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4-5-2023

PREPARATION DAY –

PASSOVER LAMB IS SLAIN

Today (Wednesday) is the day Jesus was crucified. Since “Good Friday” is a fictitious name, perhaps we should call this “Good Wednesday.” The bible calls it “The Day of Preparation.” It was the 24 hours of preparing for the Passover feast.

Tomorrow I will explain from scripture why the crucifixion had to be on Wednesday. For now, we will simply look at what took place during these 24 hours of Passover preparation.

The first event that took place was “The Last Supper,” a Passover meal with Jesus and his twelve disciples. It had to be done on Preparation Day because when the official day (evening) of Passover was to begin, Jesus would already have died and would be in the tomb.

He did much teaching at that meal. Afterwards, he took Peter, James, and John with him to the garden of Gethsemane where He agonized in prayer before being betrayed and captured.

He was delivered first to the High Priest for chastisement, then delivered to Pilate’s Judgment Hall where He was interrogated and beaten beyond recognition during the wee hours of the morning.

As daytime broke, He was condemned to crucifixion. He was on the cross by the start of the third daytime watch (noon). He suffered on the cross until His death at the end of the third watch (3 P.M.).

The next three hours (3:00 to 6:00 p.m.) were busy. Joseph of Arimatháea had to see Pilate to obtain permission to take Jesus’ body from the cross on Calvary. He had to prepare the body to be wrapped in burial cloth (fine linens). Then Joseph had to put Him into the tomb. This all had to be completed before Passover began at sundown because Passover was a Sabbath and no work could be done on a Sabbath. (John 19:31.) The Passover Lamb of God had been slain.

While Jesus was on the cross, remarkable signs occurred. From noon until His death at 3 P.M., a great darkness came over the land. (Matt. 27:45.) The veil in the Temple that concealed the Holy of Holies was torn in two from the top to the bottom, (Matthew 27:51) and a great earthquake rocked the land. After Jesus’ resurrection, that occurred three days later, graves of the deceased saints burst open. Those saints (in their glorified bodies) appeared to many people in Jerusalem, just as Jesus also was seen in His glorified body. (Matt. 27:52.)

The signs that took place while Jesus was on the cross were so astounding that even the pagan Roman soldiers declared in Matt. 27:54, “Truly this was the Son of God!”

The day concludes with the tomb being sealed with a great (very large) rock as the women sat nearby. Tomorrow is His first day (Thursday) in the tomb, and we will pick it up from there.

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4-5-2023

OUR LIGHT AFFLICTION

In 2 Corinthians 4:8-12 the Apostle Paul wrote, “⁸We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; ⁹Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; ¹⁰Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. ¹¹For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. ¹² So then death worketh in us, but life in you.”

Think of Paul’s call. He was troubled. He was distressed. He was perplexed. He was persecuted. He was cast down. His body faced death many times. Yet, there was a purpose for all of what was going on. He did it for others, so they would come to know the Jesus that saved him.

Paul had determined faith. He was not a quitter. In 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 he said, “¹⁶For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish yet the inward man is renewed day by day. ¹⁷For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; ¹⁸While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.”

Paul was not concerned about what would happen to him physically. He knew those things were only temporary. He only thought about what he could do to promote the gospel of Jesus Christ and advance the kingdom. He knew what happened to Jesus, and knew that he had a “death sentence” in the natural, but a “life sentence” with God in the spirit.

When we, too, know who we serve, and are totally sold out to Him, then we do everything every day to lift up His name, and also advance the kingdom. We become that light in the darkness. We become the one that says “No matter what happens, I will not quit sharing Christ with others.” We press on towards the mark like Paul, and our light afflictions that we go through for Jesus’ sake become badges of honor recognized by our Commander in Chief, Jesus Christ. As the old hymn says, “It will be worth it all, when we see Jesus.”

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PROPHETIC WORD

4-4-2023

May your eyes of understanding be enlightened that you may discern the times. We are living in a

season of much chaos and destruction. We will see things in the natural that have never been seen before. There will be suddenlies that will occur that

would take the wind out of your sails if you hadn't been in the secret place and been prepared for what is to soon happen. There is a shift coming where the darkness will cover the earth, but the Lord would say, that this is the hour to rise and shine for him. There will be many things that will bring fear, but light overcomes darkness, so, rise and shine for him. The remnant are those that have surrendered every area of their lives to the will of God and will see and hear from God as if He is standing in the room with them. They will go forth and do exploits like they have never done before. They will rise up out of complacency around them and cut it off from their surroundings. There will be no more fence riding, for God would say that this is the hour, yes this is

the hour that will determine the victory or the defeat in your lives. Those that have sold out will win the battles, but those that have been lukewarm will find that they cannot win any battle because they have not chosen the way of God.

So, rise up, and do what God has told you. He has given you your marching orders and will not change His mind. Yes, the battles will be fierce, but you are armed with offensive weapons to take out the enemy before you. Remember that the battle is the Lord's and He is using you to win His battles. So arm yourself with His strength, His Peace,

His love and you shall see things flee that are coming against you.

Do not look back to what has been for that day is gone. You must focus on this hour and not the what was, for in looking back, all you will find is what is gone and not what is here. Let it go. Shake it loose. Let it fall off you like the shedding of an old wineskin. For in this season God is doing a new thing in your life and it requires a new wineskin. Let it be filled up with the anointing of God and not yesterday's dregs. Go forth now and see that the roadblocks are being removed for you saith the Lord.

APOSTLE PAT MURRAY

PROPHECTIC EXHORTATION

4-4-2023

Do you remember how Jacob fought with the Lord in Genesis 32…And he walked away with a visible limp? However, we read there in God’s Word how Jacob was blessed; And he even had a name change from that battle. Today you may find yourself having to limp away from a battle that you’ve been in. If so, make sure to take your blessing away with you. Now to be honest…I just can’t seem to trust anyone who doesn’t walk with some sort of a limp. Why, you might ask? Well, it’s because I believe that IF you’ve really been in a battle…Then you WILL have some battle scars to prove it. Yes, my friend if you haven’t followed God long enough to have had a battle or two along the way; Then don’t you be trying to tell anyone that God will see them through their battle. I’m just saying...