SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 08/05/2005
My Worship Time Focus:
Israel the Women
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference:
Revelations
12:1-2
Message of the verse: “1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a
woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a
crown of twelve stars; 2 and she was with child; and she cried out, being in
labor and in pain to give birth.”
There have been different
interpretations of this verse throughout history, but most of them are wrong
because the person was trying to make his own point and was not looking at
other Scriptures to make the correct interpretation. There are many cross-references in the rest
of the Bible that will help one understand what this verse is talking
about. If you go back to Genesis 37:9-10
to read about the dream that Joseph had it can be seen that this verse in
Revelations is speaking of the nation of Israel. Isaiah 54:5 speak of the nation of Israel as
a woman, along with Isaiah 66:7-9, and also Jeremiah 3:6-10 and Micah 4:10 and
5:2-3. In verse 2 it can be seen that this woman is with child and she is in
great pain. For sure it was very painful
for the nation of Israel, (in the person of Mary), to give birth to the Messiah,
Satan, who will be introduced in the following verses, has been her enemy ever
since Israel had begun as a nation for anti-Semitism began with Satan and he
uses it to try and destroy the nation of Israel, but he never will for God is
in control and He has a plan for the nation of Israel.
Spiritual meaning for my life today:
In Genesis 12:1-3 God is speaking to Abram and he tells him something
that applies to the nation of Israel which began with Abraham and his wife
Sarah, God tells him that I will bless those who bless you and those who curse
you I will curse. From this verse God
has given me a love for the people of Israel and I have also learned that
anyone who hates a Jew just because he is a Jew will be cursed of God because
that is what He said. Perhaps some day
God will give me the privilege to visit the land of Israel and also lead one of
His chosen people to their Messiah.
The Word
of God was refreshing to me as I thought about it this morning for one day “all
Israel will be saved.”
My Steps of Faith Today:
Trust the Lord with all of my heart and not lean on my own
understanding, but in all of my ways acknowledge the Lord and He has promised
to direct the way that I go each day.
Memory verse for the week:
1Thes. 4:3-6
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
and solemnly warned you.
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