The Atonement of Christ-Miktam

The Atonement of Jesus Christ:



So what does a picture of Moses in the Nile River have to do with Jesus?  So much!  I want to connect you to some stories in the Old Testament with our precious savior, Jesus.

Atonement in Hebrew is "miktam".  This word means to "cover" or "cover with protection".

My devotion time this morning included Psalm 16.  This Psalm was written by David at time that Saul was persecuting him.  It is labeled "Miktam of David". You see, David is praying for covering and protection from God.  We need to pray for this as well.  Ps 16:1  "Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge."

Let's start with Genesis 6:14 and Noah's Ark--"So make yourself an ark of cypress wood: Make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out."

Now let's move into the story of Moses:  In Exodus 2:1-3 "Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son.  When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and she coated it with tar and pitch.   Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile."  Please notice that "she coated it with tar and pitch".

Now let's move along to Exodus 12:6-7 to the Passover--"......take care of them (lamb) until the 14th day of the month, when all the people of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.  Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the door frames of the houses where they eat the lambs."

In all three of these stories (true stories), the writer Moses is specifically guided by the Holy Spirit to include the details of each account for our benefit.

The Bible is weaved perfectly within and throughout the Old Testament and New Testament to include details, accounts, numerology and parables to link all to Jesus Christ and to prove to us that Jesus always was, always was to be and will be forevermore.

This Atonement now is Jesus for us and our sin.  HIS blood is the perfect protection for us.  The Passover is such a reflection of what was to come.  You also see that in this story, they had to spend time with this lamb, make it a family pet.  But then they had to sacrifice this innocent and beloved animal for their protection.  Just as Jesus to us is intimately connected to us, He had to do this for us and for final victory at the cross.  It always was to come---His illegal trials, persecution from religious leaders, denial by his disciples and ultimately His hanging on a cross.

But the best news ever is that the blood that was shed during His flogging and dripping from His wounds, down from the tree included a Plan of ultimate, perfect protection for His flock.  We who are born from above are promised atonement for our sin and those to yet be born again will also be atoned for.

This Covering is something I want to share with you.  I want you to look at these stories and see the miracle in reading scripture, especially the Old Testament. Do not be afraid.  Read the Old Testament, and see the supernatural throughout it.  It is valid, important and points all of us to Jesus Christ.

The Lord speaks through Scripture.  He is telling you today to see the "covering" He provided Noah for the ark.  He provided Moses' parents Jochebed and Amram covering for his basket.  He provided the faithful Israelites a Way--- to cover their door posts and frames of their homes to be protected from the death angel.  Now I am pleading with you to get under this atonement that Jesus has provided for those who call Him Lord and Savior.  Not in just words, but in heart felt change to submit to Him in this life and be free.  Free from sin and free from eternal separation from Him.  He is the Way.  Thank you, Lord for your Miktam. I praise you this day that You gave me!  Amen!

God Can Work Through A Beatles Song

Yes, God can work through a Beatles song.  The song "Blackbird" is near and dear to me.

Let me tell you that anyone that wants to pressure you into an box and make you explain your testimony in a few moments, needs to slow down a bit.  Many of us claimed Jesus as savior long ago, in unconventional churches and in unconventional ways.  We didn't have altar calls and cards to sign or even personal commitments to Christ.  Our Lord works on our hearts the way He wishes and when He wishes.


It is such a glorious thing to be free in Jesus.  Once you feel shackles falling from your ankles (and it keeps on going until you are with Him), you look back and your testimony is so rich and deep.  The Holy Spirit loves to bring to your mind all of your life--some good, some bad and some ugly.  But the Comforter shows you that all the way back He was teaching you and bringing you to the point of being enabled to handle His glory.  No one can handle that Glory until He prepares you to.

How about sitting in Las Vegas at The Beatles Love Show, Cirque du Soleil and hearing "Blackbird" and start weeping for unknown reasons?

I was sitting all alone, as I took a cab to see this show.  Back in the day, I traveled to Las Vegas a few times, as I thought I would escape in some ways into a weekend with the gals and enjoy myself.  Yes, God worked in those days of my past.  He loves us so.  And He draws us to Himself.  I now thank Him for following my all over the place, some places I am not very proud to share,  to teach and help me to see the meaningless of life as most know it.  Glamour, money, cocktails, Friday nights and being "seen"---These things are so much more clear to me now, but you have to wade through the world to see the pearls of wisdom, the pearls of peace, the pearls of the Joy Of The Lord, which cannot be found in work, people, shallow talk or situational happiness.  These only provide shadows of what the Lord has in store for those who love Him.

Listen to the words of this song.  As I sat in this large audience, the song talked to me: "Take these broken wings and learn to fly, all your life you were only waiting for this moment to arise".  "Blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these sunken eyes and learn to see, all your life you were only waiting for this moment to be free............."

You see, I was this lady who felt I had a big black spot on me.  I felt dirty and discarded. My self esteem had never been lower than it was just a couple of years prior to that.  I was starting to crawl out of a hole.   I had made some mistakes, but also bad things can happen to people.  Things that we never imagine could happen to us.  That can happen to you.  It changes your opinion about others who are divorced, addicted or stay in abusive relationships.  God allows you to be sifted so that you will love His creation: People.

