Those Who Hinder God’s Army Will Suffer Calamity
Good day to all. Let's delve into Exodus Chapter 12 together. As per our usual Bible study practice, what is the most important thing we do? It is to grasp the main point of this chapter. Many people do not study well because they fail to seize the key point. Take my advice, if you can first grasp the key point when learning something, then you are formidable. So, what is the key point of this chapter? It is quite evident: The Lord’s army came out of Egypt.
This verse is in the forty-first verse of Chapter 12. In Exodus Chapter 12, the story reaches its climax: The Lord’s army came out of Egypt. From Chapter 1 to Chapter 12, all the plots are magnificent. We see the Lord God doing one so-called bad thing after another, punishing the Egyptians. God did this for one goal: to let the Lord God's army come out of Egypt. Whoever hinders God, God will absolutely not be polite to him! God will even not hesitate to kill those who hinder Him, because the death of a few people is nothing in God's eyes.
Chapter 12 records an event: God commanded the Israelites to smear the blood of the lamb on the doorposts and lintel. Then the Lord God personally came down and patrolled throughout the land of Egypt. When He encountered the doorposts and lintel with the precious blood of the lamb, He would pass over. When He encountered those without the blood of the lamb, God would strike the firstborn of their families, so that no family in Egypt would be without a dead person. Many people feel that this is too cruel! We are already facing a life-threatening COVID-19 pandemic, but it has not been so tragic as to have deaths in every family. If calculated according to an average family of five, one out of five people would die. God struck down twenty percent of the people, so the price paid by the Egyptians was very painful!
Let us set aside how many people died in Egypt during the previous nine plagues. In fact, after the nine plagues, Egypt was already in a sorry state. However, by the tenth plague, every household in Egypt would lose one person, and even livestock were not spared; all the firstborn were struck down. Many people who do not know God have doubts: Is this what our God does? I tell you, it is indeed! This was done so that the Lord God's army could come out of the land of Egypt. That is how God did it. Who gave God this excuse? It was the Egyptian Pharaoh. The Egyptian Pharaoh, with his stubbornness, forced God to do this.
Therefore, calamities befall the stubborn. Even today, we still live in a spiritual world, and spiritual laws still operate in this world. Do not oppose God, no matter who you oppose. Do not think that some people point to the sky and say: There is no God! Then I ask you, where did humans come from? Did humans evolve from monkeys? If you think humans evolved from monkeys, then you be evolved from monkeys. Anyway, I was created by God. Alas, humans are just stubborn!
However, when truly facing natural disasters, people are all helpless and do not know where to buy insurance. Have you seen your insurance policy? The policy definitely does not cover natural disasters. If one day a meteorite suddenly falls from the sky and smashes your house, you go to the insurance company, and the insurance company will not compensate you. If an earthquake collapses your house, the insurance company will also not compensate you. Because these are called natural disasters, and no one can stop natural disasters, so insurance does not cover them. But why are people so arrogant? There are so many spiritual stories and legends, but many people pretend not to see them.
A few days ago, I received a video from my classmate group. This video tells the story of an archaeologist who specializes in excavating tombs. His wife and daughter committed suicide one after another, and calamities raged in their home. It is a tragedy when people do not recognize the spiritual world. One of my former bosses and a few of his friends ran to the cemetery at two o'clock in the morning and shouted: Is there a ghost? Come out and show me. As a result, they saw nothing. But in the following years, his wife wanted to jump off the building, he himself wanted to jump off the building, and his friends also wanted to jump off the building. Later, this boss was smarter, he believed in Jesus, and his life was turned around. Do not be unconvinced by these spiritual matters. Some people insist on hardening their necks to do these things, but do not be surprised if you cannot handle it and have to hand it over to me for deliverance.
The things of the spiritual realm are very deep. If just a corpse can still do such things in the spiritual realm, then I ask you, can opposing the Lord God who created the universe be a joke? Some people shout: Is there a God? If there is a God, let lightning strike me to death. As a result, he saw nothing at the time, and lightning did not come down to strike him to death, but you can slowly ponder what happened later! The things of the spiritual realm are too real.
