The story of the encounter of the Israelites and the Egyptians recorded in Exodus Chapter 14 is very illuminating. Certainly as Emmanuel.TV, the SCOAN family and her Bishop, Prophet TB Joshua, consider moving forward to accomplishing God's commands, it would be encouraging for them to see what Moses went through at the Red Sea; the multiple obstacles arrayed against him, his faith and his audacity. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt (representing the pursuing unnumbered adversaries) would have concluded in their calculations that the children of Israel (God's people all over the world) would be entangled in the land, that the wilderness and the Red Sea would have shut them in. Naturally, Moses faced a landslide humiliating defeat but spiritually Moses' faith and his walking with God, and depending on God grew.
Pharaoh's heart was hardened, he pursued his perceived enemies to the bottom of the deep Red Sea; he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them with him. In the end, the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground and the waters became a protecting wall unto them on their right hand and their left. They went through in the company of the angel of God (verse 19) and kept by God's high hand. On the other hand, the host of the pursuing Egyptians was troubled, the sea returned to its full strength when the morning appeared and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians amid the sea. There was a brief moment whilst in the middle of the sea when it appeared that the enemies recognized their mistakes and offering belated repentance. In (verse 25) the Egyptians said, "Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians". Several others made belated repentance in the Bible but repentance had no effect. Notable are the five virgins representing Christians without oil, no faith, just some pleasant characteristics; by the time they realize they needed oil in their lamps, it might be too late. Today is the day of salvation. Or Haman in the days of Queen Esther, (Esther 6:12-13). Eventually, Haman hasted to his house mourning and having his head covered because he was opposing the people of God. Even Haman's wife had to warn him saying, "If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him". Anyone fighting against God's anointed may find himself directly fighting against God. When John the Baptist said in (Matthew 3:8) that we should, "Produce fruit in keeping with repentance", our repentance should be evident by our continuous living and immediately.
As Emmanuel TV advances in years, increasing its services to all mankind, building peoples' faith and trust in God, we ought to be praying and working along for its optimal service. We are delighted to report even at this stage that a large proportion of the entire global population of about 8 billion people has heard about Jesus either through Prophet TB Joshua crusades, SCOAN, or Emmanuel TV; many of them are turning to Jesus Christ for salvation. For now, the one who plants and the one who waters work together with the same purpose. And both will be rewarded for their hard work, (1 Corinthians 3:8). Emmanuel.
Prof. R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.
