THE SLAYER
This prophetic word was fed my spirit in the early hours of 30th October 2021.
Mark Of Protection
The marking or branding of flocks of sheep as a means of identification and ownership is practised by sheep keepers. The conversation people are having today is about being vaccinated against the virus as a mark of protection. For the Body of Christ the full and perfect time is here for a mark of distinction as God’s people. The blood mark over the door of the heart under the New Covenant of grace is the eternal branding to identify with our Lord.. The indelible stain of the eternal mark cannot be erased, it is the seal of our redemption in Christ Jesus from the law of dead works.
As we utter and pour forth what the Spirit reveals we punctuate the spiritual atmosphere with our promises and purposes. They will come to pass no matter what the demonic agents assign against us, We have already overcome the evil intents pitched against us. The delaying tactics of Satan is intended to hinder progress. Despite the challenges we continue to forge a path through the thicket as we keep moving with grit and determination. Without a doubt, these challenging times and prolonged seasons of chaos and upheaval are defining who we are and shaping the spiritual character of God’s people. Under spiritual duress the mettle of our character will be strengthened to stay our faith. Resistance to disobedience is key to pressing through the demonic interferences we will encounter on the last leg of our spiritual journey. Importantly, obedience is the cement that holds one together, fortified on exhausting faith journeys. Obedience also bring divine protection against the eternal Slayer that God will send forth to humble His people.
I sense in my spirit, and with boldness I make it known that my conviction is that in this end season the Body of Christ will be strategically coordinated and led by God’s chosen servant. The culmination of the end time work will be undertaken by the 7-fold mantle released for this closing chapter. It is imperative that we take hold of this revelation of where God is working from and through whom He has chosen as His Oracle. It is of course a Herculean task, even contemplating the challenges it would present to see the convergence of many fractured entities into a unified Body in a state of spiritual equilibrium. However, as it is a call of the Spirit to strategic wholeness it will be an effortless introduction to congruence in the Body of Christ, in God’s New Order. Could this set the scene for the great falling away? I wonder! It will be the spirits of disobedience and rebellion that will initiate this departure from grace. There is so much at stake people. Let us take heed as the 7-fold Sword of purification, God’s slaying Word is unsheathed. The Spirit of Prophecy will make a distinction of them that are His. The Sword of Truth will cut down, pierce through and chisel into the hearts of the people. Blessings and obedience are relative as obedience is the conduit to receiving from the Giver. So let us strive to adhere to the will of God. “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” (Matthew 6:10, ESV)
Leaving Egypt
“They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the door frames of the houses where they eat the lambs.” (Exodus 12:7, BSB). The directives given to Moses and Aaron would be carried out as each of the families of Israel would choose a choice lamb for slaughter. This sacrificing of a lamb would initiate Israel’s First Passover. The shedding of blood would be the sacred requirement for God’s people in a covenant relationship in the offering of heaven’s Pascal Lamb. The animals were slaughtered at twilight on the night designated by God. The sacrificing of an animal, a blood offering, would set the precedence for the eternal expiation for sin. The people were required to daub some of the blood over the doorpost of their dwellings. “They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.” (Exodus 12:7, BSB) . It would be a sign of protection against the fury of the Slayer who would pass through Egypt on that fearfully memorable night. “The blood on the houses where you a re staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.” (Exodus 12:13, BSB). Without the mark of the blood on the doorpost of the homes of the Israelites they would be destroyed just as their Egyptian neighbours. The Slayer would not discriminate between the homes except for the blood marking.
“On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD” (Exodus 12:12, BSB) . The Slayer or Death Angel would pass through the land with fury and vengeance as God directed the release of His chosen people out of slavery and bondage. After 430 years on foreign soil, God appointed a time when Israel would not remain a moment longer in Egypt. According to God’s ecclesiastic calendar it was the ‘kairos’ moment for strategic change. The Death Angel would pass over the doors that were protected by the shed blood and strike the male firstborns in the unprotected homes.
Doors represents access into or an exit out of. The Hebrew word ‘deleth’ is the 4th letter of the Jewish Alphabet and means ‘door’, ‘gate’. I perceive in my spirit that the spiritual door is a portal to eternal life. We can walk into the realm of life through Jesus the door into our eternal rest. Israel was saved from the sword of the ‘Slayer‘ by following the instructions given by God to His chosen servants. Obedience became a door to enter through into the promise of freedom from Egypt. Here we have the narrative on Cain who slew his brother Abel because of jealousy. Abel’s sacrifice unto God was pleasing. Cain had a choice to repent but he chose to walk away unrepentant. “…If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.” (Genesis 4:7, BSB). He walked away and exited into rebellion.
A blood-covenant relationship with our Lord, the sacrificing of ourselves with His blood mark over the door of our heart is the means by which we can be protected and spared life in Jesus. In Ezekiel 9, we see Jesus with the ink pot. He knows them that are His. The six destroying angels sent out by God would follow Him, bearing witness to the judgement of God against those who are disobedient and will not repent. In this account, Israel inherently sinful would not repent over the sins of the nation. The daughters of Israel were unconcerned, not sorrowing over a nation’s backslidden state. The leaders did not feel the pain that God felt over His people.
The Emotions of God
“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.” (Ezekiel 9:4, BSB). In Ezekiel’s vision he beholds the wrath of God displayed amongst the erring people in Jerusalem. God instructed the six executioners to begin the slaying in His sanctuary amongst the elders. In Egypt the Death Angel was instructed to destroy the firstborn of every male in the houses not covered by the blood mark. On the journey to the Land of Promise, the generations of travellers who witnessed that fearful night of departure from Egypt that God watched over, were those who died in the wilderness. Could it be that a precedence is being set that the first will be last and the last first? Just a thought!
Many centuries later Ezekiel is being shown the same emotions of God’s wrath. On this account, the executors were to follow Jesus, the ink-pot marker who judges the hearts of those who are called by His Name. The six slayers, six being the number of sin, were to show no pity on those without the mark on their foreheads. It would be a bloody scene as the courts of the temple would be filled with the bodies of the slain.
GWENDOLYN SMITH. #NEWPENTECOST 30th OCTOBER 2021