The Lord God patrolled throughout the land and struck down the Egyptians. This is what our God does. Do not describe the Lord God as Santa Claus, riding a reindeer, sitting on a sleigh, carrying a large pile of red bags, and wearing a red hat to distribute gifts from house to house. That is pure nonsense. As you gradually understand the things of the spiritual realm, you will find that many things are fatal. Of course, the most fatal thing is not knowing God, not knowing God's power, and insisting on arguing with God, and then becoming a stubborn person like the Egyptian Pharaoh.
Therefore, the Lord’s army is about to come out of Egypt. Whoever hinders it will suffer calamity! The most core concept of our Chinese Mingding Destiny is that the church is God's army. We must know this! From Exodus to the New Testament, if you look carefully, the church is God's army, this is absolutely certain. If we build the church without building it according to God's army, without doing spiritual warfare, without trampling on the devil and the enemy, and without releasing those who are bound and oppressed by the devil, then what are we doing? Is it just you love me, I love you, and everyone loves each other to death? I have seen many churches that do not act as God's army, but just love each other, and calamities descend.
I know that our God is in control of all things. I would never dare to disobey God's words, disobey God's calling, or disobey the truth revealed by God in the Bible in my life: God wants to build His church, that is, to build an army of God. Everyone must remember, a country cannot be without an army, and so is the kingdom of God. So, we must know what we are here for in the church. We are not here to play, not here to蹭热度 (ceng re du - bandwagon), and not here to蹭祝福 (ceng zhu fu - freeload blessings). If you are not here to be a soldier in the Lord God's army, I think you can go play on the side. Maybe you think my words are a bit harsh, but God's intention is to lead the Lord God's army out of the land of Egypt, and everyone must become an army. If you read Numbers, you will know that only those who can take up arms and fight count.
Whoever hinders God's army will suffer, it will be terrible. Some pastors I have served, after seeing the church I built, also wanted to learn, but they did not have my backbone. Why? Because when their wives gave orders, they treated their wives' words as imperial edicts. I boldly make a prophecy: as long as you live long enough, those who hinder God's army will definitely see calamities raging, and will definitely see the whole family living under a curse. You may not see it in a day or two, but one day it will be enough for you to bear.
One pastor contracted COVID-19 and recovered well after treatment, but suddenly died one day. He wrote a long passage before his death, which was also published online. Many people could not see the problem with this passage, but when I saw it, I found that this passage was quite fatal, because this pastor completely lacked the concept of the Lord God's army! He wanted to build the church into a home, that is, you love me, I love you, loving each other, sweet and sweet. His concept was to build the church into a home full of love, rather than building it according to the Lord God's army. But when did God teach you to do this? This is not in accordance with the Bible. I saw him write above that there was a 龙虎斗 (long hu dou - power struggle) in their church, in English it is called Power Struggle. So, there is a ruling party and an opposition party in this church, fighting each other, the situation is very complicated, it does not look like an army at all. There is already a civil war in the church, and the spiritual war outside cannot be fought.
Another pastor also wanted to learn from me. After learning, his wife did not agree, and his children did not agree. Later, he turned the church into a club. Can that wife be good? You put the leader of the Lord God's army on your belt as a toy, and put a small rope around his neck like walking a dog. How long will you hinder the building of God's army and oppose God? I also want to make a prophecy: no matter how powerful you are, no matter how selfish your motives are, it does not matter, as long as anyone hinders God's army and opposes God, you just do it! I can only wish you good luck.
Another pastor's wife had a tumor in her belly. At first, it was like a date, then like an egg, then it grew like an apple, and then it grew like a big radish. It was okay not to pray, but the more she prayed, the faster it grew. You ask me why? Whoever hinders the building of God's army, whoever hinders God's army from coming out of the land of Egypt will suffer. To be a pastor and not build God's church according to God's army is fatal!
