The "Forever" King and His "Forever" Kingdom

"But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD forever."  (1 Kings 2:45)

 

The operative word here is, "forever."

 

"Black Friday"---- This was the first headline I saw this morning.  The market is still dropping, and so are the spirits of the worshippers of mammon and slaves to the life style of this present age.  Some "prophetic" people speak of coming world disasters as though they delight in it.  These are not true prophets.  What is happening in the global scene should only intensify the fear of the Living Triune God in you and me.

 

I decided to read through the Bible in the 40 days leading up to the American Presidential Election.  Since September 26, the reading has taken me nearly through the end of 2 Chronicles.  Biblical Theology reveals in every line of the "God-Breathed" Word that the Living Triune God, revealed in Jesus Christ, just continues "from age to age the same."  In His Word we see Him keeping His People through the severe persecution of millennia.  And He never changes.  Just in my life time, Jesus, the "Forever" One, has kept His people through the severe persecution of communism and dictators, the near annihilation of the Jews and the modern State of Israel.  No other person, no other religion has ever produced a, "Forever!" 

 

A Senator friend of mine recently said, "There is panic on Capitol Hill."  But to those who are a part of The "Forever" King and His Kingdom, the Word of Jesus is, "....Do not fret ("agitation resulting from active worry")--- it leads only to evil....But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace (The word for, "peace," here is the Hebrew, Shalom---safety, wellness, happiness, friendliness, health, prosperity, and peace).  "They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads.  There shall be no night there:  They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light.  And they shall reign forever and ever."

 

Father, in Jesus' Name, You give me absolutely no reason to "fret."  Amen.

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"Looking Unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2

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If You Are Not Involved "There"-- Someone Else Will Be

"The wicked borrows and does not repay, but the righteous shows mercy and gives....Blessed is he who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.  The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive, and he will be blessed on the earth....As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God." (From Psalms 37, 41, 42)

 

We are praying through the Book of Psalms during the month of October, specifically targeting the coming US Presidential and Congressional election.  Praying the Scriptures is not difficult.  Just substitute your name, your family, neighborhood, congregation, business, government, etc., in the text.  You will, if you have not already, discover how powerful the Word Himself can pray on behalf of men and nations.  

 

I had a thought on yesterday's Psalm "prayer guide" for the coming election. Based on our text, what if Christian borrowers repaid all their loans consistently and on time, and what if "the righteous" consistently showed mercy and gave------------------------- consistently?  Or, here's a novel thought.  What if we give equal time to doing the Word as we do to confessing and declaring the Word?  In other words, what if Christians just started acting like Christians? 

 

I am convinced that most people make the Bible much too religious, i.e., confine its commands, lessons, etc., to the devotional, the Sunday School class, the ethereal.  Maybe that is why so few Christians submit to the counsel of the Word in all areas of life, e.g., "I don't get involved in politics, economics, the education of my children, etc."  The fact of history and life teaches us that if Believers in Jesus Christ and His Words choose their areas of involvement, what they choose to stay out of, the world will all too eagerly take for themselves.

 

I am constantly amazed at the childish approach to life of religious people.  They confine themselves to worship, prayer, Bible reading, religious activity, while the anti-Christ forces rule the world around them.  Then they look with surprised wonder at the outcome.  Have nothing to do with that life style.  "....The deer pants for the water brooks," and the Church "pants for the" the Lord Jesus Christ.  If we really do, it won't just be in a devotional, worship sense.  It will be in the whole-life-obedience sense.

 

Father, in Jesus' Name, continually open new vistas of obedience to me.  Amen.

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"Looking Unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2

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