A Closer Look At The Rapture
Bill Britton
Bill Britton
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storehouse of treasures. <strong>The</strong>re are many wonderful types<br />
here, but let us look at the number 300 in verse 17:<br />
"And he made THREE HUNDRED shields of beaten gold;<br />
THREE pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put<br />
them in the house of the forest of Lebanon."<br />
Here is another instance where the numbers three and three<br />
hundred are used together. Notice what it was...Shields.<br />
Implements of war. Paul says it will turn away every fiery<br />
dart of the wicked one. Notice that it was of gold. Gold<br />
speaks of that which is of God, divine. And it was of "beaten<br />
gold", that which had been processed under the hammer.<br />
Peter says "the trial of your FAITH, being much more<br />
precious than of gold..." <strong>The</strong> golden shield of faith. Enough<br />
for the entire army of 300, that great Army of God that goes<br />
forth to bring deliverance to all creation. Praise God! Why the<br />
number THREE? <strong>The</strong> answer to that in just a little while.<br />
Right now let's look at I Chron. 11:20...<br />
"And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the THREE:<br />
for lifting up his spear against THREE HUNDRED he slew<br />
them, and had a name among the THREE."<br />
Now here was a case of supernatural deliverance. One man<br />
against 300. God had to be on his side. <strong>The</strong>re's no doubt<br />
about it being supernatural. Again we find the 3 and 300 tied<br />
together, as a mighty deliverance is wrought in Israel. So we<br />
see today the need for a great deliverance for God's people,<br />
as well as the entire lost world. And God is bringing forth His<br />
vessel, a company of blood-bought, Spirit-filled overcomers<br />
who will be measured by the rod of God for the day when<br />
they will go into action against the forces of hell.<br />
Enoch walked with God THREE HUNDRED years (Gen. 5:22).<br />
<strong>The</strong>n, and not before, he passed through the vail into the<br />
Presence of the Eternal God without going by way of the<br />
grave. A mighty victory over death, a glorious deliverance<br />
from the bondage that was upon other men. He did it after<br />
walking with God for three hundred years - the number of<br />
supernatural deliverance.<br />
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