Read: Joshua 9:3-10:43; Luke 16:19-17:10; Psalm 83:1-18; Proverbs 13:4
Reading the stories of the battles in the promised land we can learn about spiritual warfare and how the devil works. The people of Gibeon knew they were doomed so they used deceit. Satan is the author of deceit. They tricked the Israelites into making a treaty with them. The most important line in today’s reading is, “but they did not consult the Lord.” Israel didn’t ask God before they made the treaty. They just used their own carnal reasoning. It made sense to them but if they had just asked God, who knows everything, He would have let them in on the truth. How often could we spare ourselves from bad decisions if we would just ask God first.
When they found out the truth, the only thing they could do was to make them their slaves. So the Gibeonites carried their water and cut their wood. Then when the Gibeonites were attacked by the Amorites, Israel had to come and help them since they had made a covenant with them. This actually worked to their advantage and God gave them a huge victory. God’s army fought from heaven. He threw down hail stones and killed more than the Israelites did. I would have loved to have seen that!
When the sun was setting, they were still fighting so Joshua asked for God to let the sun stop setting until they could finish, and it did.
Five of their enemies kings had hidden in a cave so Joshua commanded that they place a stone over the opening until he could come and kill them. In the meantime, they took all of their cities leaving no survivors just like God had instructed them to do.
In Luke, Jesus had just finished telling the parables about the rich manager and told one last one: A certain rich man enjoyed all his money and had no compassion on the poor. When he died he saw the error of his ways and asked if his brothers could be warned. Jesus explained that the law and the prophets have always been available and if someone died and rose from the grave and went to them, they still wouldn’t believe. He was pointing out the fact that their hearts were beyond believing. They had rejected the prophets in the past and now the Messiah was standing before them and they couldn’t believe him now nor when he would rise from the dead, so their was nothing more that could be done for them.
Lord, we repent of unbelief. We know that you have an answer and are the answer to everything on the earth and in heaven. We trust in you to come to our defense and save us.
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Monday, April 13, 2020
Mon.’s Devo - Wait on the Lord
Read: Joshua 7:16-9:2; Luke 16:1-18; Psalm 82:1-8; Proverbs 13:2-3
You can feel the intensity growing as God narrows down the clan, to the family, to the members, to Achan. He was smart to confess, even if it did cost him his life. He died for 200 silver coins, a bar of gold and a robe. If he had just waited, he would have gotten to keep all the plunder he wanted from the next towns. Jericho was the tithe - the first fruit that was to be given to the Lord. The rest of the towns and plunder was all theirs.
The temptation to get what we want before God’s timing has been man’s greatest temptation. All the temptations of Jesus were things that he would eventually get…just not yet. He had to go to the cross first. I wonder if the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden wasn’t there for them to eat at a later time, when they would be able to handle it. I don’t think that the tree was evil, they were just not mature enough to handle it yet. God’s timing is always best.
God gave them great strategy in taking Ai. All Joshua had to do was to hold out his spear. Moses held out a staff as his authority because he led them like a shepherd. Joshua held out a spear because it was now time to fight. Crossing the Jordan gives you authority and power to engage in spiritual warfare. Crossing the Jordan is a picture of being baptized into God’s Spirit. It is Jesus’ baptism. The Red Sea was John’s baptism.
In Luke, Jesus gave a parable about an unwise manager who wasted his master’s money. Jesus was using this parable to point to the Pharisees and religious leaders. They had been given the office of teaching the people about God and his laws but they had been foolish with God’s word and changed and added to it. There lives were a mockery of righteousness.
Instead, they should use their position to bless others and give, not extort and enslave. Our natural lives mirrors our spiritual. If we are generous with our natural possessions, time and energy, then we will be generous with our spiritual possessions, time and energy.
Jesus ended with the example of “putting away” a wife and taking another. They were “putting away” their first wife without the legal writ of divorcement and marrying a new wife thus causing anyone who married her to be committing adultery. This was pointing to what they were doing with the law. They had put away Moses’ law - their first wife, though they still claimed to be following it, and had written their own laws - their new wife - causing them to be committing spiritual adultery in their hearts.
Lord, help us to walk with you, our first love. Help us to wait on your timing for our blessings and promises to come true.
You can feel the intensity growing as God narrows down the clan, to the family, to the members, to Achan. He was smart to confess, even if it did cost him his life. He died for 200 silver coins, a bar of gold and a robe. If he had just waited, he would have gotten to keep all the plunder he wanted from the next towns. Jericho was the tithe - the first fruit that was to be given to the Lord. The rest of the towns and plunder was all theirs.
