Looking for His glorious appearing! Titus 2:13

Wherefore Should I Fear in the Days of Evil - Psalm 49:5
Jun 18th, 2020
Morning MeditationF. B. Meyer
Categories: Meditation;Inspirational;Book Study

Have I not God? At sundry times and in divers manners, He spake to, and succoured his saints. Will He not come to me, and cast around me the soft mantle of his protecting love? And if I love Him, do I need any beside?

"Who that one moment has the least descried Him,
Dimly and faintly, hidden and afar,
Doth not despise all excellence beside Him,
Pleasures and powers that are not, and that are?"

Did He not walk with Enoch, and then take him home, before the deluge came? Did He not shut Noah in, with his own hand, that there should be no jeopardy from the overflowing flood? Did He not assure Abram that He was his shield and exceeding great reward, quieting his fears against any possible combination of foes? Did He not preserve his servant Moses from the fury of Pharaoh and the murmurings of Israel?. Was not Elijah hidden in the secret of his pavilion from the wrath of Ahab? Did He not send his angel to shut the lions' mouths that they might not hurt Daniel? Were not the coals of the burning fiery furnace as sweet and soft as forest glades to the feet of the three young confessors? Has God ever forsaken those that trusted Him? Has He ever given them over to the will of their enemies?

Wherefore, then, should I fear in the day of evil? I may be standing on the deck, whilst the ship is beset by icebergs and jagged splintered rocks; the fog drapes everything, as the way slowly opens through this archipelago of peril: but God is at the helm - why should I fear? Days of evil to others cannot be so to me, for the presence of God transmutes the evil to good

Revelation 4:8 - 11 - Exploring Revelation
Jun 18th, 2020
Exploring RevelationArt Sadlier
Categories: Commentary;Prophecy;Book Study

Last week in Revelation 4:7, we were introduced to the four beasts or living ones who were around the throne. We learned that because thet were dwelling in the presence of Christ as Chreubim, they reflected the characteer of Christ, See Veerse :7.

The first duty of the Cherubim was to guard the Holiness of God. Note, in verse:8, we discover another occupation of the four living ones. "And they rest not day and night, saying Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is to come." Compare this with Isa. 6:1-3.

Notice that in Isaiah 6:, they are Seraphim who ascfibe Holiness and Authority to God, praising and glorifying God.

When we come to verse :10, it is as if the four living ones have given the signal. The 24 Elders (the church) join in the chorus of praise and adoration. What a picture of worship. We will worship this God who loved us and sent His Son to deliver us from Sin and Hell. We worship God the Son who left Heaven's Glory to come down to a rebellious sin-cursed world. The one who came all the way down to Calvary, all the way down to the Tomb.

Our occupation in this age here on earth is highlighted by our gathering around the Lord's Table, and to be together around the throne and sing His praises.

In verse :8, we see the Four Living Ones singing Holy, Holy, Holy. In verse :10 the Elders (The Church) fall down before the Throne and sing: "Thou art worthy O Lord." But, we will praise God for something else, vs.:11, "For Thou hast created all things."

We will not only worship the Father, we will praise the Savior and we will praise Him as the Creator. We will have a right perspective of God.

"And for thy pleasure they are, and were, created." Unregenerate man thinks he was created for his own pleasure. It is not until God is at the centre of our lives that we can truly worship Him.

"For Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor, and power." What a contrast in this Book of Revelation. The enemies of Christ on earth are raging against God, and Divine Judgment is about to be poured out on them. At the same time,the servants of God are in Heaven extolling and praising God as the blessings of God are about to be poured out on them.

Notice in verse :10 "The four and twenty Elders (the church) ----cast their crowns before the throne." It does not say whether they leave their crowns there or if (as I susect) this refers to an act whereby thety acknowledgethe one who enabled them to attain the crowns and then were instructed to keep the crowns.

Whatever the case, these reresentatives of believers during the Church Age are acknowlegeing that the rewards they have received are by the grace of God. This is an admission that the believers themselves merit nothing. Only those works which have been accomplished by Him and through Him will be rewarded.

When we really see God as He is, we will see ourselves as we really are.