SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 1/28/2017
12:22 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-1 The Plan of Reconciliation
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Colossians
1:20-21
Message of the
verses: “20 and through Him to
reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His
cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven. 21 And
although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds,” “20
Not only that, but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the
universe—people and things, animals and atoms—get properly fixed and fit
together in vibrant harmonies, all because of his death, his blood that poured
down from the Cross. 21 You yourselves are a case study of what he does. At one
time you all had your backs turned to God, thinking rebellious thoughts of him,
giving him trouble every chance you got (Message).”
This section will take us a few Spiritual Diaries to look
at. I used the Message paraphrased Bible
to help us understand what these verses mean, and so we can see from these
verses that God’s ultimate plan for the universe is to reconcile all things to
Himself through the Lord Jesus Christ.
As we go back to the first chapter of Genesis we see that after God had
created everything in six days, and on the sixth day He created man He said that
after He saw what He created, what He had made He said “and behold, it is very
good (Gen. 1:31).” Now the problem is
that shortly after that sin entered as man fell and disobeyed God resulting in
God cursing the earth and also the entire universe along with mankind passing
on this Adamic nature through the male to everyone who is born, thus causing
the mess that we see in the world today.
Romans chapter eight tells us more “19 For the anxious longing of the
creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but
because of Him who subjected it, in hope 21
that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to
corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole
creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now
(Romans 8:19-22).”
We now live in a cursed world headed up by Satan as he is
both “the god of this world’ (2 Cor. 4:4), and “the prince of the power of the
air” (Ephesians 2:2). MacArthur adds “The
devastating effects of the curse and satanic influence will reach a terrifying
climax in the events of the Tribulation.
Some of the various bowl, trumpet, and seal judgments are demonic,
others represent natural phenomena gong wild as God lets loose His wrath. At the culmination of that time of destruction and chaos, Christ returns
and sets up His kingdom. During His
millennial reign, the effects of the curse will begin to be reversed. The Bible gives us a glimpse of what the
restored creation will be like.”
Here are some of those dramatic changes that will take
place in the animal world as seen in Isaiah 11:6-9 and Isaiah 65:25.
“6 And the wolf will dwell with the
lamb, And the leopard will lie down with the young goat, And the calf and the
young lion and the fatling together; And a little boy will lead them. 7 Also
the cow and the bear will graze, Their young will lie down together, And the
lion will eat straw like the ox. 8 The nursing child will play by the hole of
the cobra, And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den. 9 They
will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth will be full of
the knowledge of the LORD As the waters cover the sea.
“25 “The wolf and the lamb will
graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the
serpent’s food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain,"
says the LORD.”
Isaiah 24:23; 30:26; and
60:19-20 show us more changes, and this time in the solar system.
23 Then the moon will be abashed and
the sun ashamed, For the LORD of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in
Jerusalem, And His glory will be before His elders.
“26 The light of the moon will be as
the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter,
like the light of seven days, on the day the LORD binds up the fracture of His
people and heals the bruise He has inflicted.
“19
"No longer will you have the sun for light by day, Nor for
brightness will the moon give you light; But you will have the LORD for an
everlasting light, And your God for your glory. 20 “Your sun will no longer
set, Nor will your moon wane; For you will have the LORD for an everlasting
light, And the days of your mourning will be over.”
1/28/2017 12:45 AM
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