The temptation to get what we want before God’s timing has been man’s greatest temptation. All the temptations of Jesus were things that he would eventually get…just not yet. He had to go to the cross first. I wonder if the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden wasn’t there for them to eat at a later time, when they would be able to handle it. I don’t think that the tree was evil, they were just not mature enough to handle it yet. God’s timing is always best.
God gave them great strategy in taking Ai. All Joshua had to do was to hold out his spear. Moses held out a staff as his authority because he led them like a shepherd. Joshua held out a spear because it was now time to fight. Crossing the Jordan gives you authority and power to engage in spiritual warfare. Crossing the Jordan is a picture of being baptized into God’s Spirit. It is Jesus’ baptism. The Red Sea was John’s baptism.
In Luke, Jesus gave a parable about an unwise manager who wasted his master’s money. Jesus was using this parable to point to the Pharisees and religious leaders. They had been given the office of teaching the people about God and his laws but they had been foolish with God’s word and changed and added to it. There lives were a mockery of righteousness.
Instead, they should use their position to bless others and give, not extort and enslave. Our natural lives mirrors our spiritual. If we are generous with our natural possessions, time and energy, then we will be generous with our spiritual possessions, time and energy.
Jesus ended with the example of “putting away” a wife and taking another. They were “putting away” their first wife without the legal writ of divorcement and marrying a new wife thus causing anyone who married her to be committing adultery. This was pointing to what they were doing with the law. They had put away Moses’ law - their first wife, though they still claimed to be following it, and had written their own laws - their new wife - causing them to be committing spiritual adultery in their hearts.
Lord, help us to walk with you, our first love. Help us to wait on your timing for our blessings and promises to come true.
Sunday, April 12, 2020
Sun.’s Devo - Jericho
Read: Joshua 5:1-7:15; Luke 15:1-32; Psalm 81:1-16; Proverbs 13:1
The people of Canaan were paralyzed in fear of the Israelites but they were not ready to fight until they have made a blood sacrifice that costs them something. So Joshua had them circumcised in case any of them died in battle. He wanted them atoned for, to save their soul in the resurrection. On the third day after their circumcision, God said that today, he had rolled away the shame of their slavery in Egypt. On the third day the angels rolled away the stone and Jesus rose from the dead triumphantly rolling away our shame of sin forever.
They celebrated Passover to remember their great deliverance from Egypt and in preparation of their great success in Canaan.
The first town they were to take was Jericho. Joshua met the commander of the Lord’s army and he told them the strategy of taking the city. As they walked around the city seven times quietly, the army of God was doing something in another realm. I would have loved to see what they were doing but we only know that on the seventh day, when the priests blew the trumpets and the people shouted as loud as they could, the walls of Jericho collapsed.
They were to destroy everything except Rahab and her family and the things that weren’t silver, gold, bronze, or iron because they were sacred to God and were to be brought for the treasury.
Joshua cursed anyone who would try to rebuild the city. It would cost them the life of their firstborn when they laid the foundation and their youngest son when they set the gates. Many have tried to rebuild Jericho over the years and have seen that this curse is still alive.
Achan violated the instruction of God and brought an idol he has seen into his house and hid it. It was brought to light when they were defeated in the next town of Ai. When Joshua went to the Lord to ask why they were so badly defeated over such a little town. God told him it was because someone had sinned at Jericho. Joshua was to bring out a representative of each tribe and in the morning, He would show him who was guilt. God would punish that person and his whole family with fire. I bet Achan didn’t have a very sound sleep that night.
In Luke, the religious teachers and lawyers complained that Jesus ate and associated with sinners…instead of them. Jesus gave them three parables. The first was about one lost sheep out of a hundred. The next was about a woman who had ten coins and lost one. The other was about a man who had two sons and lost one. It didn’t matter the percentage, all were equally as important to the one who lost them. God had lost his people and Jesus was helping them to return to Him.
The Pharisees were just as lost, only they weren’t looking for a way back. They had no idea they were lost.
Lord, bring our nation back to you. Bring the world back to you. Help us to see the spiritual condition we are in and repent.
The people of Canaan were paralyzed in fear of the Israelites but they were not ready to fight until they have made a blood sacrifice that costs them something. So Joshua had them circumcised in case any of them died in battle. He wanted them atoned for, to save their soul in the resurrection. On the third day after their circumcision, God said that today, he had rolled away the shame of their slavery in Egypt. On the third day the angels rolled away the stone and Jesus rose from the dead triumphantly rolling away our shame of sin forever.