Build the Church According to the Standards of the Army
Some people say: It does not matter, we do not need to build according to God's army, it is enough for us to love each other. Then I ask you, does Exodus write that the Lord God led out a home of mutual love, or did the Lord lead His army out of the land of Egypt? Of course, it is according to the army! Then, if a mistake is made in the army, how is it handled? It is handled according to military law. The army must be disciplined and hierarchical, this is not a joke. Just like military courts and civil courts are completely different things. Brothers and sisters, we must prepare ourselves well and be mighty warriors in the Lord God's army.
So, where does God want to lead His army from the house of slavery in Egypt? He wants to lead them to the promised land, which is a land flowing with milk and honey. I will tell you in advance what happened later: these six hundred thousand adults did not eventually enter the promised land. Because to go to the promised land, that is, the land of Canaan, you must fight. As a result, the Israelites were timid when fighting was mentioned. When the Israelites came out of Egypt, they did not move a knife or a gun, it was all done by God. God did this to give them faith in God, but people just do not remember, and they are still timid when they encounter problems.
In the wilderness, God only asked the Israelites to wave knives and guns. In fact, true victory does not depend on your waving. But when you wave according to God's instructions, God will work with you and let you win. As a result, the Israelites were afraid and dared not fight. Because of their timidity, the result was that they were struck down by God in the wilderness. They wandered around in the wilderness all their lives, doing nothing, walking and stopping, this was all self-inflicted by the Israelites! Who told them they were unwilling to be soldiers in the Lord God's army!
I want to tell everyone in advance, I am not doing charity, nor am I Santa Claus, I am building the Lord God's army. If you are unwilling to be a soldier here, then you can go wherever you want. I do not need those Christians who died in the wilderness at all. I need people who are soldiers in the Lord God's army, who can preach this mighty gospel. If you want to preach the gospel, heal the sick, and cast out demons like me, then work hard with me; if you just want to find a boyfriend to marry and live a life, revolve around the stove, have children and raise them, eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks, then you can do it according to your ideas! Just see what will happen to you later.
Our brothers and sisters must know that maybe when you first came among us, you never thought of being a soldier in the army of Jesus Christ, you just wanted to get some benefits. As a result, after coming, you felt it was good, this is because you have arrived in the promised land. Then I ask you, is it better to be in a land flowing with milk and honey, or to wander in the wilderness? It is definitely better to enter the land flowing with milk and honey.
But many people like to be Christians in the wilderness, then you can go wander, wandering around until you perish. Is everyone clear? The concept of Chinese Mingding Destiny comes from here, which is to build God's army. So, people must not oppose God. I have seen with my own eyes that many churches do not build according to God's army, they just want to build a home, and as a result, they just love each other, and in the end, many problems arise from love. What can really solve the problem must be victory in battle. The army is used to fight, fighting spiritual battles, conquering the spiritual forces of darkness in the spiritual world, trampling on the devil and the enemy, releasing those who are bound by the devil, releasing those who are oppressed by the devil, and bringing them all into blessings, this is what we do.
Brothers and sisters, I may have spoken a little heavily, but I hope everyone can receive my meaning, because this is God's will! Do you dare to oppose God? I do not have the courage. If we want to enter the promised land, what we have to do is not you love me, I love you, I treat you to a meal, you treat me to a meal, what we have to do is fight spiritual battles. The Lord led the Israelites out of Egypt according to their armies, and they ate unleavened bread, which was also very difficult. In the army to Resist America and Aid Korea, there is no chance to set up a pot to cook delicious food. If you are frying eggs, the enemy sees the smoke and finds the target, and a shell comes over. Therefore, when the army is fighting, they can only lie motionless in the field, and can only eat biscuits and canned food, this is not a joke!
