Today we come to Revelation 7. Here are verses 9-17 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out … More God With Us…Forever!
John 17:1-5 is our Bible reading passage today. Here is verse 1: When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, John MacArthur explains how this is the most thrilling prayer ever prayed: Do you … More Sovereign history
Seek the Lord and live… He who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning and darkens the day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the Lord is his name; Amos 5:4,6,8 As we come to Amos … More Seek the Lord and live…
And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: “I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you. I said, ‘Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.’ But it is … More No necessary connection between a wizened face and a wise heart
December 10 Revelation 7 (ESV) The 144,000 of Israel Sealed 7:1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree. 2 Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of … More December 10 Revelation 7
December 10 John 17:1-5 (ESV) The High Priestly Prayer 17:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you … More December 10 John 17:1-5
December 10 Job 32 (ESV) Elihu Rebukes Job’s Three Friends 32:1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. 2 Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God. … More December 10 Job 32
December 10 Amos 5-6 (ESV) Seek the Lord and Live 5:1 Hear this word that I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel: 2 “Fallen, no more to rise, is the virgin Israel; forsaken on her land, with none to raise her up.” 3 For thus says the Lord God: “The city that went out … More December 10 Amos 5-6
Horatius Bonar, at Grace Gems: helps us as we read Revelation 6 today: Looking up to God, man breathes the deep-drawn sigh, ‘How long?’ Let me note the chief passages— Psalm 6:3, ‘My soul is sore vexed—but You, O Lord, how long?’ Psalm 13:1, ‘How long will You forget me, and hide Your face? How … More “How long, O Lord?”
“I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father. In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask … More Ryle: Knowing all three Persons in the Trinity
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