ACT 2 – Scene 1 – in an unseen place
Where am I?
I have brought you to a place unseen by man.
You showed me a scene I had never seen of the death of Abel.. and Eve mourning the loss of her son murdered by her other son… and about sin in Eden. Was this story of Moses true?
I have shown you scenes revealed to Moses from near the beginning of time. His story was true, though Moses was not there.
Tell me, why did Moses leave Egypt?
By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter..
Hebrews 11:24
By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he persevered, as though seeing Him who is unseen.
Hebrews 11:27 NASB
Moses was sort of a shepherd then, wasn’t he?
Yes, in a sense.. But a later shepherd led his followers to the right answer from Scripture to your question. Do you recall what David said?
מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד יְהוָה רֹעִי לֹא אֶחְסָֽר׃
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Moses followed the unseen Shepherd as he led the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt.
So is this place like when you showed me what happened east of Eden?
These scenes take place in the unseen places above the heavens — or beneath the earth — places connected to the timeline of man yet separate from the mortal life of any one man or woman.
I don’t think I understand, I thought as my Guide explained unseen places where He has evidently led me.
Allow me to show you one such unseen scene from around the time of Moses. The actions here impact a righteous man who lived in a different land. But this scene does not take place there.
Unseen in Uz
One day the angels [sons of God] came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan [the adversary] also came with them.
The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”
Do you know this story?
Yes. It’s about Job, who suffers all kinds of evil without knowing why.
Is Job part of this conversation with the LORD in the unseen place? So who is the main character in this story of Job?
I knew the obvious answer. Job was clueless about God allowing him to suffer severely for some time.
Satan.. And didn’t you also say that Moses called him the Serpent?
You yourself recognized the Serpent as the hunter. And what prey does he hunt?
Souls! The soul of Cain.. the soul of Eve.. the soul of Adam..
So too is Satan hissing at God when he calls for evil to tempt Job’s soul toward the pit of darkness.
So the Serpent’s name is really Satan.
שָׂטָן
śāṭān – noun
superhuman adversary, הַשּׂ׳ :
a. of Job, one of בְּנֵי אֱלֹהִים Job 1:6, 7 (twice in verse); Job 1:8, 9, 12 (twice in verse); Job 2:1, 2(twice in verse); Job 2:3, 4 (twice in verse); Job 2:6, 7.
b. of high priest of Israel before י׳, Zechariah 3:1, 2(twice in verse); Greek Version of the LXX. ὁ διάβολος.
c. as proper name שׂ׳ Satan 1 Chronicles 21:1 (interpret 2 Samuel 24:1), Greek Version of the LXX διάβολος (Greek Version of the LXX σατάν 1 Kings 11:14, 23; Σατανᾶς Matthew 4:10; Mark 1:13; Luke 10:18 + 33 times NT).
Source- [Lexicon :: Strong’s H7854 – śāṭān
And as Moses said, this Tempter is cunning; and as a spirit shepherding evil in the unseen places he has many names, sometimes even appearing as a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
שָׂטַן
śāṭan – verb
Outline of Biblical Usage
(Qal) to be or act as an adversary, resist, oppose
Strong’s Definitions
שָׂטַן sâṭan, saw-tan’; a primitive root; to attack, (figuratively) accuse:—(be an) adversary, resist.
Job seemed helpless; not able to do anything about the evil.
Satan requested permission from God to contend with him on earth.
My thoughts and countenance were really quite dejected by now..
Remember what David said about the valley of the shadow of death? .. It is the place of evil.
I recalled briefly the Lord’s words to Cain before he murdered Abel.. The LORD cautioned Able BEFORE he turned against his brother and against the LORD who was with him and leading him along the valley of the shadow…
So how can any man resist evil from these unseen places and remain faithful to the LORD?
Do you know how David petitioned the LORD when God was angry at him for his sin?
Just like Moses, I thought, David had murdered a man. He had blood on his hands.. NO LESS THAN CAIN!
A psalm of David. A petition. NIV
LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
Psalm 38:1 NIV
Some prayers are praises to God who we cannot see, while others are petitions from our place near the valley of the shadow to the unseen place — a place above time and circumstance where the Lord sits on the Throne of justice and the Mercy Seat of redemption.
Psalm 38 NASB, KJ21, OJB, WLC
Yᵊhōvâ
Hashem, rebuke me not in Thy wrath; neither chasten me in Thy hot displeasure.
2 (3) For Thine khitzim (arrows) pierce me, Thy hand presseth me sorely.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh, because of Thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones, because of my sin.
4 For mine iniquities have gone over mine head; as a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds are foul and corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 (7) I am bent down; I am brought low
I go in mourning all day long.
7 For my sides are filled with burning,
And there is no healthy part in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and sorely broken; I have groaned because of the disquiet of my heart.
David pleads for mercy, confessing his guilty deeds by which he deserves the WRATH OF GOD.. He then bows down to God acknowledging:
Lord, all my desire is before You;
And my sighing is not hidden from You.
I know now after seeing these unseen places that I have NO right to expect anything from God…
David is quiet before the LORD, then pleaing:
Yes, I am like a person who does not hear,
And in whose mouth are no arguments.
15 For I wait for You, Lord;
You will answer, Lord my God.
AND listen to David’s plea to the Judge of all men. Read it:
(WLC 38:21) וּמְשַׁלְּמֵי רָעָה תַּחַת טוֹבָה יִשְׂטְנוּנִי תַּחַת רדופי־ טֽוֹב׃
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
Psalm 38:20 KJV
Eve encountered an adversary opposed to God! As did the first adam and the sons of adam.. Job.. and David.. And yes, so have you. And WHY? David tells us.
Because those who follow God and do what is good suffer evil by the hand of the adversary of the LORD God lurking in the unseen places. For Satan is an enemy of all Light which overcomes the darkness.
21 Do not abandon me, Lord;
My God, do not be far from me!
22 Hurry to help me,
Lord, my salvation!
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Gospel of John 1:5 NIV
To be continued…
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