EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR
4/4/2026 8:25 PM
My
Worship
Time Focus: “The Pervasiveness of the Good News
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: “Luke 2:10b”
Message
of the verses: “which will be for
all the people;”
Now
this did not come out the way that I wished that it would, as this section will
be very, very short, and then tomorrow morning’s will be longer, but that is
the way that it turns out and so that is the way that I will do it.
Now
the good news the angel proclaimed is for all the people. MacArthur explains that Laos (people)
refers first to Israel as seen in (Luke 1:68; 7:16; 19:47; 21:23; 22:66; 23:5,
14), since “salvation is from the Jews” (John 4:22; cf. Rom. 1:16).
(John
4:22; cf. Rom. 1:16)
22 You worship what you do not know; we worship
what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.”
“16 ¶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is
the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and
also to the Greek.”
However the promise of salvation is not only for
them. Praising God after seeing the baby
Jesus in the temple, this is what Simeon said “For my eyes have seen Your
salvation, which You have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light of
revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel’”
(2:30-32). MacArthur then adds “Significantly,
laos in verse 31 is plural, while it is singular in verse 32. Simeon’s words reflect the truth expressed in
Isaiah’s prophecy:
“1 ¶ Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the
glory of the LORD has risen upon you. 2 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
and thick darkness the peoples; but the LORD will arise upon you, and his glory
will be seen upon you. 3 And nations
shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.”
“The good news of salvation, having been proclaimed
first to Israel, is now proclaimed throughout the world (Matthew 28:19-20).
(Matthew
28:19-20)
“19 Go therefore and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe
all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of
the age.’”
Now
that ends this rather short SD, however I would like to explain something that
I have learned about the book of Isaiah.
Isaiah is the first of what is called the major prophets of which there
are four, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel.
Now major prophets are classified as being major prophets because of the
length of them, and not for who wrote them.
Now what I want to say about Isaiah is that it is kind of like a miny
Bible as the first 39 chapters mostly speak of Old Testament things, but then
in verse forty we read: “1 ¶ Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her
that her warfare is ended, that
her iniquity is pardoned, that she has
received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.” One of the things that I learned when
I was studying the book of Isaiah is that there were “scholars” who thought
that there were two authors writing Isaiah, and that is because of how things
change when you get to verse 40. So
remember if you are reading some of the verses in Isaiah, it is good to check
the chapter number to see if it is like the Old or New Testament.
Have a happy, joyful, and a great Resurrection Sunday,
for Christ has risen, He has risen indeed.
4/4/2026 8:47 PM
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