SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 7/31/2024 9:12 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-2 “The Acquiescence of the Governor”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew
27:24-26
Message of the verses: “24 When Pilate saw
that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took
water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent
of this Man’s blood; see to that yourselves." 25 And all the people
said, "His blood shall be on us and on our children!" 26 Then he
released Barabbas for them; but after having Jesus scourged, he handed Him over
to be crucified.”
I want to again quote from John MacArthur’s
commentary as we begin this SD this morning.
“It was ironic, and doubtlessly intentional, that the governor chose
Jewish ritual to depict his renunciation of responsibility for Jesus’
fate. If the ruling elders of a city
were not able to determine the identity of a murderer, the Mosaic law provided
that they could public wash their hands, pray to God, and thereby absolve
themselves of any guilt regarding their inability to render justice. Using a modified form of that Jewish ceremony
which he had heard of, Pilate proclaimed he was innocent of this Man’s blood.”
Now as we look at what Pilate says it can be sure
that he said the following with a tone of both dismay and disgust as he says “See
to that yourselves.” Now since Pilate
gave the people what they wanted then the people gave Pilate what he wanted: And
all the people said, "His blood shall be on us and on our children!" MacArthur goes on to write “That declaration
did not, of course, absolve Pilate of guilt, but it did proclaim for all time
the people’s acknowledgment of their own guilt.
They soon forgot the assumption of guilt, however, and not many months
later the Sanhedrin self-righteously rebuked the apostles for holding them
accountable for Christ’s blood (Acts 5:28).”
Now as I read over what the leaders said about the guilt being on them
and all their children it saddens me very much to think that what they said and
what it cost Israel was certainly more than they had bargained for. As we look into the future from this point on
we see that in 70 A. D. that the Roman army came in and destroyed their Temple
and killed many, many people, and then the people who were left offered
themselves as slaves because there was nothing else they could do and just as
it was prophesized no one would buy them.
The reason was that there were too many slaves offered at that time on
the slave market. Now as Ezekiel
prophesized Israel would finally become a nation again and they did back on May
14th 1948. Today the state of
Israel is in a war for their existence as they are fighting wars on three
different fronts. There is no doubt in
my mind that this war is Satanically motivated as Satan hates Israel and always
has and the people who are fighting against Israel hate Israel so much that
even in the (something like their construction) it says that they receive a
reward for killing a Jew. It was just
last week that the leader of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu stated in a brilliant speech
at the U.S. capital before a joint session of congress that Israel did not
begin in May of 1948, but began when God called Abraham many thousands of years
ago. Now it was during that call to
Abraham that God said to him “I will bless those who bless you and those who
curse you I will curse.” History proves
this to be correct, and it is my great fear that because of the government
leaders we now have that God will curse the United States because these leaders
hate Israel even though they say the opposite to save face.
It
seems that I had to get something off my chest so to speak and what I have just
written I believe is true, and what I believe is that this world is in for a
big change as it seems to me that the end of the church age is close to coming
which means that the rapture of the church could happen very soon. The world possess weapons that could actually
destroy this earth, but God is in control and He will destroy this earth when
He is done with it, which will not happen according to prophecy to the end of
what is called the Millennial kingdom which begins soon after what is called
the “tribulation period” a period that will last for seven years and begins
shortly after the rapture of the church.
This seven year period of seven 360 day years will see the rise of the
Antichrist who will bring “so called peace” to Israel but will only last for
three and a half years when he like many before him will turn on Israel. The last three and a half years will be what
can be described as “hell on earth” and will end according to Revelation
chapter 19 with the return of Jesus Christ to the earth to end this world wide
war that will be taking place in the Middle East. Shortly after that He will what can be called
“re-create” the earth into a kind of paradise like it was when He created it
the first time. He will rule from His
seat in Jerusalem for 1000 years and then at the end of that time will destroy
the entire solar system as there will then be a new heaven, new earth, and a New
Jerusalem. This is all explained in the
last chapters in Revelation, chapters 20-22.
Now
since I have taken the time to talk about prophecy let me just say that in
order to go to heaven in the rapture of the church you have to realize that you
are a sinner, realize that Christ died for you on the cross, and the confess
that you are a sinner and believe in your heart that what Christ did on the
cross was for you and then invite Him into your heart to save you and He will
do that. After that go out and live for
the Lord as you grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord which are the last
words that Peter wrote: “but grow in the
grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the
glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.”
7/31/2024 9:53 AM
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