They celebrated Passover to remember their great deliverance from Egypt and in preparation of their great success in Canaan.
The first town they were to take was Jericho. Joshua met the commander of the Lord’s army and he told them the strategy of taking the city. As they walked around the city seven times quietly, the army of God was doing something in another realm. I would have loved to see what they were doing but we only know that on the seventh day, when the priests blew the trumpets and the people shouted as loud as they could, the walls of Jericho collapsed.
They were to destroy everything except Rahab and her family and the things that weren’t silver, gold, bronze, or iron because they were sacred to God and were to be brought for the treasury.
Joshua cursed anyone who would try to rebuild the city. It would cost them the life of their firstborn when they laid the foundation and their youngest son when they set the gates. Many have tried to rebuild Jericho over the years and have seen that this curse is still alive.
Achan violated the instruction of God and brought an idol he has seen into his house and hid it. It was brought to light when they were defeated in the next town of Ai. When Joshua went to the Lord to ask why they were so badly defeated over such a little town. God told him it was because someone had sinned at Jericho. Joshua was to bring out a representative of each tribe and in the morning, He would show him who was guilt. God would punish that person and his whole family with fire. I bet Achan didn’t have a very sound sleep that night.
In Luke, the religious teachers and lawyers complained that Jesus ate and associated with sinners…instead of them. Jesus gave them three parables. The first was about one lost sheep out of a hundred. The next was about a woman who had ten coins and lost one. The other was about a man who had two sons and lost one. It didn’t matter the percentage, all were equally as important to the one who lost them. God had lost his people and Jesus was helping them to return to Him.
The Pharisees were just as lost, only they weren’t looking for a way back. They had no idea they were lost.
Lord, bring our nation back to you. Bring the world back to you. Help us to see the spiritual condition we are in and repent.
Saturday, April 11, 2020
Sat.’s Devo - Prepare to Cross Over
Read: Joshua 3:1-4:24; Luke 14:7-35; Psalm 80:1-19; Proverbs 12:27-28
Joshua prepared the people for a miracle on the third day. He told them to get ready because God was going to do great wonders. This wonder was to be a reminder to them of how he was going to drive out the “ites” before them, The ark and the priest went first and as soon as the feet of the priest touched the water, the water flow was cut off upstream and the river stood up like a wall The ground was immediately dry and they walked across this. Of course, God did this when the river was teeming with water and overflowing its banks because that is always when God works - when it looks the most impossible.
The priests with the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan until everyone had passed them, then they walked to the other side. Then Joshua told the leaders of each tribe to go back to the middle where the ark was and pick up a stone from the middle and carry it and place it as a memorial to God forever of the day the Lord’s covenant crossed over to their new home. Joshua set up another 12 stones in the middle of the Jordan.
It says that the people hurried across making me think that they were a little afraid. But God had Joshua do all those things with the stones to show them that there was nothing to be afraid of. God would keep them safe until every jot and tittle of what he had commanded them to do had been done. We can be sure that everything God has appointed for us to do will be done and we will not die or be taken out until that day, if obeying God is our goal.
The priests could not move until Joshua gave the command and the moment the priests feet landed on the other side, the waters came crashing down to fill the Jordan.
They walked across this river on the 10th day of the 1st month making it the Day of Atonement. The Day of Atonement was when the High Priest would go into the Holy of Holies and take the incense from the altar of incense and put it on the ark making atonement for the whole nation.
God was making atonement for his nation bringing them through a baptism of his power. The crossing of the Red Sea was after Passover and on the day of Unleavened Bread as a shadow of the burial of Jesus. It was their baptism washing them of their sins. The crossing of the Jordan was also an atonement of their sins to prepare them for living in the promised land. This is a picture of the last Day of Atonement that will be a time when you must repent before Jesus comes back for the remnant that repented during the days of tribulation.
In Luke, Jesus told two parables about the wedding feast. The first one was to those who were honored to be invited but wanted to be honored also. They were advised to be humble and let God exalt them. This would be a parable for Christians who want to be respected for their good works instead of letting God determine if their good works were worthy of being praised. This one deals with pride.
The next parable deals with apathy. Many were invited, but they were so earthly bound they didn’t have time in their busy schedules to interest themselves in the things of God. So, since they couldn’t put God into their schedule, God sent his angels out to save the poor, unlikely, tattooed, crusty people who will drop everything to come in. We are seeing this very thing happen right now.
Lord, when we count the cost of what it means to follow you, we find that you are worth anything we could lose on this earth. Help us to be more heavenly minded than earthly. We are prepared for a miracle today!
