October 9, 2025 Morning Devotional
Morning Devotion: Read Exodus - Conquest of Canaan Promised
Exodus 23:20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. 21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. 22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. 23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off. 24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images. 25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. 26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil. 27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. 28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. 29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. 30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. 31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. 32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
Verses twenty through twenty four are supreme in that they are all focused around the angle that leads Israel. This is no ordinary angel, this is the angel the Lord Jesus Christ.
The word angel means “one sent.” Jesus is the only one sent by God with the message of eternal life.
He was the one sent to Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden.
He was the one sent to Abraham in the plains of Mamre.
He was the one sent to Joshua as the Captain of the Lord’s host.
He was the one who was with the three Hebrews in the fiery furnace.
He was the one sent by God to be our Saviour.
He was the one sent to lead Israel with a cloud by day and a fire by night.
He is the Rock, the cornerstone of Israel and the church today. He is the one rejected by Israel.
Exodus 23:20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. 21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. 22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. 23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
Jesus is the one who will keep you in the way if you follow Him.
Jesus is the one to beware of for He is your judge and He is my judge as well.
Jesus is the one who will not pardon your transgressions. He died on Calvarys cross and shed His blood for the remission of sins. However, if you reject and enter into eternity without Him as your Lord and Saviour, you will not be pardoned.
Jesus is the voice you should obey, His voice is His word the bible. Obey it and be blessed.
This section of Exodus was a promise to Israel and is a promise to all those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.
This was God’s word to Israel before they entered into the promise land of which they now reside.
Would you accept the promises of God for your life?
The choice is still yours,
Pastor Cook
