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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :Darkness at Noon Bible Verse:Amos 8:9-10 (ESV) "“And on that day,” declares the Lord God, “I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight. I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth on every waist and baldness on every head; I will make it like the mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day." Message:
We celebrate Advent for 28 or 30 days to commemorate the period of waiting for the Messiah. The historical advent, however, lasted for 750 years. Although Amos is called a “minor prophet” (one of a group of 12 minor prophets who have books named for them, at the end of the Old Testament), he was the oldest and therefore the first who began to prophesy two great events: First, that God's wrath would fall on the Jews because of their sinfulness, and in particular the worship of idols; and second, the coming of a messiah, a man from God who would ransom Israel from those who would conquer her and enslave the Jews.
Amos is primarily known for his dire predictions of God's wrath on Israel. But in today's passage, he predicted the events of Good Friday, both literally and theologically.
The literal prophesy is a prediction of a “day of the Lord”, a term first used by Amos, when a remarkable tragedy “like the mourning for an only son” would occur. This is tied specifically to Good Friday by the startling accuracy of the detail: the darkness occurring at noon (the “sixth hour” in Jewish timekeeping), which three of the Gospel accounts of the crucifixion include:
“And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.” (Luke 23:44-45)
Just as important, although not as obvious, the coming of Christ represented the destruction of Judaism and the ending of the old covenant. The Jews, unable to live up to the requirements of the Law of Moses, proved that men could not justify themselves to God by their acts. But God had made a promise, and so the Jews were not destroyed; instead, with the destruction of the old covenant came a Messiah, Jesus, who would take their sins upon himself so that they might be forgiven, rather than destroyed.
In 750 B.C., then, the Jews began a long period of waiting for the day of the Lord, when terrible destruction would finally undo the Jewish nation; but as terrible as the destruction would be, it would be sweetened by hope, for a new and better life would arise where the old life had been destroyed. So Advent is something more than just the days before Christmas; it is a remembrance of the long time in which the Jews — and through them, all of humanity — waited for their redemption in Christ. And as they did, we wait in hopefulness, a hopefulness that comforts the pain of separation from God. For we are certain that He is coming.
Meditation : Prayer : Now all glory to God, who is able to keep me from falling away and will bring me with great joy into his glorious presence without a single fault. All glory to him who alone is God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord. All glory, majesty, power, and authority are his before all time, and in the present, and beyond all time,.....Amen |
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