SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 11/30/2005
My Worship Time Focus: No Temple
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Revelation 21:22-24
Message of the verse: “22 I
did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb
are its temple. 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to
shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its
lamp. 24
The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will
bring their splendour into it.
There are a
few things that are missing here in the New Jerusalem and also on the new earth
that were needed on the old one. In
verse 22 John reports that he did not see a temple in the city, and then tells
why, and that is because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its
temple. Moses was told to build the
Jewish Temple the way that he saw it on the mountain, and he did as he was
told. The articles in the temple have
much to do with the Person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ. This was needed to point the way to the coming
of the Lord Jesus Christ and how He would deal with the great problem of
sin. A few years after the death of
Christ the temple was destroyed and has never been built again up until now,
but it will be built, (I believe) two more times, once in the tribulation
period and once more in the 1000 year reign of Jesus Christ on this earth. I believe that the reason for the absence of
a temple in the New Jerusalem is that there will be no sin, and therefore no
need of a temple there. There will be no
need of a sun or a moon for the Lord God and the Lamb will be the light, and
there will be no more darkness because there will be no more night. Jesus said that He was the Light of the world
when He came the first time to planet earth, and now this light will be all
that is needed in the New Jerusalem.
I have
heard that the New Jerusalem will be suspended above the new earth and also
that it will be on the new earth, but in verse 24 John writes that the nations
will walk by the light of the New Jerusalem and that the kings of the earth
will bring their splendour into this new city, so I tend to believe that it
will be on the new earth.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: As I look at these verses I can see that God
has a plan for all of His children, and it is a wonderful plan, for included in
that plan is a place where sin will not be any where around to cause the large
problems that it now causes on this earth.
This life on the New Jerusalem will only be the beginning of eternity
for as the song says, “When we been there ten thousand years bright shining as
the sun, we’ve no less days to sing God’s praise than when we first
begun.” When I look at this sin cursed
world and the beauty of it, which is only a little bit like the beauty of it
when God first created it, and when I think of Romans 8:28 that tells me that
even in this sin cursed world God is in control to work out things together for
my good and for His glory, it gives great confidence to me that the New
Jerusalem will be so very wonderful that human words at this time cannot begin
to describe how great and wonderful it will be.
The fact that my Lord Jesus Christ will be there and sin won’t makes me
know that it will surely be perfect.
The Word of God was refreshment to my soul as I read it this
morning.
My Steps of Faith
Today: Continue to trust the promise
of Romans 8:28 as I go through this trial, knowing that God will indeed work
this out for my good and for His glory, and I can hardly wait to see how and
when He will do it.
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