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Uncle Buddy:  Wall of Fire

12/10/2017

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Well, Amen! While reading in my Bible the other day I ran across this wonderful statement in Zech. 2: 5, "I ... will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her." I said, "Well, who in the world would have ever thought about the dear Lord throwing a wall of fire around about me?" And then I said in my heart, There is not a devil in the pit or out of it that can hide in the brush and shoot a fellow in the back; for if the Lord is a wall of fire round about this man, the devil could not make a bullet that could pierce that wall. Then I said, "There is not a devil in the universe that could get in a back alley on a dark night and stab a fellow in the back, for God is a wall of fire around about him." He also said that He would be "the glory in the midst."

This "glory in the midst" is evidently the life that shines into the heart of man. It's an indwelling, internal, glowing, burning, sparkling, consuming fire that purges out dross, cleanses and purifies the nature, and keeps a man holy and clean. It is also the same light that is referred to by one of the other divine writers when he said, "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path" (Ps. 119: 105). In a sense it is a miniature "pillar of fire by night" and "pillar of the cloud by day." When God led Israel out of bondage, He put a great pillar of fire and cloud both day and night, but He was then leading an army of probably two or three million people, and a pillar of cloud and fire to lead one man need not be nearly so large as one to lead millions.

But the light that lit up the path for the Israelites and blinded the eyes of the Egyptians is the very same thing to us today. Pharaoh and his host are a type of the devil, and while God gave guiding light to His people, the same light was so blinding and bewildering to the Egyptians that God hindered them in their progress. The same thing with us, the glory of God in the midst of us makes it dark and bewildering to the devil.

That is one reason why the devil does so many foolish things when he is trying to defeat one of God's children. It is often the case that the very thing that the devil does to defeat a saint proves to be the best thing for the saint and the worst thing for the devil. Many of the schemes that the devil gets up to defeat the saint of God prove to be a booster to the saint, and a great hindrance to the devil himself. It is made plain in Ezekiel's vision. He saw a wheel within a wheel, and it seemed that the inner wheel was on fire. The sparks were flying in every direction, which means that out from the glory there is a power that will throw a circle of light and protection around a man for a hundred feet in every direction. Isaiah calls it a way within a way, while Ezekiel calls it "a wheel within a wheel."

Robinson, Reuben A. (Bud). The Collected Works of 'Uncle Bud' Robinson (Kindle Locations 3187 - 3200). Jawbone Digital. Kindle Edition. 

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John Stauffer
12/10/2017 10:10:12

Uncle Buddy speaks clearly, yet, deeply to my soul!

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drwayman link
12/13/2017 15:20:32

Uncle Buddy challenges me too! I've noticed that he has a twitter feed if you want to follow him: https://twitter.com/holinessnaz

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