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Continued : Moriel South Africahis descendant’s came out of Egypt whenthe wicked king was judged; then anotherwicked king was judged and the Messiahcame out of Egypt. There are multiple fulfilment’sof prophecy. Midrashically, “Israel”alludes to Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah.When you see verses like: “Israelmy glory and Israel my first born,” theyare midrashic allusions to the Messiah.Then, in 1 Corinthians 10, somethingelse happens: We come out of Egypt,which Paul tells us is a symbol of theworld. Pharaoh, who was deified by theEgyptians and worshipped as God, is asymbol of the devil, the god of this world.Just as Moses made a covenant with bloodand sprinkled it on the people, so did Jesus.Moses fasted forty days, and so didJesus. Jesus is the prophet like Moses, predictedin Deuteronomy 18:18. Just as Mosesled the children of Israel out of Egypt,through the water, into the Promised Land,so Jesus leads us out of the world, throughbaptism, into heaven. It is a pattern.Then the horse and its rider arethrown into the sea (Exodus 15:1). Wesing the song of Moses — the horse andrider thrown into the sea — in Revelation15:3. Why? Because it is a pattern.The ultimate meaning of “coming out ofEgypt” is the resurrection and rapture ofthe Church. The judgments that happen inExodus are replayed in Revelation. Andjust as Pharaoh’s magicians were ableto counterfeit the miracles of Moses andAaron, so the antichrist and False Prophetwill counterfeit the miracles of Jesus andHis witnesses. They brought Joseph’sbones with them when they came out ofEgypt (Exodus 13:19). Why? Because thedead in Christ will rise first. It is a patternThe ancient Jewish mind that producedthe New Testament looks at prophecy,not as prediction, but as pattern.To understand what is going to happenin the future, you look at what did happenin the past. There are multiple fulfilments,and each successive fulfilmentteaches something about the ultimate one.You will never understand the Bookof Revelation with the kind of limitedapproach to biblical interpretation that istaught in Protestant seminaries. Midrashis like a quadratic equation or a verycomplex second order differential equation,a thirteen or fourteen step equation.Some people take the first step of grammatical-historicalexegesis and thinkthe equation is solved. There is nothingwrong with what they do, but there isplenty wrong with what they don’t do.The equation is not solved. There is nothingwrong with grammatical-historicalexegesis. It is a necessary first step, it is36 Moriel Quarterly • June 2007a necessary preliminary, and it is okayfor reading the Epistles. But that is all.It takes the wisdom of the ancientsto really understand these things — Lethim that hath understanding count thenumber of the beast... (Revelation 13:18)— not the wisdom of the 16th century,but the wisdom of the first century.FellowshipHaving recently spoken in Sydneyon this subject matter, I decidedto transcribe it in three parts in caseany of our readers find it edifying.TRUE FELLOWSHIPActs 2: 42 – 47“And they continued stedfastly in theapostles’ teaching and fellowship, in thebreaking of bread and the prayers. Andfear came upon every soul: and manywonders and signs were done through theapostles. And all that believed were together,and had all things common; andthey sold their possessions and goods,and parted them to all, according as anyman had need. And day by day, continuingstedfastly with one accord in the temple,and breaking bread at home, they tooktheir food with gladness and singlenessof heart, praising God, and having favorwith all the people. And the Lord added tothem day by day those that were saved.”I was speaking to someone a whileago, and they were reminiscing abouta church many years back. They saidthat at this particular church the fellowshipwas sweet like nothing they haveexperienced before or since. In fact overthe last few years, I’ve spoken to quite afew people who have told me the samething. In fact I, myself, as a youth leaderin the late 70’s, early 80’s, have memorieswhich are so sweet; of fellowshipwith the crowd I was involved with then.So is fellowship consigned to thepast? Does it only exist in the nostalgicmemories of a few? Or is there a possibilitythat fellowship can be lived andexperienced among believers today? Despitewhat we see so often in our churches,despite the apparent shallowness ofsome of our relationships, I believe fellowshipis a distinct possibility for youand I, if we endeavor to do two things.Firstly – We fellowship tothe depth and breadth which theNew and Old Testaments indicate.Secondly – We see fellowship aswhat it really is; something which needsto be constantly worked at. I don’t knowabout you but I carry baggage that hindersmy fellowship; stuff that I need tolet go of if I desire to grow in this area.The text we are looking at is probablythe text that most people wouldcome up with when thinking about NewTestament fellowship and that’s why Ichose it. For here we see a group of believerswho shared everything together inthose early days straight after Pentecost.But today I am not going to exegete thattext fully because when one looks at theoriginal Greek and Hebrew texts concerningthe whole area of fellowship, webegin to see a lot deeper into what Goddesires for us. For example, the word‘fellow’ in the Hebrew has four uses.