The army does not care about eating well or not when marching, so the Israelites ate unleavened bread for seven days after coming out of Egypt. Of course, unleavened bread is not as delicious as leavened bread, but leavened bread has to be leavened slowly, and there is also time to steam it. But the unleavened bread is finished as soon as the dough is mixed and spread. If you are still thinking about making leavened bread, making this and making that in the army, do you think you are going to make a Manchu Han Imperial Feast? Then do not fight! Therefore, do not care about what to eat and what to drink, because we are the Lord God's army, we do not have time to do these nonsense things, we have to use our time to trample on the devil and the enemy.
Our church has a ninety-minute prayer meeting in the morning and evening. Some newcomers do not understand, where do so many people come from to lead prayers? I tell you, there are too many warriors in our church, and they are all抢 (qiang - vying) for the opportunity to lead prayers, and some people cannot even get in line! Now many churches are begging people to come, but no one comes, and it is too difficult to arrange people to do ministry. But the people in our church are all victorious, and we are willing to do this work. Here, casting out demons is a kind of entertainment. Those who have cast out demons know that it is too funny to hear the demons speak during the process of casting out demons, it is more entertaining than a skit. Therefore, victory in battle is the key. The Lord's army can win because it is organized, disciplined, and can fight spiritual battles!
Be a Mighty Elite Soldier in God's Army
God's kingdom is not in this world, we are not opposing the emperors of the Roman Empire. The authority on earth is also given by God, even Jesus respects the authority on earth, let alone us. Did Jesus lead His disciples to revolt, build copper and iron weapons, and overthrow the Roman Empire? Jesus did not do this! Jesus came to build the Lord God's army, to build His church on this rock, and the gates of hell cannot prevail against the church. He wants to give us the keys of the kingdom of heaven, what we bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and what we release on earth will be released in heaven. How powerful is this!
In fact, we are similar to the Egyptians, we are all damned, and we all die the same way. But we are redeemed by God, and we are willing to be soldiers in the Lord God's army, fighting spiritual battles. We carry the glory and hope of eternity, and we do not belong to this world at all. Because we are redeemed by God, we must keep the Passover to commemorate our identity.
These Israelites did not move a knife or a gun, and God led them out, and also took the money and gold and silver treasures from their neighbors, the Egyptians. And when the Lord God patrolled the land of Egypt, He encountered the homes of the Israelites, saw the blood of the lamb smeared on their doorposts and lintel, and did not enter their homes to strike their firstborn. God originally thought that after redeeming these Israelites, He could let them be soldiers in the Lord God's army. As a result, when they entered the wilderness, they were unwilling to be soldiers. This is all because people's lives are薄 (bao - thin, unlucky)! Many people have thin lives and no blessings. I have seen many such people with my own eyes, they have experienced so much of God's grace, but they forget it in the blink of an eye.
These Israelites must not only keep the Passover, but also tell their descendants to keep it forever, to commemorate that our lives were redeemed by God from Egypt and belong to God. It is only natural for us to be soldiers in God's army. But some people are unwilling, and they always feel that if they do these things, will they still be able to live their lives? They have to be busy having children, raising children, and supporting their families. Trampling on the devil and the enemy, spiritual warfare, and releasing the captives, these are none of their business. I have seen so many people like this that it is a mess, and blessings pass them by. Just like the people in the world, they return to Egypt, and their lives are over, and they live their lives in confusion and cloudiness.
Many people among us have fallen behind, but God continues to add to us those who are willing to be soldiers in God's army, who are willing to build a victorious and glorious church, and who are willing to participate in spiritual warfare. Why are we called an elite soldier church? Because we do not want the烂 (lan - rotten) ones! What is the point of滥竽充数 (lan yu chong shu - filling a position just to make up the numbers)? I thank God that God often does this wonderful thing, and there are really blessings here. Remember, victory in battle is the only way to obtain God's promises.
