<TITLE>11. Par 123-132</TITLE>L-123 Now, I just love it. Notice, "Go forward now," and you will see the glory of God. But listen, the 16th verse now, we read this:
But lift... up the rod,...
"The rod," that was the judgment rod. Now, it wasn't Moses' rod. That was God's rod. If you'll notice Moses, he took that rod; he held it up like this. Fleas come. He held it over the waters; it turned to blood. It was God's judgment rod. And that same rod... Get it. That same rod was what he smote the rock with; and a cleft come in the side of the rock, and waters came out of the rock.
Now, that Rock was Christ, and it was God's judgment ("The day you eat thereof, that day you die.") smote Christ at Calvary, and paid that bitter, agonizing death. No man never could describe what it was or never will. There God placed all the Divine judgment upon Him and smote Him in the side, when out of His side come water and Blood and Spirit for our redemption.

L-126 How people paint His picture sometime, with a robe around Him, or something another, on the cross. That is not so. They disposed that Man of every foul, vulgar thing that they could; but He had to be. There He was, the highest and loyalest of all the world, that ever was or will be, and then exposed, naked, on the cross: wounded, smitten, bleeding, gobs of mockery spit hanging from His face, a mocking crown of thorns on His head. But there's when He conquered death, hell, sin, sickness, and the grave, and paid the price for us all.
It's often said, sometime, "There's where He took the sting out of death."
That's where Paul said, "O death, where is your sting?"
I've been told that many insects, bees and things, they've got a stinger, and they're poison with it. But one time they sting, they lose their stinger.
Death had a sting in it one time, but Christ on Calvary took the stinger out of death. Hallelujah. Oh, when I think of it, there He pulled the stinger out of death for me and you, all the sting of death.

L-130 Paul said, when they was going to cut his head off in the Roman prison, he said, "Death, where is your sting?" Pointed back to Calvary, and there's where stinger was taken out of death. "Grave, where is your victory?" He said, "But thanks be to God, that gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." Amen. All right.
... the rod (the judgment), and stretch it out... cover the--the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go over on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
And I, behold, I will harden the heart of the Egyptians, and they shall follow thee: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, and upon the chariots, and upon the horsemen.
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, and I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
And the angel of God,...
Listen. Tighten up the harness now.
And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel,... (He's still here.) The angel of God, that went before the camp of Israel, removed and went back behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: (or, went up from here, and stood back here, a go-between in the time of trouble.)

L-132 When trouble begins to face you, sickness on every hand, trouble, the Angel of God comes up, goes out between you and the sickness and stands there in the way, a challenging you to take God's Word.
God had give Israel the promise, that they was going to the land. There was a million, probably, of men coming to pursue them and run them down, and chop them down like a bunch of animals. But the Angel of the Lord Who was there to carry them to the promised land, rose up from the camp and went and stood between them and danger. Hallelujah.
He still does it. He will make the way. Oh, I just love Him for that, don't you? He will make the way for every sick person sitting here right now. He's already made the way, and He's standing between you and trouble.


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