Now, I am out of that pit and have been for years.  It is glorious.  I hear this song and it does not make me sad.  It sings to me!  I am free due to the Blood of Jesus.  I am healed.

My broken wings are mended.

My sunken eyes are bright and hopeful.

I still have to fly in the light of the cold, dark night.  We live here.  We are waiting for His return or to meet Him in death.  He is with us in the light of the cold, dark night.  What a gift, His love and mercy--He brings us to repentance so that we can receive that mercy.

Let this song speak to you of letting Him heal you from your sin.  He sings over your head.

Zephaniah 3:17  "The Lord your God is with you, the mighty Warrior who saves.  He will take great delight in you.  In His love He will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing".  Even singing "Blackbird".

The Real Jesus is Meant To Disturb You

This blog is based on Matthew 2:3: "When King Herod heard this he was disturbed and all of Jerusalem with him."


Quite an interesting text, isn't it?  Don't many of us have memories of times we encountered Christ and could feel that squeeze, pressure or downright expression of anger? I am hopeful you are at the point of salvation, and can look back at that and understand what I am stating.  If you are still reading this and haven't clicked out of here, but can agree that you are still continuing to have "Jesus Flare-ups" which are ticking you off, please keep reading.  He is working on you.

There is quite a misconception that Jesus is the Jesus that our culture has led us to see Him as.  He is not a beatnik hippie who accepts all and everything.  He is not passive, moldable or a buddy type.  I have heard people state things like "The Jesus I love is the one who I could sit and have a beer with".  Really.  He is perfectly Holy and Pure.  Jesus is God.  He is a consuming fire.  He has provided a time of grace to those who will turn from their sin.  This door of opportunity closes either when you take your last breath or when He returns:  Whichever comes first. 

The Jesus of the New Testament is quite a strong character.  Be patient-- I am laying a foundation of information for you as we move forward in this blog towards the entire reason for the blog:  Why does Jesus disturb you? 

I can recall the summer of 1986.  We were on our senior class trip.  I was living a rebellious life of sin, being brought up in a Lutheran home.  I attended church every Sunday with my family and most every Wednesday during the school year to attend Luther's Catechism Class, along with chili suppers and ice cream socials.  I had somehow decided that the commandment to Honor Your Father and Mother did not apply to me, so I had taken liberty to drink alcohol and sleep with my steady boyfriend.  I thought I knew it all and thought a lie that somehow this was not sin because "everyone is doing it" and I could do what I wanted.  I was either severely backslidden or never saved.  It doesn't matter now, as I know now my Savior personally and have had a wonderful conversion (ongoing) experience.  Here is my story: 

We were vacationing at The Lake Of The Ozarks.  As I recall there was a street preacher and I just couldn't handle it.  I recall verbally stating out loud, and maybe loud enough for the speaker to hear, that "We already know this, so why don't you just quit yelling at people?  Why are you even doing this?" " I'm Lutheran and I already got it".  Now I know that my reaction signaled that either I was a champion Pharisee or a never converted pagan.  Keep reading.  Please, as the Shepard is calling.......

What is your response when you encounter a Gideon Bible Representative, a Gospel tract distributer, a customer who talks to you about being born again, see a person with a flashy Jesus t-shirt or worse yet, try to go to church and get ticked off every time that you come up with comments to defend yourself such as "The church is full of hypocrites", "They don't know what I am going through" or "The church just wants my money".  Actually what you are fighting against is that you don't want to stop sinning.  Jesus Christ is reaching out to you through these means to make you react.  Either you react in humble crumbing, or you keep fighting or kicking against "the goads" or "pricks"?  (read Acts 26:14 please)

Let me inform you in love of what is happening to you.  Praise God that you are not so cold and hard hearted that you are without response.  Something in you is firing up, and it is unsettling.  The Holy Spirit of God is working on you to make a decision.  This may go on for many years, or may stop someday and then you will be without option to turn to Him who offers salvation.  If it is the Lord's will, you will finally collapse under this pressure and give your life to Him.  That is a doctrinal issue that we won't cover here.  All I will say is that either way, what is happening to you is not an accident and it is for eternal reasons. 

Will you please consider what my entry states here tonight and stop and believe in the supernatural work of the Lord Jesus Christ?  You can't hide from Him.  You can run and anesthetize, but from one lady who once yelled at a street preacher I can let you in on a little secret........He now took my life, shook it up beautifully for HIS purposes and this once obnoxious 18 year old is now a lay preacher, teacher and evangelist.  All without pay and all with complete joy, forgiveness of my sins and an increasing peace and rapturous love for my Creator.  He is real to me in ways I can't explain, I have answered prayers, He has shared the "Yoke of Life" (Matthew 11:30) with me, assisting with complete alcohol abstinence, sexual purity and gave me a great big handful of Christian women to be in my life.  Yes, I have lost some people in my life due to Jesus.   I call it all joy, my friend (Matthew 5:11).  I am here for them when and if they finally submit and bend their knee.  

The time is now if you have not yet responded to this uncomfortable presentation of Jesus that keeps finding you.