This battle is originally a spiritual battle. We cast out demons in the name of Jesus Christ and trample on the devil and the enemy, and God's power is manifested through us. These people of ours have signs and wonders following them, that is, they cast out demons in the name of Jesus Christ, speak in new tongues, can handle snakes, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them. They lay hands on the sick, and the sick will recover. God is still speaking to us in this generation through Exodus Chapter 12: Those who are willing to join this army, those who are willing to enter the promised land, those who are willing to have the courage to fight, those who do not want to be slaves in Egypt anymore, those who do not want to live this life of toil and sorrow anymore, welcome to come! Let us become God's army together, enter the promised land, and constantly obtain God's promises, what a wonderful thing this is!
Everyone must know one thing, unless you overcome鬼 (gui - ghost, demon), there is no other way to subdue it. If you cannot overcome it, it will bully you! It is definitely not a matter of you do not provoke me, and I will not provoke you. The demon pinches you, and it will cause COVID-19; if it pinches you again, it will cause cancer. So, brothers and sisters, if you are willing to be pinched by the devil, grabbed by the devil and put under its butt to sit on, then you can go ahead. But I do not want to! Sometimes I am beaten black and blue by the demon, it does not matter! I can also beat it black and blue! Many times we are evenly matched, and I will also compete with it, and God will surely make me victorious!
It is God who makes me victorious, not whether I compete well or not. I absolutely do not rely on my own ability to fight, because my ability is nothing in the spiritual world. Not relying on chariots and horses, not relying on power and talent, but relying solely on the Spirit of God, going out to fight with a strong and courageous heart, never being weak. Some people want me to serve them very much, but you do not really understand me. If I really serve you, you may not be able to bear it! I am cruel enough to the things that belong to the flesh, because victory must solve two problems: first, fight spiritual battles; second, deal with our flesh.
The Israelites were in the wilderness for so many years in order to be trained there. If a person cannot overcome during training, when they enter the promised land and fight with real knives and guns, their courage will definitely not be enough. If a person has no courage and is in the Lord's army but is unwilling to fight for God, they will be like the Israelites who died in the wilderness. Are you willing to be an Israelite who died in the wilderness? In fact, the battle is fought for yourself, it is you who want to enter the promised land, not God who wants to enter. The whole earth belongs to God, and God does not lack that place.
Some people like the wilderness very much and have created a ministry called "Wilderness Manna". Do you think it is fun to eat "manna" all day long? Forty years of eating like this every meal, burping, farting, and shitting all smell like manna, they are all tired of eating it! After eating it for a month, they want to eat meat. When I was a child, I was afraid of eating窝窝头 (wo wo tou - corn bread), and when I grew up, I shook my head when I saw窝窝头 (wo wo tou - corn bread). When I first arrived in Singapore, I found that chicken wings were very cheap, but later I got tired of eating them, and I wanted to vomit when I smelled the smell of chicken wings. If I had to choose, I would not choose wilderness manna, I would still choose the land flowing with milk and honey. Be sure to choose to enter the promised land, the fruits there are delicious! You will ask, is not eating 老马 (lao ma - old horse, troublesome)? God created man, and having the taste to enjoy delicious food is a blessing. God wants us to taste good food, but we cannot be greedy.
God's Army Will Trample the Devil and Enemies
A land flowing with milk and honey, what a wonderful place! I will choose to enter the Promised Land no matter what, and definitely not the manna of the wilderness. The manna of the wilderness was provided for those Israelites who died in the wilderness, afraid to fight. The concept of building a church in our Chinese Mingding Destiny is to build an army of God to fight this spiritual battle. Because we are fighting a spiritual battle, we are good citizens in the eyes of any government in the world. We do not engage in this movement or that movement, we rely on God to release the captive souls. That is what Jesus did. Neither Jesus nor Paul overthrew the Roman government; they were both fighting spiritual battles.
When I see brothers and sisters being released from the oppression of the devil one by one because of the victory of the church, and enjoying God's promises together, what a joy and how sweet it is, like eating honey and drinking milk. One sister, also a pastor, shared with me that a brother they ministered to had ankylosing spondylitis. In the past, this person could not even walk to the door with crutches, it was very hard! Later, this brother came among us, and because we built a victorious church, constantly releasing faith and the power of the Holy Spirit, as a result, in two years, the brother could go out and walk for two hours without any pain at all. We thank God! The demon was driven away, and he was healed!
