When the manna ceases
Dr. Roberto Miranda
(Audio: Spanish)
SUMMARY: In Joshua 5:10-12, the Israelites celebrate Passover and eat the fruit of the land for the first time in 40 years, and the manna ceases. This is an important principle for the Christian life, as the manna represents God's provision and dependence on Him. The Israelites had to gather manna every day, except on the Sabbath, and only what they needed for that day. This was to teach them to walk by faith and depend on God for their daily provision. If they tried to gather more or store it for future needs, it would rot. The ceasing of the manna symbolized their transition to a new phase and level of dependence on God's provision.
The manna that God provided for the Israelites in the desert was a temporary provision, meant to sustain them until they reached the promised land. The Israelites eventually grew tired of the manna and craved the rich foods of Egypt, forgetting the hardships they faced there. When they entered the promised land and began to eat the fruit of the land, the manna ceased, signifying a promotion towards maturity and the beginning of a new era. Similarly, the cessation of supernatural provisions and miracles in the church is not a degradation, but rather a promotion towards spiritual maturity and the true identity that God has for his people.
The speaker shares a vision of a lion with a piece of bleeding meat in its mouth and an inscription that reads "no more milk." This represents God calling his congregation to move beyond spiritual adolescence and to eat mature, true food. The speaker believes that God is calling the church to a time of visitation, consummation, and maturation, where the gifts of the spirit are in full manifestation, and the church functions as God designed it with authority, prophecy, and wisdom. The speaker emphasizes the need for cleansing and dedication to God's will and warns of potential opposition from the enemy. The time for generic, humble, provisional expressions of God's power is over, and it is a time for great power and glory in which the church of Jesus Christ moves with great authority and prestige.
The church of God is called to be a powerful and authoritative body, functioning in the full manifestation of the gifts of the spirit, with communion and intimacy with God as a daily reality. This will lead to a time of great miracles and undeniable manifestations of God's power, resulting in a last harvest before the return of Christ. God desires to give his church a rest, a new identity, and a promotion at the root of their spirit. When we rest in the presence of God and in our true identity, work will not wear us out. We need to cry out to God for a visitation of his spirit to remove our spiritual clumsiness and heaviness, and to set us free from the bonds of Pharaoh, so that we can enter into our full destiny as a powerful and authoritative church.
The manna that God provided for the Israelites in the desert was a temporary provision, meant to sustain them until they reached the promised land. The Israelites eventually grew tired of the manna and craved the rich foods of Egypt, forgetting the hardships they faced there. When they entered the promised land and began to eat the fruit of the land, the manna ceased, signifying a promotion towards maturity and the beginning of a new era. Similarly, the cessation of supernatural provisions and miracles in the church is not a degradation, but rather a promotion towards spiritual maturity and the true identity that God has for his people.
The speaker shares a vision of a lion with a piece of bleeding meat in its mouth and an inscription that reads "no more milk." This represents God calling his congregation to move beyond spiritual adolescence and to eat mature, true food. The speaker believes that God is calling the church to a time of visitation, consummation, and maturation, where the gifts of the spirit are in full manifestation, and the church functions as God designed it with authority, prophecy, and wisdom. The speaker emphasizes the need for cleansing and dedication to God's will and warns of potential opposition from the enemy. The time for generic, humble, provisional expressions of God's power is over, and it is a time for great power and glory in which the church of Jesus Christ moves with great authority and prestige.
The church of God is called to be a powerful and authoritative body, functioning in the full manifestation of the gifts of the spirit, with communion and intimacy with God as a daily reality. This will lead to a time of great miracles and undeniable manifestations of God's power, resulting in a last harvest before the return of Christ. God desires to give his church a rest, a new identity, and a promotion at the root of their spirit. When we rest in the presence of God and in our true identity, work will not wear us out. We need to cry out to God for a visitation of his spirit to remove our spiritual clumsiness and heaviness, and to set us free from the bonds of Pharaoh, so that we can enter into our full destiny as a powerful and authoritative church.
Book of Joshua in chapter 5, verses 10 to 12. This whole series of meditations began with a thought that came to my mind, I say, like a meteor several weeks ago, where I heard the voice of the Lord in my mind. , in my spirit, with that message "because you have not passed this way before."
And we saw how that meant, in a more expanded way, that God has called us as a church to enter a zone, a dimension, a time that we have not been in before, qualitatively different, with different demands. , with a different way of operating, with different events and expectations from God. We haven't been down that road before. It's not something familiar, it's something different.
And we saw how that meant, in a more expanded way, that God has called us as a church to enter a zone, a dimension, a time that we have not been in before, qualitatively different, with different demands. , with a different way of operating, with different events and expectations from God. We haven't been down that road before. It's not something familiar, it's something different.
