"He who testifies to these things says, 'Surely I am coming quickly.' Even so, come, Lord Jesus! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen." (The End of the Bible)
Scourby's audio Bible closes Revelation 22 with, "The end of Revelation, the end of the New Testament, the end of the Holy Bible."
Yesterday ended the reading of this section for the quarter. "The angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb...." I keep wondering about my "river of life" analogy of this present age, the "Divine Directive," the Living Triune God as the banks on the river, and we traveling through this time-space world in the currents, back-washes and eddies of life. I thought today that this life's "river" experience could be a fore type, a fore shadow of, "....the river of the water of life," only the fulfillment of my "river" is this, "river," which flows, "from the throne of God and of the Lamb..," and, it has no back-washes, no eddies.
We are told in this chapter that we, "....will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will illumine them...." Further, we are told, "These words are faithful and true...." And, I might add, these Words are the only, "....faithful and true..," Words. 1 Corinthians 1 tells us that, "the faith of Jesus," aka, the Gospel, aka, Christianity is, "foolishness to those who are perishing," to those who yield to Greek thought, human reasoning, conclusions to which mankind comes as he thinks, and thinks--------- and thinks. Unregenerate humanity says, "None of this makes any sense." Of course it doesn't. The "sense" of which they speak is brain-sense. There just is not very much, if any, of the Universe, The King of the Universe, Jesus Christ, His Kingdom, His Church, the Redemption of the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus which mankind can comprehend intellectually. "The message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God," Okay world, "foolishness," or, "power," it's our choice. Or, can we say, It might not make any "sense," but it sure does make, "power"?
"And behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of...this book." And a very "un-blessed" to those who do not. Don't blame our Lord Jesus Christ for this. It is an un-blessing, a curse which we bring upon ourselves when the thought process of the Greeks, the water cooler philosophers, the Darwinists dominates us. Human "sense" is what "doesn't make any sense." We all need a recurring "sense check."
Father, in Jesus' Name, You are the Only "Sense." Amen.
Scourby's audio Bible closes Revelation 22 with, "The end of Revelation, the end of the New Testament, the end of the Holy Bible."
Yesterday ended the reading of this section for the quarter. "The angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb...." I keep wondering about my "river of life" analogy of this present age, the "Divine Directive," the Living Triune God as the banks on the river, and we traveling through this time-space world in the currents, back-washes and eddies of life. I thought today that this life's "river" experience could be a fore type, a fore shadow of, "....the river of the water of life," only the fulfillment of my "river" is this, "river," which flows, "from the throne of God and of the Lamb..," and, it has no back-washes, no eddies.
We are told in this chapter that we, "....will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will illumine them...." Further, we are told, "These words are faithful and true...." And, I might add, these Words are the only, "....faithful and true..," Words. 1 Corinthians 1 tells us that, "the faith of Jesus," aka, the Gospel, aka, Christianity is, "foolishness to those who are perishing," to those who yield to Greek thought, human reasoning, conclusions to which mankind comes as he thinks, and thinks--------- and thinks. Unregenerate humanity says, "None of this makes any sense." Of course it doesn't. The "sense" of which they speak is brain-sense. There just is not very much, if any, of the Universe, The King of the Universe, Jesus Christ, His Kingdom, His Church, the Redemption of the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus which mankind can comprehend intellectually. "The message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God," Okay world, "foolishness," or, "power," it's our choice. Or, can we say, It might not make any "sense," but it sure does make, "power"?
"And behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of...this book." And a very "un-blessed" to those who do not. Don't blame our Lord Jesus Christ for this. It is an un-blessing, a curse which we bring upon ourselves when the thought process of the Greeks, the water cooler philosophers, the Darwinists dominates us. Human "sense" is what "doesn't make any sense." We all need a recurring "sense check."
Father, in Jesus' Name, You are the Only "Sense." Amen.
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.'"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
