SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 01/20/2005
My Worship Time Focus: Prophet, Priest, & King
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Rev 1:5
Message of the verse: 5 and
from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the
ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our
sins by His blood— (NAS95) 5 and from
Jesus Christ the faithful witness, firstborn of the dead, and ruler of kings
upon earth. To him who loves us and has set us free from our sins through his
own blood, (Philips)
In this
verse John is describing the Lord Jesus Christ, as he goes on with his
description of the Triune God. Jesus
Christ has three offices and they are all described in this verse. He is a faithful witness, (Prophet), and He
is the firstborn of the dead, (Priest), and He is the ruler of the kings of the
earth, (King). This phrase firstborn of
the dead does not mean that Jesus Christ was the first person raised from the
dead, but it means that He is the highest of those raised from the dead. All others who were raised from the dead did
die again, so in that respect of never dying again Jesus is the firstborn of
the dead.
John goes
on in this verse to speak of Christ’s love and because of that great love for
us he came to earth and suffered and died for our sins, He shed His blood that
so that we can be set free form our sins.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I see in this verse the fact that as a
believer I am in Christ, as I died with Him when He died and because He is the
firstborn of the dead, I too have been raised up with Him and am seated in the
heavenlies with Him, as seen in Ephesians.
The Word of God was refreshing to my heart as I read it this
morning.
My Steps of Faith
Today: To continue to trust the Lord
with the outcome of Kim’s pregnancy and to continue to trust Him with the
financial problems that we are facing from our investments, and also from our
job situation. Also trust the Lord that
He will work out the contract extension with Valero.
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