Go Out Into The Plain

"Then the hand of the Lord was upon me there, and He said to me, 'Arise, go out into the plain, and THERE I SHALL TALK WITH YOU.'  So I arose and went out into the plain, and behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory which I saw at the River Chebar; and I fell on my face." (Ezekiel 3:22,23)

"Will I not in that day, says the Lord, even destroy the wise men from Edom, and understanding from the MOUNTAINS OF ESAU? Then your mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed to the end that everyone from the MOUNTAINS OF ESAU may be cut off by slaughter." (Obadiah v.8,9)

"This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the Lord of hosts. 'Who are you, O GREAT MOUNTAIN? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone with shouts of 'Grace, grace to it!' " (Zechariah 4:6,7)

"And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying: 'The voice of one crying in the wilderness; prepare the way of the Lord; make His paths straight, every valley shall be filled and EVERY MOUNTAIN AND HILL BROUGHT LOW; the crooked places shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth; and all flesh see the salvation of God.' "(Luke 3:3-6)

The "mountains of Esau" describe an attitude of unrepentant confidence in the flesh; a carnal mind. Esau and his descendants, the Edomites, wanted no part of the testimony of Jacob and his descendants, the Israelites. What the Father was showing Jacob and his descendants to do was to go out into the plain: free from ambiguity and evasion(Malachi 3:17,18). If we allow the Father, through faith in Jesus Christ by the Spirit of Christ to show us the way to leave this mountain behind and go out into the plain, there He will show us how to ascend, with Him, on Mount Zion, where "there shall be deliverance (or salvation), and there shall be holiness." (Obadiah v.17)

" My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness."(2 Corinthians 12:9)