• It can just mean man or ‘ish’. ‘Isha’ is thefeminine for woman. It’s a generic term.• Another is ‘Reya’, an associate, an acquaintance.• Another is ‘Amiyth’, which means acomrade, a closer word than ‘Reya’.• And finally there is ‘Kawbare’, whichliterally means ‘to be knitted together’or intermeshed.When we look at the Greek we get aneven more in depth look, because it suggestswhat we must do or be with our fellows.• In Ephesians 2: 19, it says we must be‘fellow citizens’ or ‘Soompolytare’. In otherwords a native of the same town or faith.• In John 11: 16, we are called ‘fellowdisciples’ or ‘Soomathetes’. In other wordsa co-learner under the same master.• In Ephesians 3: 6, Paul says we are ‘fellowheirs’ in Christ, in other words we participatein a common inheritance. ‘Soongklayronomos’.We are also fellow membersof the body, fellow partakers of the promise.• In 1 Thessalonians 3: 2, we are called‘fellow laborers’, or ‘helpers’. It’s thesame Greek word ‘Soonergos’, a companionin labor.• In Romans 16: 7, we are called ‘fellowprisoners’, ‘Soonaheekmalotos’,a co-capture in Christ or for Christ.• In Colossians 1: 7, we are to befound as fellow servants, ‘Soondoulos’,co ministers with the same Master.• Then in Philemon verse 2, theword suggests ‘fellow soldier’, ‘Soostiateotare’,a companion in battle.So when we look just at the depth inthe way scripture suggests how you and Iare to interrelate in Christ, we see that evenhere, sometimes what we know as ‘church’pales into insignificance. But there is onemore ‘fellow’ which even makes thesefall short of what I believe God reallydesires and that ‘fellow’ is ‘fellow-ship’.In the Hebrew we have several words;The first is, ‘Tesoometh’ or to bepledged together.Secondly we have ‘Yad’which means an ‘open hand’ quite liter-
ally, and can be used to both grasp andalso smack if necessary.Thirdly is ‘Kawbar’,similar to ‘Kawbare’ and it literallymeans to ‘be fascinated’ by one another.In the Greek it is just as fascinating.Firstly, ‘Soongkoynoneho’, to sharecompany with someone.Secondly, ‘Metoche’which means ‘fellowship’, but notat a particularly deep level.But thirdlywe have that word for fellowship, mentionednot just in Acts 2; but in manyplaces. It is a word that lies at the heartof all relationships – ‘Koinonia’. Literallyto have everything in common.So let’s look at three pointsin this word study, which wewill cover over three teachings.• Firstly What is Koinonia? How couldit affect us? That is this teaching.• Secondly Who and what we haveKoinonia with and who we don’t. Wewill look at this in the next teaching.• Thirdly Obstacles to Koinonia, whichwill be our final lesson.Koinonia, according to Vine is “Communion,fellowship, sharing in common,that which is the outcome of fellowship,a contribution.” When we look, at ourpicture of the early church in the bookof Acts we do indeed see all these thingsoccurring. Five in particular which to mestand out significantly in our text are;1. In verse 44 they were together! It isimpossible to have fellowship unless wemeet as an extended family and as Hebrews10: 25 says “all the more as you seethe day approaching”. It upsets me terriblywhen I see the amount of Christians outthere, keeping away from a local churchbecause of heavy shepherding churchesand the abuses of the word of faith movementand other heresies. I understand, Isympathize, even empathize BUT someoneonce said and I agree, ‘The answerto bad church is not no church, but goodchurch.’ But these believers were together.2. Again in verse 44, they had all thingsin common. Now let me make a point herebecause this is where quite a few churchesgo wrong. You see when we look at othercontemporary groups of the time, we seesome living lifestyles in a similar way tocommunes. The Qumran documents showclearly that the Essenes and the Qumransects lived in a similar fashion; being togetherand having all things in common. InActs 4: 32 – 5: 11 though, it clearly showsthat the selling of possessions was voluntary,and the fact that the Christians movedfrom house to house in verse 46 shows thatthe Christians were distinct from the communesfrom the time. In fact what it doesmean is that to hold together and havethings together does not mean you join aKibbutz or a commune; what it does meanis that even though you may own land,things, finances, a