SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 08-07-2005
My Worship Time Focus: Israel Flees to the Wilderness
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Revelations 12:5-6
Message of the verse: “5 And
she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a
rod of iron; and her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
6 And the woman
fled into the wilderness where she had a place prepared by God, so that there
she might be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days.”
Verse five is speaking of Jesus Christ who was born of
the Virgin Mary, who was a descendant of David from the tribe of Judah and the
Nation of Israel. In Psalm 2 it is
written of the Messiah that He would rule the nations with a rod of iron, and
the last part of our verse in Revelation speaks of the resurrection of Jesus
Christ and Him sitting on the right hand of God His Father. Now verse six speaks of a future event when
during the second half of the tribulation period God will prepare a place for
His people, Israel to hide and it is there that He will take care of them for
1260 days, or the last half of the tribulation period. This will all happen when Antichrist goes
into the rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem and commits the abomination of
desolations, which was spoken of by the prophet Daniel and then spoken of again
by Jesus Christ and the Apostle Paul.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: It is comforting to me to know that Jesus
Christ is sitting on His Throne in Heaven and ruling the nations from there,
and He will one day sit on His Throne in Jerusalem and rule the nations from
there for 1000 years as is written about in the latter chapters of
Revelations. Satan may think he is the
ruler of all that goes on here on earth but God’s Son is the ruler.
The Word of God was an
encouragement to my heart as I read it this morning.
My Step of Faith Today: In light of all that is going on in our lives
it is comforting to know for sure that Jesus Christ sits on His Throne and is
ruling in the affairs of man of which we are a part of.
Memory verses for the week:
1Thes. 4:3-8
For this is the will of
God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual
immorality; that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in
sanctification and honor; not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not
know God, and that no man transgress and defraud his brother in the matter
because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we also told you
before and solemnly warned you. For God
has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification. So, he who rejects this is not rejecting man
but God who gives His Holy Spirit to you.
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