SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 9/24/2014 2:18 PM
My Worship Time Focus: Introduction
to The Vengeance of the Lord Jesus
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: 2 Thess.
1:6-10
Message of the
verses: “6 For after all it is only just for God to
repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to give relief to you who
are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty
angels in flaming fire, 8 dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the
gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 These
will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the
glory of His power, 10 when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day,
and to be marveled at among all who have believed-for our testimony to you was
believed.”
We will only begin to look at the introduction to these
verses, and I don’t know how long it will take to do that.
One more thing and that is how these verses seem to intertwine
with the memory verses that I have been working on from Colossians 3:1-11. Now what we will be looking at in this
section is the wrath of God, and that is not a good thing to come under if you
do not know the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
We know from Scripture that at this time the Lord Jesus
Christ is in heaven at the right hand of God, and according to the book of
Hebrews is our High Priest, and He intercedes for us to the Father, for Satan
is the accuser of the brethren, and then the Lord will tell His Father when
this happens that He has already died for the sins of who Satan is
accusing. Now there will be a day when
the Lord Jesus Christ returns to planet earth, and life like is now lived on planet
earth will be completely different when this happens, for Jesus Christ will
reign from Jerusalem for 1000 years.
I want at this time to include a fairly long quote that
is actually quoted from the John MacArthur Study Bible in his commentary on the
book of 2 Thessalonians. With this quote
we will conclude this portion of this SD.
“This
crucial component of Scripture brings the whole story to it God ordained
consummation. Redemptive history is
controlled by God, so as to culminate in His eternal glory. Redemptive history will end with the same
precision and exactness with which it began.
The truths of eschatology are neither vague nor unclear—nor are they
unimportant. As in any book, how the
story ends is the most crucial and compelling part—so with the Bible. Scripture notes several very specific
features of the end planned by God.
“In the
OT, there is repeated mention of an early kingdom ruled by the Messiah, Lord
Savior, who will come to reign.
Associated with the kingdom will be the salvation of Israel, the
salvation of Gentiles, the renewal of the earth from the effects of the curse,
and the bodily resurrection of God’s people who have died. Finally the OT predicts that there will be
the ‘uncreation’ or dissolution of the universe, and the creation of a new
heaven and new earth—which will be the eternal state of the godly—and a final
hell for the ungodly.
“In the
NT, these features are clarified and expanded.
The King was rejected and executed, but He promised to come back in
glory, bringing judgment, resurrection, and His kingdom for all who
believe. Innumerable Gentiles from every
nation will be included among the redeemed.
Israel will be saved and grafted back into the root of blessing from
which she has been temporarily excised.
“Israel’s
promised kingdom will be enjoyed, with the Lord Savior reigning on the throne,
in the renewed earth, exercising power over the whole world, having taken back
His rightful authority, and receiving due honor and worship. Following that
kingdom will come the dissolution of the renewed, but still sin-stained
creation, and the subsequent creation of a new heaven and a new earth—which
will be the eternal state, separate from the ungodly in hell. (John MacArthur, The MacArthur Study Bible [Nashville:
Word, 1997], x).”
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: I get excited
when different Scripture comes together like what I am in the (slow) process of
putting to memory and what I am studying in my devotions as is the case
today.
My Steps of Faith for Today: I trust that the Lord will show me all He
wants me to learn from these verses of study, and including my memory verses.
Memory verses for the
week: Colossians 3:1-9.
1 Therefore if you have
been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is,
seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set
your mind on the things above, not on the things on earth. 3 For you have died and your life is hidden
with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who
is our life, is revealed,
then you also will be revealed with Him in glory. 5 Therefore consider the members of your
earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed,
which amounts to idolatry. 6 For it is
because of these things that the wrath of God has come upon the sons of
disobedience; 7 and in them you once walked, when you were living in them. 8 But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive
speech from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to
one another, since you have laid aside the old self with its evil practice,
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
question: “Eleven” (Genesis 37:9).
Today’s Bible
question: “What will also be where your
treasure is?”
Answer in our next SD.
9/24/2014 2:59 PM
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