It is very hard to be sick! When I was sick, I summed up a sentence: It is a luxury to live healthily! But I found that many healthy people do not know this, and are always looking for trouble! Today, they argue with this person, and tomorrow, they get angry with that person. They insist on arguing for the sake of arguing, they do not know that living healthily is a great blessing.
If you carefully look at what is happening around us, observe, understand, and summarize with your heart, you will find that if the church is not built according to the army of God, is that a church? I do not know! These pastors read the same Bible as I do. They often send some jokes and get a few Christians to build a church at home, but they say they do not have the gift of casting out demons. If there is no gift of casting out demons, how can the kingdom of God come? How can we obtain the Promised Land? Because the Bible clearly says:
But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you. (Luke 11:20)
Casting out demons is not an option. Do you think you are at a buffet, just ticking a box? When you read the Bible and come to healing the sick, casting out demons, and releasing the captives, you think you do not have this gift and give up directly, is that still the gospel? I do not even know what it is! How can the kingdom of God come? I do not know how these people will deal with those who are captive and oppressed? With their limited abilities, who knows if what they are preaching is really the gospel in the Bible? May God have mercy!
There was a person who used to dabble in some evil arts and got a lot of illnesses. Later, he came among us, and the brothers and sisters among us ministered to him. His previous pastor called to ask how the doctor he introduced was doing? He also asked if he needed to introduce a better doctor to him? Later, this person replied that there was no need to introduce him, I am now praying with the brothers and sisters of Chinese Mingding Destiny, it is very good. The pastor sounded sour after hearing this. The evil arts brought a body full of demons, how could a doctor heal it? His pastor introduced him to a doctor, but did not introduce him to Jesus. How much does this generation need a church like ours!
Brothers and sisters must train yourselves well in healing and deliverance! Preaching the gospel, healing the sick, and casting out demons are ironclad facts! No one can deny it! So that the benefits and grace of the kingdom of heaven may be manifested among us! Those who are unwilling to fight, unwilling to become mighty warriors, need to reorganize the things in their heads, open their spiritual eyes, see the needs of this generation, and see that this generation needs a strong army of God that can trample the devil and enemies, release captive souls, release those who are oppressed and bound by the devil, and constantly manifest the glory of God. When people see the glory of God, they will be attracted to follow God, just like us.
Summary
When the glory of Jesus Christ and the great power of the gospel are manifested, Jesus Christ will draw all people to himself. Today, there are still many captives and oppressed people all over the world, and they are waiting for people like us to snatch them back from the hands of the devil! No longer relying on power, no longer relying on talent, no longer relying on chariots and horses, no longer relying on the weapons in our hands, but relying solely on the Spirit of God! We will see the power of God descend with just a few gestures on this spiritual battlefield!
What I said is a bit casual, I said gestures, but it really is just gestures. How honored we are that the glory of God is manifested through us! This life is truly not in vain! I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, I consider everything as dung, in order that I may gain Christ! I must bear the marks of Jesus Christ on my body, and in the spiritual world, no devil or enemy can stand before me, what a glorious destiny this is!
This is the path I have chosen, this is the path our church will take! May God raise up every brother and sister among us to become mighty warriors in God's army, to become vessels that manifest God's glory. May signs and wonders follow everyone, wherever you go, you can see the presence of God, you can see signs and wonders!
The glory of God is constantly manifested through us, so that we can see the captives released, the oppressed set free, and then bring them into the army of God, bring them into the Promised Land, so that they can enjoy the blessings and glory that God has prepared for us in eternity. To be a soldier in God's army is the honor of my life! I never thought I would have such a good fortune. It is very happy to see God clearly with us. May God's promises continue to be fulfilled among us!
May God bless everyone!