Joshua prepared the people for a miracle on the third day. He told them to get ready because God was going to do great wonders. This wonder was to be a reminder to them of how he was going to drive out the “ites” before them, The ark and the priest went first and as soon as the feet of the priest touched the water, the water flow was cut off upstream and the river stood up like a wall The ground was immediately dry and they walked across this. Of course, God did this when the river was teeming with water and overflowing its banks because that is always when God works - when it looks the most impossible.
The priests with the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan until everyone had passed them, then they walked to the other side. Then Joshua told the leaders of each tribe to go back to the middle where the ark was and pick up a stone from the middle and carry it and place it as a memorial to God forever of the day the Lord’s covenant crossed over to their new home. Joshua set up another 12 stones in the middle of the Jordan.
It says that the people hurried across making me think that they were a little afraid. But God had Joshua do all those things with the stones to show them that there was nothing to be afraid of. God would keep them safe until every jot and tittle of what he had commanded them to do had been done. We can be sure that everything God has appointed for us to do will be done and we will not die or be taken out until that day, if obeying God is our goal.
The priests could not move until Joshua gave the command and the moment the priests feet landed on the other side, the waters came crashing down to fill the Jordan.
They walked across this river on the 10th day of the 1st month making it the Day of Atonement. The Day of Atonement was when the High Priest would go into the Holy of Holies and take the incense from the altar of incense and put it on the ark making atonement for the whole nation.
God was making atonement for his nation bringing them through a baptism of his power. The crossing of the Red Sea was after Passover and on the day of Unleavened Bread as a shadow of the burial of Jesus. It was their baptism washing them of their sins. The crossing of the Jordan was also an atonement of their sins to prepare them for living in the promised land. This is a picture of the last Day of Atonement that will be a time when you must repent before Jesus comes back for the remnant that repented during the days of tribulation.
In Luke, Jesus told two parables about the wedding feast. The first one was to those who were honored to be invited but wanted to be honored also. They were advised to be humble and let God exalt them. This would be a parable for Christians who want to be respected for their good works instead of letting God determine if their good works were worthy of being praised. This one deals with pride.
The next parable deals with apathy. Many were invited, but they were so earthly bound they didn’t have time in their busy schedules to interest themselves in the things of God. So, since they couldn’t put God into their schedule, God sent his angels out to save the poor, unlikely, tattooed, crusty people who will drop everything to come in. We are seeing this very thing happen right now.
Lord, when we count the cost of what it means to follow you, we find that you are worth anything we could lose on this earth. Help us to be more heavenly minded than earthly. We are prepared for a miracle today!
Friday, April 10, 2020
Fri.’s Devo - Be Courageous!
Read: Deuteronomy 34:1-Joshua 2:24; Luke 13:22-14:6; Psalm 79:1-13; Proverbs 12:26
Moses went up on Mt. Nebo to view the whole land that God had given them. Mt. Nebo means “his prophecy”. God said that there has never been another prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face. His prophecy has lived on for ever.
God buried him in a valley near Beth-peor which means “house of opening”. God was the only one at Moses funeral and he opened the earth to bury his body. I would have loved to see how God performed a funeral. I bet it was joyous!
Moses had laid hands on Joshua before he died and imparted the wisdom God had given him to Joshua. God promised Joshua that no one would be able to stand against him as long as he lived, because God was with him and would not fail him. He gave him two orders: don’t be afraid and don’t disobey the commandments, or do be courageous and do obey the commandments. God’s commands can be negative to us or positive.
Joshua responded with a hearty “amen” to both. I’m thinking that since only two of the 12 spies sent out last time came back with a good report, he only sent two to spy the land. He also sent them out secretly just in case he didn’t like their report. He probably didn’t want them to be able to put fear in the people’s heart because he knew what he was going to do no matter what.
The two spies stayed at Rahab’s house who hid them and gave them safety. Her kindness bought her salvation for herself and her whole household. She would end up marrying Salmon and having a son named Boaz who would marry Ruth and be in the lineage of Jesus.
The two spies came back with great news that everyone was terrified of them and they would be easy to take. They said, “The Lord has given us the whole land.” Joshua had sent the right two!
In Luke, Jesus refused to be afraid of what Herod might do to him. He knew his timeline and there was nothing that “fox” could do to out-smart God. Jesus would continue to heal and cast out demons until the day God appointed for him to die. He knew that he would die in Jerusalem because that was where all the prophets died that were killed by man.
