Awake Mount Zion, A Call to the Remnant Bride – Book Written by Mark Bevan copyright 2024
That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 1:9
History repeats time and time again. The book of Corinthians reminds us that the events which are recorded in the Bible happened to the Israelite’s as examples, but they were written down for our instruction, upon whom the end of the ages has come.
Goshen is the type, or symbol which we can look at to understand what God is doing in these days. In Prophesy, Egypt is well recognized as a type of the world system. Goshen in the natural, represents the best lands of Egypt, the Nile River delta. Spiritually speaking, Goshen represents a place of blessing and protection during the storms of life.
In scripture we find that Israel entered the land of Goshen at the beginning of the seven-year famine. A parallel can be seen in this to the seven-year tribulation period which Jesus spoke of, which is also indeed named in Jeremiah 30:7 the time of Jacob’s (Israel’s) trouble.
We can easily read from the book of Revelation, that a time of great trouble awaits this Earth. Jesus also warns in Matthew 24, that tribulation shall come to the people of God. However, Revelation also speaks of the church, (In prophecy, The Woman, REV 12) being carried into the wilderness to a place God had prepared for her.
The Lord our Passover
One other parallel exists in the type of Goshen. It was in Goshen that the Passover occurred. The Passover in scripture represents Christ’s Salvation. The sacrificial lamb was slain, its blood applied to the doorposts as protection against the destroyer, and its body eaten which represents partaking of the life of Christ. If we know that God’s word, the Bible is Christ, then we can see that we must be partakers of its entirety, otherwise we have no protection against Satan.
God, in our days, has called people with willing hearts, ears to hear, and eyes to see. Their task is to prepare places, just like Joseph. Places like Goshen. In fact, The Lord has been speaking to many of His servants all over the world for many years. Warning of the days to come. Many individual “Goshens” are being established as this is written, all with a similar purpose.
Just as God used Noah to prepare an ark, God is preparing places where His people will be sheltered and protected against the tribulation coming upon this earth. Just like in Goshen, the people of the world will look upon God’s people and see a literal demonstration of the Kingdom of God on the Earth. Those found living in Christ, and in His perfect will, are spared the plagues, multiplied and prospered there, by the favor of the Lord.
Another great famine is coming…
This is what I commanded them, saying, “Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you. Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward. Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have even sent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them. Yet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.” Jeremiah 7:23-26
God in His mercy, never failed to warn Israel of impending judgment. Each time giving them ample time to repent and turn from their wickedness. Today is no different. God has indeed been warning His people for many years that judgment is at the doorstep. However, the majority of God’s people turn a deaf ear, just as Israel did.
The Lord has warned us through Prophetic events, such as 9/11, detailed by Jonathan Cahn in his series The Harbinger. He has warned others like David Wilkerson, whose congregation at Times Square Church, was warned days and months before the tragic event.
The message of coming judgment has gone forth, the prophets have warned for many years, so that God’s people might understand the times and seasons. God has been going to great lengths to awaken His people. Why? So that His people would be made ready and a great harvest can come into the Kingdom of God.
Kingdom Minded Preppers
Some are being called to make preparations in the spirit, some in the natural, some both. Some are being called to make preparations for themselves, some for many others.
Joseph heard the Father’s call. But we must remember the parable, Joseph was the least of all his brothers. God is using the least among His people to sound the alarm in these days, because those who have elevated themselves through pride to places of authority in the body of Christ are indeed deaf and blind to His word. These are not able to hear because their hearts are hardened, their spiritual eyes are shut, and their ears are deaf to what the Holy Spirit is speaking in this time. The message is out there, it is available to every believer, the watchman have sounded the alarm!
God has warned His people of many tragic events soon to unfold including, civil wars, nuclear disasters & attacks, earthquakes, great floods, famine, tsunamis, enemy invasions, asteroids and other cosmic events. This should not come as a shock to any Christian, for the Word warns of such things coming upon the earth. Remember Jesus said when they say peace, peace then destruction shall surely come.
To Where Shall We Go?
God’s refuge is neither here nor there. It’s not contained by geographic boundaries. Let’s think a moment of Goshen not as a literal place, but is a state of mind… A state of living.
God’s wilderness refuge exists anywhere two or more believers agree to be in perfect unity together with Christ and with each other. Wherever they go, the blessing of the Lord is upon them and begins to establish THE GARDEN in all the circumstances around them. The blessing prospers, protects and guides them.
Yet the extent of that blessing is limited by their love, not just for each other, but by their love for everyone around them. When they choose to love others around them, the way God intended, community is the end result. Others see, and are moved by the love of God flowing through His witnesses, and desire to have that same love in themselves.
The Great Exodus
In our days, there is a great call going out. It resonates within the body of Christ.
2 Corinthians 6:16 – 18 Come out from among them… Revelations 18:2 – 5 Come out from Babylon!
To where then shall we go? To leave these worldly Babylonish systems behind, is to venture into the unknown. To run for the hills… To venture out into the wilderness like pilgrims. The ultimate destination on earth for the body of Christ is the New Jerusalem, but only a purified bride will live there with her King. However, the New Jerusalem, the bride of Christ is a community, a corporate body of believers. This body is not simply in “unity” with Christ as the head, but as much in unity with each of its diverse parts. Each part working… Loving the others, exactly as Christ loves them. The unity referred to here is not the false all inclusive, anything goes, universal acceptance which is preached in much of the church today. It is not, “Everyone doing what is right in their own eyes”. Instead, it is everyone loving everyone else, as God loves them. Each in covenant with God and with each other, in perfect harmony with Christ. It is loving what God loves and hating what God hates, while walking in the fullness of all the fruit of the Spirit.
This unity comes not from religious ideals or works, but instead from the heart of a servant. We’ll touch more on this subject later on. However, know that true Kingdom unity requires a separation. A coming out from the camp and all that is not of God. How and where does this bride learn that kind of unity? Together in the wilderness!
The Holy Spirit is speaking and the call is going out, “Come out, my bride. Come away with me. I am coming quickly for you, but you must make yourself ready! Awake Mount Zion!”
