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A PLACE PREPARED

Bob Neumann

Dear WPA,

It is now 4:44 in the morning as i attempt to write this post. In about 60 hours it will be nearly sunset on Saturday, and the day of TISHA B’AV…the NINTH DAY OF THE MONTH OF AV. Interesting how all of this comes together here and now.

⁹ Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:

¹⁰ And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

¹¹ And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

GENESIS 45 begins with JOSEPH revealing HIMSELF to HIS BROTHERS. AFTER the FAMINE had been 2 YEARS running….with 5 more to go. If you start in Genesis 30:24 we see Joseph born. In Genesis 37 his story begins when he is 17. By the time chapter 45 begins Joseph’s story covers at least 12years, and as many as 15+. We do not know for sure.All that is really important is that everywhere JOSEPH went…THE LORD WAS WITH him….and two things occurred. Joseph found FAVOR in the eyes of MAN…and GOD BLESSED the men, people, and land…that showed FAVOR to Joseph. andthat is it… so what is the big deal about GOSHEN… it all REVOLVES around HOW an OMNIPOTENT GOD can do all kinds of STUFF through all kinds of PEOPLE for a SET TIME…a SET SITUATION…to PROVIDE FOR THE PEOPLE HE HAS PROMISED…

Back in 1997 i first got warned about Y2K. Yet as people were talking about Y2K i was starting to TALK on the WWW about THE COMING STORM. Now i was first warned about 3 coming STORMS in 1988-89. In 1990 i was told to get serious and i bought Hurricane Shutters for my home in south DADE COUNTY. In 1990 nothing happened….but in 1991 HURRICANE ANDREW came and ilearned just how GOOD GOD could provide when I found myself with the roof being torn off and the house flooding. and by 1997 we had rebuilt and were “prospering”…. So when 1997 i was “blessed” with the images of “WATCHMAN WHAT OF THE NIGHT”…”THE COMING STORM”….and THE LAND OF GOSHEN…and THE PLAGUES..

²¹ And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

²² And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:

²³ They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israelhad light in their dwellings.

Yes the land of Goshen was the place prepared when for THE FAMINE. But it was also the place of LIGHT when THE LAND was COVERED IN DARKNESS. Three days solid…but before that GOD severs GOSHEN from EGYPT when the PLAGUE of FLIES is about to hit…

²² And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.

We know who our GOD is because there are “”NO FLIES”” in the PLACE HE PREPARED. Just another IMAGE… In 1997 i was told to PREPARE….1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003…the first SEVEN years…the time of ABUNDANCE…the time for PREPERATION.

2004 was the first year of “famine”.

2005 would be the time where things come together. And they seem to be.

Joseph had no choice about being a slave in EGYPT. He was sold literally by his brothers. But he had a choice in Potaphar’s House. He had choices in prisonand in front of Pharoah. And GOD USED HIM. Over the years people have gotten WORDS about THE JOSEPH MINISTRY…CITIES OF REFUGE…and GOSHEN(S). All require OBEDIENCE somewhere along the line… and patience to persevere…till THE SET TIME COMES.

Now i left Florida in 2001. It was a leap of FAITH that was goaded by loss of PEACE, FAVOR, and COMFORT in where we were/had been for years. And when we got to the PLACE i now stand…PEACE, FAVOR, and COMFORT got poured out again. So even when you “crash land” GOD is in control…if you are in obedience things work out in ways unimaginable.

Now is this PLACE of SAFETY…BLESSING…PEACE because of GOD PREPARING a PLACE for those HE LOVES…????? Or is it because those WHO LOVE THE LORD PREPARED FOR HIM A PLACE BUILT WITH “GOLD”, “SILVER”, and “PRECIOUS STONES”….???????

There is an old song that goes….LORD prepare me….to be a SANCTUARY…for YOU…

So what have any of us done for THE LORD?

selah

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