SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 3/29/2023 10:27 AM
My Worship Time Focus: PT-5 “The
Riches of Poverty”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference:
Matt. 19:26-29
Message of the verses: “26 And looking at them
Jesus said to them, "With people this is impossible, but with God all
things are possible." 27 Then Peter said to Him, "Behold, we have
left everything and followed You; what then will there be for us?" 28 And
Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in
the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also
shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 “And
everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or
children or farms for My name’s sake, will receive many times as much, and will
inherit eternal life.”
To begin with I want to kind of pick up with what I
was writing about in our last SD, but do it by quoting John MacArthur: “The earth and the world o men will be given
a new nature, described in great detail by the Old Testament prophets and by
John in Revelation 10:1-15. Just as they
have been given spiritual life and a new nature in Jesus Christ but are not yet
perfected, so there will be a rebirth of the earth that is divinely
recreated. Although it will not yet be
totally new earth (Rev. 21:1), it will nevertheless be wonderfully superior to
the present fallen and unredeemed earth.
It was the belief of the Jews that Messiah would renew the earth and
heavens, based on the prophecy of Isaiah 65:17 and 66:22. Peter called it ‘the period of restoration of
all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient
times’ (Acts 3:21).’
“All believers will sit on the throne of Christ
(Rev. 3:21), exercising authority over the people of the earth (Rev. 2:26),
while the apostles are uniquely ruling restored Israel. This cannot be the eternal state described in
Revelation 21:12-14, where twelve gates in the New Jerusalem are inscribed with
the names of the twelve tribes and twelve foundations are inscribed with the
names of the twelve apostles.
“At
the time of the restoration of the earth, righteousness will flourish, peace
will abound, Jerusalem will again be exalted, health and healing will prevail,
the earth will produce food as never before, the lion will lay down in peace
with the lamb, the deserts will blossom, and life will be long. The age-old curse that began with the Fall
will then be limited, in anticipation
of its being eliminated completely in
eternal state to follow (Rev. 22:3).”
As
I look around at the world today, realizing that the things that are happening
seem to me to be a prelude of the tribulation period, as in our country
Christians are beginning to be persecuted, the LGBQ are killing Christians just
because they are Christians, the weather seems to be getting stranger each
passing season. I then look at the
prophetic promises and am thankful to the Lord for saving me and for giving me
the hope of what I have been, along with these quotations from John MacArthur. Yes things are getting worse and worse in
this world we are living in, but the
truth is that after the Rapture of the church that things will get so
bad, and billions of people will die that the Lord tells us later on in Matthew
that if He did not come back when He comes back that the entire world would be
destroyed. Take heed believers the best
is yet to come, and it will be so much better than what we are exercising today
that it is hard to even comprehend what it will be like in the future when the
Lord will sit on David’s throne during the Millennial Kingdom and rule over all
the earth.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I like the use of the word “hope” and how it
is used in the Word of God, for hope is a noun, meaning a sure thing, and what
I am writing about and have written about in my last SD will truly happen
because the Lord will make it happen, because He is in control.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Trust the Lord, because He is in control in
these very uncertain times that I live in.
3/29/2023 10:53 AM
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