SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 9/24/2014
2:18 PM
My Worship Time Focus: Introduction
to The Vengeance of the Lord Jesus
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: 2 Thess.
1:6-10
Message of the
verses: “6 For after all it is only just for God to
repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to give relief to you who
are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty
angels in flaming fire, 8 dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the
gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 These
will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the
glory of His power, 10 when He comes to
be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who
have believed-for our testimony to you was believed.”
We will only begin to look at the introduction to these
verses, and I don’t know how long it will take to do that.
One more thing and that is how these verses seem to
intertwine with the memory verses that I have been working on from Colossians
3:1-11. Now what we will be looking at
in this section is the wrath of God, and that is not a good thing to come under
if you do not know the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
We know from Scripture that at this time the Lord Jesus
Christ is in heaven at the right hand of God, and according to the book of
Hebrews is our High Priest, and He intercedes for us to the Father, for Satan
is the accuser of the brethren, and then the Lord will tell His Father when
this happens that He has already died for the sins of who Satan is
accusing. Now there will be a day when
the Lord Jesus Christ returns to planet earth, and life like is now lived on
planet earth will be completely different when this happens, for Jesus Christ
will reign from Jerusalem for 1000 years.
I want at this time to include a fairly long quote that
is actually quoted from the John MacArthur Study Bible in his commentary on the
book of 2 Thessalonians. With this quote
we will conclude this portion of this SD.
“This crucial component of Scripture brings the whole
story to it God ordained consummation. Redemptive history is controlled by God, so as
to culminate in His eternal glory.
Redemptive history will end with the same precision and exactness with
which it began. The truths of
eschatology are neither vague nor unclear—nor are they unimportant. As in any book, how the story ends is the most
crucial and compelling part—so with the Bible.
Scripture notes several very specific features of the end planned by
God.
“In the OT, there is repeated mention of an early kingdom
ruled by the Messiah, Lord Savior, who will come to reign. Associated with the kingdom will be the
salvation of Israel, the salvation of Gentiles, the renewal of the earth from
the effects of the curse, and the bodily resurrection of God’s people who have
died. Finally the OT predicts that there
will be the ‘uncreation’ or dissolution of the universe, and the creation of a
new heaven and new earth—which will be the eternal state of the godly—and a
final hell for the ungodly.
“In the NT, these features are clarified and
expanded. The King was rejected and
executed, but He promised to come back in glory, bringing judgment,
resurrection, and His kingdom for all who believe. Innumerable Gentiles from every nation will
be included among the redeemed. Israel
will be saved and grafted back into the root of blessing from which she has
been temporarily excised.
“Israel’s promised kingdom will be enjoyed, with the Lord
Savior reigning on the throne, in the renewed earth, exercising power over the whole
world, having taken back His rightful authority, and receiving due honor and
worship. Following that kingdom will come the dissolution of the renewed, but
still sin-stained creation, and the subsequent creation of a new heaven and a
new earth—which will be the eternal state, separate from the ungodly in hell.
(John MacArthur, The MacArthur Study
Bible [Nashville: Word, 1997], x).”
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: I get excited
when different Scripture comes together like what I am in the (slow) process of
putting to memory and what I am studying in my devotions as is the case
today.
My Steps of Faith for Today: I trust that the Lord will show me all He
wants me to learn from these verses of study, and including my memory verses.
Memory verses for the
week: Colossians 3:1-9.
1 Therefore if you have
been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is,
seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set
your mind on the things above, not on the things on earth. 3 For you have died and your life is hidden
with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who
is our life, is revealed,
then you also will be revealed with Him in glory. 5 Therefore consider the members of your
earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed,
which amounts to idolatry. 6 For it is
because of these things that the wrath of God has come upon the sons of
disobedience; 7 and in them you once walked, when you were living in them. 8 But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech
from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one
another, since you have laid aside the old self with its evil practice,
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
question: “Eleven” (Genesis 37:9).
Today’s Bible
question: “What will also be where your
treasure is?”
Answer in our next SD.
9/24/2014 2:59 PM
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