SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 9/16/2017
9:57 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Judgment
Will Be Avoided
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Acts 3:22-24
Message of the
verses: “22 "Moses said, ’THE LORD GOD WILL RAISE UP
FOR YOU A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN; TO HIM YOU SHALL GIVE HEED to
everything He says to you. 23 ’And it will be that every soul that does not
heed that prophet
shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ 24 “And likewise, all the
prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and his successors onward, also announced
these days.”
The prophet that Moses is talking about is the Messiah,
the Lord Jesus Christ, as Peter is pointing out to those who were listening to
him preach. “The prophet like Moses was
generally regarded by the Jews as the Messiah (cf. John 1:21, 25; 6:14; 7:40),”
writes John MacArthur. He goes on to
quote the Midrash Rabbath who said,
“As was the former redeemer
so shall the latter redeemer be. While
of the former it is said (Ex. 4:20) ‘And Moses too his wife and his sons and
set them upon an ass,’ so the latter: for it says (Zech. 9:9) ‘He is lowly and
riding on an ass.’ And while the former
redeemer brought down manna (Ex. 16:4) ‘Behold I will rain bread from heaven
for you, ‘so the latter redeemer shall bring down manna.”
Peter goes on to talk about the consequences of rejecting
the Messiah. Deuteronomy 18:19 which is
also quoted by Peter, Moses cautioned, “And it shall be that every soul that
does not heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.” Those who would reject their Messiah would
result in the loss of the covenant blessing.
This is the perilous condition that Peter’s hearers found themselves in,
and Peter is warning them of the consequences of this. The truth is that both Jews and Gentiles find
themselves in this same place if they reject the Messiah as they will all forfeit
the promised blessings and will spend eternity in a place called hell.
Peter goes on to not only talk about rejecting what Moses
has said, but “likewise, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and his
successors onward, also announced these days.” 1 Samuel 3:20 states: “All
Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet
of the LORD.” This shows that Samuel was
a prophet. We do not find that Samuel prophesized
concerning the Lord Jesus Christ, he did however anoint David as king, and David’s
line brought about our Lord’s birth. We
find this prophecy that was given to David in 2 Samuel 7:10 and following.
We see here and will see later on in Acts chapter six
where Stephen preaches to the unbelieving leaders of Israel some similar
things, that is that Israel has in the past and still is doing rejecting what
the prophets spoke about their Messiah.
This continues to go on today and will continue until just prior to when
our Lord returns as seen in Revelation chapter nineteen. We have already discussed what Paul wrote in
Romans 11:26 “and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written, "THE
DELIVERER WILL COME FROM ZION, HE WILL REMOVE UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB."”
I have mentioned a book that I have that was written
around 40 or so years ago, a book that has paintings in it to help explain the
prophecies that Jesus fulfilled in His first coming, and also paints of what He
will fulfill in His second coming. They
are all there in the Word of God and so there is no excuse for any person to
miss them, to repent of their sins and accept Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: To accept what
the Bible has to say about our Lord Jesus Christ is the first step of
obedience, and there are others that follow.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Continue to trust the Lord as I teach our
Sunday school class on the book of Revelation.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
question: “Philemon’s slave, Onesimus.”
Today’s Bible
question: “What kind of oil was used in
the lamps of the Holy Place?”
Answer in our next SD.
9/16/2017 10:27 AM
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