Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Tues.’s Devo - The Final Judgment

Read: Genesis 5:1-7:24; Matthew 3:7-4:11; Psalm 3:1-8; Proverbs 1:10-19
Yesterday we read that when Seth had Enos that men began to call upon the name of the Lord. When Enoch had Methuselah he began to walk with God. Methuselah’s name means “after this, it will come”. Lamech was Methuselah’s son whose name means “the harvest was full and complete.” God was ready to judge the earth because of Genesis 6: 1-2. The fallen angels came down to earth and took wives of the woman of the earth. Their off-spring were a cross between supernatural evil and man. They had polluted God’s blood line. Noah had kept his generation pure so God was able to save the human race through him. The story of Noah is the picture of the final judgement. Noah was told to build an ark to save the righteous people and carry them through the judgment. As soon as Methuselah died, Noah and his family entered the ark because it was time for judgement. Enoch walked with God and God took him. Enoch is the picture of those who are raptured.
The story of the flood is also a picture of baptism. The whole earth was being baptized with God’s water. In Matthew, John was sent to baptize the ones who would be able to receive God’s gift of his son. Even Jesus was baptized to be an example to them of what they needed to do. He was to baptize them with more than just water. He was coming to baptize them with fire and the Holy Spirit. It isn’t enough to just know the Word of God. The Pharisee’s and the Sadducee’s were great students of the Word but they lack the revelation of the Holy Spirit. We have to have both of them. Then we will be able to stand when the devil tempts us just as Jesus knew which Word to use against the devil.
Lord, help us to walk in righteousness today and in your Spirit of truth.

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