The Baptism of Moses

[Joyce C. Lock]

~ The Baptism of Moses ~

The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.

 

- Hearts of Stone -

 

Touch not; taste not; handle not ...

 

All their works they do for to be seen of men.

 

Matthew 23:2,5, Colossians 2:21

 

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But think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.  This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

 

A new heart will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.  And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.  And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

 

 

Exodus 20:3-17

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

 

If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, the scripture cannot be broken.  However, go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them (either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven), and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.  For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.

 

I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.  Thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.

 

Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

 

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image,

 

The residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.

 

I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 

 

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

 

Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us?

 

Take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.  But ye seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.

 

 

or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above,

From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

Thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.  For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.

No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.  Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.  For thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

 

or that is in the earth beneath,

 

When ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

 

If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

 

Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?  For mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

 

 

or that is in the water under the earth:

They worry about the promise of his coming, saying, Since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.  They being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.  And for this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.  For the law worketh wrath.

But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

 

Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction.

The heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat.  Even so, many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

 

But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.  My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

 

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

 

I am the LORD thy God, from the land of Egypt, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour (which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage); that divided the sea, whose waves roared, which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. 

 

For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.  (Confirm the word with signs following Amen.)

The law is not of faith.  Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.  And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

The LORD of hosts is his name.

 

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.  Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

 

Solomon, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.  There is no salvation in any other than the name Jesus Christ of Nazareth: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Wherever you find my name, you should find a blessing.  Covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.

 

Bring forth the best robes, and put it on them; and put a ring on their hands, and shoes on their feet.  Baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount.

Father:

 

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

 

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.

God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

Son:

 

Consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, as Moses was faithful in all his house.

Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.  Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

From Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.  Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

 

We are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.  Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

Holy Ghost:

 

It is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.  Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

 

A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

 

A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.  For as the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

 

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much.  I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

 

Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

 

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.  For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the Lord shall appear unto you.  Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the LORD commanded.

 

Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.  In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.  For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

 

He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses. 

Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge; as a threefold cord is not quickly broken.  And where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.  The Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

In all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.  Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as Moses was faithful in all his house.  And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after.

He foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous.

 

His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations.

So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.  Who is this King of glory?  The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.  The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

 

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It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him.  So is the resurrection of the dead.  It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.  There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.  And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.  And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

 

Let us hold fast the faithful word as ye have been taught; that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers (for he is faithful that promised).  Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit.  These things teach and exhort.  And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works.  These things are good and profitable unto men.  Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.  These are the true sayings of God.

Your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.  Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.  And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.  These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.  And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

 

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

 

And the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.

The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

Blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.  For whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

 

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.  For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

 

Call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.  As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.  And I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD.

And if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.  And I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

 

This is the First Commandment.

 

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,

and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.

 

Mark 12:30

Thou shalt not kill.

To honour thy father and mother is the FIRST commandment with promise!

He that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.  I have pardoned according to thy word: But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.

Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.  But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.  Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.  Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

 

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: as women that break wedlock.  Thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.  For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.

Thou shalt not steal.

Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?  Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, every one that steal my words from his neighbour, that use their tongues, and say, He saith, that prophesy false dreams, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.  For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

 

When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

 

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.  For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

 

For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.  Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

At the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.  Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.

 

Judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

 

Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge.  Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

 

This is the more excellent way:

 

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.  And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.  And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

 

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.  Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.  And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

 

Add to brotherly kindness charity.  Follow after charity.  Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity.  Have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.  Let all your things be done with charity, which is the bond of perfectness; as the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned.  Let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful; for where no law is, there is no transgression.

 

 

This is the Second Commandment.

 

Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

 

Matthew 22:39

 

 

Brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

 

 

Now where remission of these is,

there is no more offering for sin.

 

Hebrews 10:18

 

 

 

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