The Local Force
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Scripture tells us this about the beginning of the redemption of the Israelites, by the devotion of the local power of the overseer of the LORD, Moses with Aaron:
And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
(Exodus 4:31)
Fortunately for the children of Israel, those early signs and wonders that they had seen in Egypt were embedded in their portfolio of psychological principles. However, the mind is a very active place, and later events tend to move prior ones into a dormant place. So, to keep God’s presence in active memory and to give them a later reminder; the LORD gave them an incentive to rely on the new type of environment that He was bringing them to.
In the process of moving the Israelites to a new place in reality, the LORD activated a very controlled environment. Though, it was not the type of control that dictators wield; instead, it is the type of control that a social leader delivers. In that respect, Moses was the means by which the LORD was delivering the children of Israel to the height of socialism. The signs and wonders of the LORD, in Egypt, and the wilderness, also served to move the Israelites to the point in mind at which they were willing to begin the process.
The process of substituting the activity of the mind, in lieu of dependence on signs and wonders, started with the spiritual stirring of fear. The end result was the request of the people for intercession of a local power source, the LORD’S elected one. In that request, the LORD had delivered the people to a point of establishing Moses as the recognized power in the congregation.
The LORD did not command the people (directly) to accept a local authority; they did so willingly and openly–when we recognize our need for it, socialism merges more peacefully into societies. However, whether we recognize our need, or not; when the LORD ordains this, or any other environment, God’s will is done. Understand this: God is, here, the Author of both the interactions and the associated reactions.
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking:
and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
(Exodus 20:18-21)
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