"Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led Him away. And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center." (John 19:16-18)
There is a green hill far away,
outside a city wall,
where our dear Lord was crucified
who died to save us all.
We may not know, we cannot tell,
what pains he had to bear,
but we believe it was for us
he hung and suffered there.
He died that we might be forgiven,
he died to make us good,
that we might go at last to heaven,
saved by his precious blood.
There was no other good enough
to pay the price of sin,
he only could unlock the gate
of heaven and let us in.
O dearly, dearly has he loved!
And we must love him too,
and trust in his redeeming blood,
and try his works to do.
I remember singing this song when I was very young. We usually sang it in the Thursday evening service before Good Friday. The photo which I sent of Sarah looking to Golgotha (Calvary) brought this old hymn to mind. Billy Graham referred to the Cross as "the pivotal point of history." It was. Prior to the shedding of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, His death and resurrection, the world had no hope of salvation. Had Jesus given in during the Gethsemane struggle, the human race would have been lost to eternity. He didn't, and we are not. Praise Him.
Someone here asked me what I have sensed this time in Jerusalem. I said, that the Church should see Jerusalem less as a "memorial" and more as the prophetic destiny of the world. Look not to the past in the sense of memorializing or enshrining sites and locations. Rather, "Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing," not looking to the past so much as an active watchman awaiting His Lord's return. King Jesus came and conquered sin and the grave in His first Appearing. In His Second Appearing, He will take over Jerusalem as His Capitol, and the earth as His Kingdom.
So, dear Follower of King Jesus, "let us run the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus...." As we do, we will miss out on absolutely nothing. No one knows, "the day nor the hour." This is why Jesus is calling us to be watchmen, not "know-men." So, "Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is."
Father, in Jesus' Name, keep me in an ever watchful mode. Amen.
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I will be sharing with some medical personnel with whom Vivian works here in Jerusalem tomorrow evening, November 13. Please keep this time in prayer.
outside a city wall,
where our dear Lord was crucified
who died to save us all.
We may not know, we cannot tell,
what pains he had to bear,
but we believe it was for us
he hung and suffered there.
He died that we might be forgiven,
he died to make us good,
that we might go at last to heaven,
saved by his precious blood.
There was no other good enough
to pay the price of sin,
he only could unlock the gate
of heaven and let us in.
O dearly, dearly has he loved!
And we must love him too,
and trust in his redeeming blood,
and try his works to do.
I remember singing this song when I was very young. We usually sang it in the Thursday evening service before Good Friday. The photo which I sent of Sarah looking to Golgotha (Calvary) brought this old hymn to mind. Billy Graham referred to the Cross as "the pivotal point of history." It was. Prior to the shedding of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, His death and resurrection, the world had no hope of salvation. Had Jesus given in during the Gethsemane struggle, the human race would have been lost to eternity. He didn't, and we are not. Praise Him.
Someone here asked me what I have sensed this time in Jerusalem. I said, that the Church should see Jerusalem less as a "memorial" and more as the prophetic destiny of the world. Look not to the past in the sense of memorializing or enshrining sites and locations. Rather, "Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing," not looking to the past so much as an active watchman awaiting His Lord's return. King Jesus came and conquered sin and the grave in His first Appearing. In His Second Appearing, He will take over Jerusalem as His Capitol, and the earth as His Kingdom.
So, dear Follower of King Jesus, "let us run the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus...." As we do, we will miss out on absolutely nothing. No one knows, "the day nor the hour." This is why Jesus is calling us to be watchmen, not "know-men." So, "Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is."
Father, in Jesus' Name, keep me in an ever watchful mode. Amen.
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I will be sharing with some medical personnel with whom Vivian works here in Jerusalem tomorrow evening, November 13. Please keep this time in prayer.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
