SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 11/05/2005
My Worship Time Focus: Keeping things in balance
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Revelation 19:9-10
Message of the verse: “9 Then he said to me, ‘Write, ‘Blessed are
those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’ And he said to me,
‘These are true words of God.’ 10 Then I
fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, ‘Do not do that; I am a
fellow servant of yours and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus;
worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.’”
Dr. Wiersbe gives an interesting
statement about verse nine when he writes that the ones who are invited to the
marriage supper of the Lamb would be the OT saints, they would be the guests at
this event along with the tribulation saints, but it is the Church, the Bride
of Christ who will be there as part of the ceremony. He went on to say that some commentators have
said that it is possible for this marriage supper of the Lamb to take place for
the entire millennial kingdom.
It is
interesting that the words “he said to me” are found three times in these two
verses, as this angel was telling John different things that he would
eventually record in this letter to the seven churches. In verse ten tells John that he should not
worship him because he was only a fellow servant like John was, and then the
angel went on to say something very interesting when he said, “for the
testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
I am not sure exactly what all of this means, but I do believe that
prophecy has all to do with Jesus. In
Hal Lindsey’s book “There Is A New World Coming,” he makes this statement about
this section of verse ten, “The angel also reminded John that every aspect of
prophecy is ultimately a testimony about Jesus.
His Spirit permeates it.” Then he goes on to say, “Woe to the Christian
who minimizes or rejects prophecy in the light of this statement by the
angel! It’s the same as rejecting Christ
Himself.” I know some people today who
would certainly not agree with that statement, and will have nothing to do with
the prophetic word, and I think that is a huge mistake on their part.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: There
are a couple of things that speak to me from these verses. First of all I have to make sure that all of
my worship is directed to the Triune God.
Second I have learned that the Bible is a book of balance and whenever I
first trusted the Lord as my Savior the only thing that I would read were the
Bible and books on prophecy, which meant that I was out of balance and needed
to grow in the full knowledge of the Word of God to which I am trying to do
now.
The Word of God was convicting to my heart as I read it this
morning.
My Steps of Faith
Today: Continue to trust the Lord to
direct my paths concerning our investments with Andrew Lech, and also with the
possibility of getting a job with HRSG again and going to a different part of
the world.
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