cricket bat, lawn mower– whatever, we can make them availableto the community of believers if there is aneed. In other words if you have 2 coats,food, whatever you should share with whoever has none. Many years ago the welfaresystem of society was ‘The Church’. Justinethe Apostate, enemy of the Church,said “These followers of Christos, theynot only look after their own poor, theylook after ours as well.” When we lookat some of the Great welfare movementsof all time with people such as Shaftsbury,Muller, Barnado etc, we see that itwas always the Christian at the forefront.We see that the Church played a prominentrole. In the UK after the 1st and 2ndworld wars, we see a Paternal state takingthe place of the Church. And now as thesesystems become so expensive to maintainand institutionalized, we see the failureof the state and people unchurched andadrift in poverty. In our society, times areeconomically difficult and I believe onceagain the fellowship of believers must fillthe GAP as we see brothers and sisters interrible need, children orphaned, as wesee an HIV pandemic shattering lives andfamilies. We must respond in Christ’s love.3. Verse 46 says they had one mind, oneaccord, in the temple. Their act of worshipwas an act of unity, and this overflowedinto their very houses because…4. It goes on to say they broke bread fromhouse to house, even taking their meals togetherwith gladness and sincerity of heart;praising God and having favor with all thepeople. So their ‘Koinonia’ involved communion,fellowship, a sharing in commonand, what an outcome their fellowship hadwith gladness, praise, joy and sincerity ofheart! Let me ask, when was the last timeyou had fellowship of this quality! Let meask again, is our fellowship a present dayreality? Or is it confined to the limitationsof nostalgia? But like I said earlier, thereare two things which we need to understand.A) That we must fellowship to thebreadth and depth of the biblical term. B)And also we must understand then, that ifwe claim to be in Christ Jesus then we arefellows – together.5. That we are fellow citizens in Christ,fellow disciples in Christ, fellow heirsin Christ, fellow laborers in Christ, fellowprisoners in Christ, fellow servantsin Christ, fellow soldiers in Christ.And in Christ as we come to understandthese terms, we must work at it.Koinonia does not happen overnightbut it begins to happen when we worshiptogether, when we work together, when weeat together, when we have fun together,Continued: Moriel South Africawhen we show hospitality to one another.Then, when we begin to trust, then we beginto heal from our past mistrusts, thenwe stop judging according to our misconceptions,then we begin to have Koinonia.Let me ask;• In Christ do you desire to work atKoinonia?• Are you fed up of a pale imitation?• Do you long for the real thing?• Next time we will look at “Koinoniawith who?”Teaching MaterialA catalogue of Moriel teaching materialcan be obtained from Christopher atthe following email address, I have alsobrought back from Aussie some new stuffwhich I will be catalogued for next month.Meanwhile to stir the hearts of some, Ihave obtained a DVD called “The RevivalHymn”. We will send it out for nextto nothing at cost +P+P. It’s a 30 minuteDVD set to music using inspirationalwords from revival preachers and includesdescriptions of the great Hebrides revivalin the 1950’s. morielmissions@gmail.comPrayer Items1. Dianne’s tenants in New Zealand are leaving.This leaves her with the problem of getting newpeople or she may have to go home.2. Praise the Lord for Ant’s Mission to Rome.We are looking for sponsors for Ant and Liz tocarry out this work. If you are interested pleaseget in touch with them.3. For Norbert and Moses in Tanzania and Kenyaand their growing work4. For Chanti and Lilly at Good News Ministriesin Vijayawada in India5. For The whole team here at Moriel in Africa6. For the children as they continue to fight theirailments7. For Salvador and his team as they preach thegospel8. For all our missionaries those who are yet tocome9. For all our needs both temporal and spiritualHow can you help?Prayer is important, but also the helping handsand the finances that enable us to do what we do.So please consider the following.Receive a regular News update either by emailor hard copy. Just send your address to us andwe will pop one in the post for you or email itto you. (although email to save mail size will bewithout pictures)Secondly you can apply to be a short or long termmissionary. If the Lord burdens you and youwant to investigate more please contact us.Finally you can give a one off gift or a regularmonthly amount to cover the costs of mission.This is simple to do. Just contact the followingpeople or you can contact any Moriel office andthey will assist you.June 2007 • Moriel Quarterly 37
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