ‘to finish’) was used in the first and second centuries in the sense of ‘fulfilling’ or ‘paying’ a debt and often appeared in receipts. Jesus’ statement ‘It is finished’ (tetelestai)
So, what weapons do demonic spirits have against blood-bought believers? Not one!
They are disarmed, except for their ability to deceive and to create fear. These are effective “weapons” that are not tangible at all.
They are lies; the Devil is a liar. Don’t give in to the lies. (2 Timothy 1:7 ) “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and a sound mind.”
Demonic spirits only have power over us that we grant them by believing their lies.
The Word of God is the sword of the Spirit and is the arsenal of all Christian spiritual warfare.
Revelation 12:11 Amplified Bible
11 And they overcame and conquered him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, for they did not love their life and renounce their faith even when faced with death.
As warriors, we stand in triumph, reminding evil spirits of their defeat by the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, who shed his blood on the cross to free us from sin and Satan.
James 4:7
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Matthew 28:18 makes it very clear that Jesus has all authority now, which means that Satan has no authority over Christians.
As a result, we can now live by Colossians 1:10–14 and “walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. . . . He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”
3. Resurrection
Matthew 12:40 Expanded Bible
40 [For just as] Jonah was in the stomach of the ·big fish [sea monster; sea creature] for three days and three nights [John 1:17). In the same way, the Son of Man will be in the ·grave [heart of the earth] three days and three nights.
New Testament: Three
- Mary stayed with Elizabeth for three months (Luke 1:5-6).
- Jesus was missing for three days when He was twelve years old (Luke 2:4-6).
- Jesus took three men, Peter, James, and John, up on the Mt. of Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1, Mark 9:1-12, Luke9:2-8.
- Jesus prophesized that He would arise from the dead on the 3rd day (Matthew 16:21, 17:23; 20:19; Mark 8:31; 9:31, 10:34; Luke 9:22, 18:33).
- Saul was blinded for three days (Acts 9:9)
- There are three theological virtues: faith, hope, and charity (1 Corinthians 13:13)
- The heavenly Jerusalem has three gates on each of its four sides (Revelation 21:13)
- Three the Holy Trinity, the triune nature of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19-20) Unity
- Three is also recognized as the number of the Holy Spirit.
- 3rd day Matthew 28:5-6: “The angel said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.
- Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Luke 24:46-47
Instructions: Forward out of Egypt. Protection going forward.
Ready and prepared to go forward. The Exit.
Exodus 12:11-13
11 Now you are to eat it in this manner: [be prepared for a journey] with your loins girded [that is, with the outer garment tucked into the band], your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand, you shall eat it quickly—it is the Lord’s Passover.
12 For I [the Lord] will pass through the land of Egypt on this night, and will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal; against all the gods of Egypt, I will execute judgments [exhibiting their worthlessness]. I am the Lord. 13 The blood shall be a sign for you on [the doorposts of] the houses where you live; when I see the blood, I shall pass over you, and no affliction shall happen to you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
✔️Against all the gods of Egypt because each of the Ten Egyptian Plagues for Ten Egyptian gods and goddesses
Ten times God the (”I Am”) through Moses, allows Pharaoh to change his mind, repent, and turn to the one true God (”Echad”)each time increasing the severity of the consequence of the plagues suffered for disobedience to His request. Ten times, Pharaoh, because of pride, refused to be taught by the Lord and received “judgments” from Moses through the plagues pronounced upon his head.
His people were instructed in Exodus 12:7 to paint the Passover Lamb’s blood on the lintel and two doorposts of the door to their houses before the tenth plague.
Passover
The protection of the blood of the Lamb
For Israel to be spared the judgment on the firstborn, they had to apply to blood just as God said they should.
We see the blood was put on the outside of the door.
Hebrews declare that it was placed on the inside, where they could see it as a sign for themselves (i.e., הָיָה הַדָּם לָכֶם לְאוֹת [Exodus 12:13) Indeed, after the blood was applied, the doors were shut and no one was permitted to leave the house until the following morning
Inside or outside the Power of the sacrificial spotless lamb. Our Passover lamb Jesus. (Yeshua)
(Exodus 12:22) The blood of the sacrifice was intended to be seen as a sign for those trusting in God’s redemption. Likewise, by faith, we apply the lamb’s blood to the “inside” of our hearts and plead to use it in prayer over all our loved ones over our entire lives.
As they advanced
Chapter 14
Exodus 14:15 God’s instructions to Moses: stop praying and start doing.
“Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward.”
Why do you cry to Me? There is a time to pray and act to step forward.
It can be against God’s will to stop doing so and to only pray in a particular situation. We are to hear the word and be a doer of that word.
Being a doer of the word moves you forward.
When my oldest Son was little, we were all walking on a trail in the forest. It was a beautiful spring day. He came across a large tree that had fallen in our path. He jumped up on it like a trapeze artist on a tightrope.
Perfectly balanced and singing a jingle he made up from a Bible verse: 🎵“Im a doer, Im a doer, not just a hear, Im a doer.”
James 1:22
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only…
The Hebrew word “Shema “ you hear God, you obey God; they go together. You can not separate them into two words like our English does.
“We should be praying constantly, but also, there’s a time to respond to God’s answer to our prayers. You ask. You seek You knock, and He answers.
March is a word for a military command-like charge!
Hebrew March is God simply saying “yasa” H3318 to come or go forth (with purpose or for result) If you need to run then run!
God is telling Moses to cause them to move forward and do something that will cause them to trust me.
Exodus 14:13-15
13 But Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will perform for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again, ever. 14 The Lord will fight for you while you keep silent.”
15 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward. 16 As for you, lift up your staff and reach out with your hand over the sea and divide it, and the sons of Israel shall [go through the midst of the sea on dry land
I summed it up,
God’s people are blocked in front of the Red Sea, and Pharaoh and his army are tailing them from behind and mountains on either side. They are trapped and boxed in and begin to blame Moses, saying he led them into a trap. They start complaining and crying out, “We are going to be killed off by Pharaoh’s army.”
Moses tried to calm them down, reminding them that God said He would fight for them and for them to hold their peace. But Then, in the middle of it all, Moses goes crying to God. What does God say? “Why are you calling on me? You’re in charge; I’ve given you all you need ahead of time. Now, walk in it. You know who I Am.
But these people have not been like you at the Burning Bush School of Faith. Show them some of what you learned,”
Order them to get moving. Hold your staff high and stretch your hand out over the sea: Split the sea! The Israelites will walk through the sea on dry ground.
To Moses, he simply told him, “Yasa “– move forward, take your rod, and hold it out.” I am about to move and show forth my miraculous delivering power.
Maybe God is saying to you, Like with Moses, God may say: I’ve given you all that you need.
You know who I Am. You know all that my Son paid for. But these people have not been through what you have; you’ve seen my hand deliver and heal. It’s your Testiomy, your school of faith. Teach them some faith. Now, move forward, share your faith, and expect a miracle.