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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 collecting daily manna), 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. Sunday, February 11, 2018
Today's Passage : Today's Passage:Subjecta:Heaven Bible Verse:'Revelation 7:9-17 (ESV) "After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.” Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. “Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” " Message:
The Revelation of St. John the Divine (usually shortened to “Revelation”) is generally known for its bizarre, surreal, and frightening imagery of the Day of Judgment. Yet here we have one of the most beautiful and comforting poetic passages in the Bible.
Three forms of relief are specified, all in the negative: Hunger, thirst, sun. These are specific to life in ancient Palestine. Water, of course, is determinative of life in a generally parched land; and food is always a problem, especially for ancient peoples and doubly so where water is scarce. The problem continues today in arid lands near the equator. The third, the problems that come from intense hot sunshine, don't resonate as much with most of us who live in more northern lands, where we consider sunshine a blessing!
But the hot sun is a constant curse to the people of Canaan, and relief from it is one of the greatest pleasures possible. Cf. Psalm 121:5-6,
The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
We can generalize these three specific reliefs into a general promise; the environment of heaven will be heavenly! There will be no more pain or even discomfort. And there will be no emotional pain: God will wipe away every tear from our eyes.
Another metaphor we see is clothing. In the ancient middle east, a person’s status was carried on his back. The clothing a man or woman wore indicated their status. Those before the throne of God wear white robes: they have neither wealth nor poverty, position nor humility. Rather, they have purity. Their sins have been forgiven. Their “robes” have been washed and bleached to a perfect white by Christ’s sacrifice.
Meditation : Prayer : Finally, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, let me think about these things. What I have learned and received, let me do; and the God of peace be with us all. Amen. |
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