The Sharpening

The way of the parting.

The parting of the ways.

The departure.

The departing.

For I have sharpened my sword.

For I have sharpened my sword.

For I have sharpened my sword.

Oh the length and the breadth of it.

Ezekiel 21:13-17 For this sword has been tested and proved, and what if the rejecting and despising rod or scepter of Judah shall be no more but completely swept away? says the Lord God. Therefore, son of man, prophesy and smite your hands together and let the sword be doubled, yes, trebled in intensity—the sword for those to be overthrown and pierced through; it is the sword of great slaughter which encompasses them so that none can escape, even by entering into their inner chambers. I have set the threatening and glittering sword against all their gates, that their hearts may melt and their stumblings be multiplied. Ah! It is made to flash like lightning; it is pointed and sharpened for slaughter. Turn O sword and cut right or cut left, whichever way your lust for blood and your edge direct you. I will also clap My hands, and I will cause My wrath to rest. I the Lord have said it.

Extended beyond the natural boundary.

An unnatural boundary.

An unnatural boundary.

For this is no natural boundary.

For that which is meant to rest beneath, now rests above.

The way of the parting, the parting of the ways.

Behold I have extended my sword.

My sword is raised.

What is it you see?

The place of the standing. The place of great standing. I’m standing with my hand outstretched, ready to shake the hand. Unarmed. Disarming. Behind me, my great protector, a huge giant. A man of great of standing, with sword raised. The glint of it shining like the sun.

Look again what is it you see?

The sword plunged into the stream. With such strength and power, immovable, causing a parting of the flow, a split in the flow, the one becoming two.

A diversion, I am causing a diversion, I am creating a diversion.

At first an even split, then the one grows stronger and stronger, the other weaker and weaker until it flows no more.

I am mounting an invasion.

An invasion of the atmosphere.

The mist in the midst.

The power of my presence in the midst, is in the mist.

Exodus 14:13-31 Moses told the people, Fear not; stand still (firm, confident, undismayed) and see the salvation of the Lord which He will work for you today. For the Egyptians you have seen today you shall never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace and remain at rest. The Lord said to Moses, Why do you cry to Me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward! Lift up your rod and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, and the Israelites shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. And I, behold, I will harden (make stubborn and strong) the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go into the sea after them; and I will gain honor over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and horsemen. The Egyptians shall know and realize that I am the Lord when I have gained honor and glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen. And the Angel of God Who went before the host of Israel moved and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before them and stood behind them, Coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. It was a cloud and darkness to the Egyptians, but it gave light by night to the Israelites; and the one host did not come near the other all night. Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night and made the sea dry land; and the waters were divided. And the Israelites went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. The Egyptians pursued and went in after them into the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. And in the morning watch the Lord through the pillar of fire and cloud looked down on the host of the Egyptians and discomfited them, And bound (clogged, took off) their chariot wheels, making them drive heavily; and the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians! Then the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and horsemen. So Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength and normal flow when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled into it being met by it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians and shook them off into the midst of the sea. The waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that pursued them; not even one of them remained. But the Israelites walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the seashore. And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did against the Egyptians, and the people reverently feared the Lord and trusted in (relied on, remained steadfast to) the Lord and to His servant Moses.