SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 1/28/2017 12:22 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-1 The Plan of Reconciliation
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Colossians
1:20-21
Message of the verses: “20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven. 21 And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds,” “20 Not only that, but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe—people and things, animals and atoms—get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of his death, his blood that poured down from the Cross. 21 You yourselves are a case study of what he does. At one time you all had your backs turned to God, thinking rebellious thoughts of him, giving him trouble every chance you got (Message).”
This section will take us a few Spiritual Diaries to look at. I used the Message paraphrased Bible to help us understand what these verses mean, and so we can see from these verses that God’s ultimate plan for the universe is to reconcile all things to Himself through the Lord Jesus Christ. As we go back to the first chapter of Genesis we see that after God had created everything in six days, and on the sixth day He created man He said that after He saw what He created, what He had made, He said “and behold, it is very good (Gen. 1:31).” Now the problem is that shortly after that sin entered as man fell and disobeyed God resulting in God cursing the earth and also the entire universe along with mankind passing on this Adamic nature through the male to everyone who is born, thus causing the mess that we see in the world today. Romans chapter eight tells us more “19 For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now (Romans 8:19-22).”
We now live in a cursed world headed up by Satan as he is
both “the god of this world’ (2 Cor. 4:4), and “the prince of the power of the
air” (Ephesians 2:2). MacArthur adds
“The devastating effects of the curse and satanic influence will reach a
terrifying climax in the events of the Tribulation. Some of the various bowl, trumpet, and seal
judgments are demonic, others represent natural phenomena gong wild as God lets
loose His wrath. At the culmination of that
time of destruction and chaos, Christ returns and sets up His kingdom. During His millennial reign, the effects of
the curse will begin to be reversed. The
Bible gives us a glimpse of what the restored creation will be like.”
Here are some of those dramatic changes that will take
place in the animal world as seen in Isaiah 11:6-9 and Isaiah 65:25.
“6 And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, And the leopard will lie down with the young goat, And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little boy will lead them. 7 Also the cow and the bear will graze, Their young will lie down together, And the lion will eat straw like the ox. 8 The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra, And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den. 9 They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD As the waters cover the sea.
“25 “The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain," says the LORD.”
Isaiah 24:23; 30:26; and
60:19-20 shows us more changes, and this time in the solar system.
23 Then the moon will be abashed and the sun ashamed, For the LORD of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, And His glory will be before His elders.
“26 The light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, on the day the LORD binds up the fracture of His people and heals the bruise He has inflicted.
“19 "No longer will you have the sun for light by day, Nor for brightness will the moon give you light; But you will have the LORD for an everlasting light, And your God for your glory. 20 “Your sun will no longer set, Nor will your moon wane; For you will have the LORD for an everlasting light, And the days of your mourning will be over.”
1/28/2017 12:45 AM
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