Jesus was eating at the home of one of the leading Pharisees and there was a man there who had dropsy. Jesus looked at the lawyers and Pharisees and asked them if it was lawful to heal on the sabbath day. They refused to answer. He healed the man and told them that if one of their ox fell into a pit on the sabbath that they would pull him out, so this was not any different. But, they were too busy straining at the gnat and swallowing the camel to try to understand it.
Lord, help us not to be blinded to what you are doing. Don’t let our pride blind us to the fact that we need to repent and stay repentant. We pray that you would heal our nation and reset us to walk in all of your ways. Help us to be courageous.
Moses went up on Mt. Nebo to view the whole land that God had given them. Mt. Nebo means “his prophecy”. God said that there has never been another prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face. His prophecy has lived on for ever.
God buried him in a valley near Beth-peor which means “house of opening”. God was the only one at Moses funeral and he opened the earth to bury his body. I would have loved to see how God performed a funeral. I bet it was joyous!
Moses had laid hands on Joshua before he died and imparted the wisdom God had given him to Joshua. God promised Joshua that no one would be able to stand against him as long as he lived, because God was with him and would not fail him. He gave him two orders: don’t be afraid and don’t disobey the commandments, or do be courageous and do obey the commandments. God’s commands can be negative to us or positive.
Joshua responded with a hearty “amen” to both. I’m thinking that since only two of the 12 spies sent out last time came back with a good report, he only sent two to spy the land. He also sent them out secretly just in case he didn’t like their report. He probably didn’t want them to be able to put fear in the people’s heart because he knew what he was going to do no matter what.
The two spies stayed at Rahab’s house who hid them and gave them safety. Her kindness bought her salvation for herself and her whole household. She would end up marrying Salmon and having a son named Boaz who would marry Ruth and be in the lineage of Jesus.
The two spies came back with great news that everyone was terrified of them and they would be easy to take. They said, “The Lord has given us the whole land.” Joshua had sent the right two!
In Luke, Jesus refused to be afraid of what Herod might do to him. He knew his timeline and there was nothing that “fox” could do to out-smart God. Jesus would continue to heal and cast out demons until the day God appointed for him to die. He knew that he would die in Jerusalem because that was where all the prophets died that were killed by man.
Jesus was eating at the home of one of the leading Pharisees and there was a man there who had dropsy. Jesus looked at the lawyers and Pharisees and asked them if it was lawful to heal on the sabbath day. They refused to answer. He healed the man and told them that if one of their ox fell into a pit on the sabbath that they would pull him out, so this was not any different. But, they were too busy straining at the gnat and swallowing the camel to try to understand it.
Lord, help us not to be blinded to what you are doing. Don’t let our pride blind us to the fact that we need to repent and stay repentant. We pray that you would heal our nation and reset us to walk in all of your ways. Help us to be courageous.
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Thurs.’s Devo -The Blessings
Read: Deuteronomy 33:1-29; Luke 13;1-21; Psalm 78:65-72; Proverbs 12:25
After all of Moses reproofs and warnings, he finally gets to bless the tribes with God’s blessing. I would think that this was a joy for Moses to do.
He blessed Reuben with growth in their numbers and Judah with strength to defeat their enemies. Levi was blessed with faithfulness and obedience. Benjamin was blessed with God’s presence. Joseph was blessed with abundance and fruitfulness. Zebulun would prosper abroad and Issachar would prosper at home. Gad was blessed with leadership and Naphtali with favor. Asher was blessed with security and respect.
All of Israel was blessed with God’s protective shield and victory over their enemies.
In Luke, the people were trying to get Jesus to put a measure on sin, but Jesus refused. The worse sinner and the least sinner were all sinners that needed to repent. Jesus gave them the parable about the fig tree to show his patience to allow people to repent.
Jesus healed the woman who was bent over under a demonic spell. It just happened to be the Sabbath. I love what the Pharisees said. They told Jesus that there were six days that he could heal but just not on the Sabbath. That is pretty funny! Jesus healed on the Sabbath because on the 7th day, everyone will be healed. What was crooked will be made straight.
Then Jesus explained that the kingdom of God starts very small and grows. We can plant a little seed of hope or love in someone and it will grow. We can water a seed already planted and it will grow. The kingdom of God is advancing.
Lord, thank you that you choose the weak and make them strong. You choose the poor and make them rich in spirit. May your kingdom come. May we plant seeds of life and hope and not fear and destruction.
After all of Moses reproofs and warnings, he finally gets to bless the tribes with God’s blessing. I would think that this was a joy for Moses to do.
He blessed Reuben with growth in their numbers and Judah with strength to defeat their enemies. Levi was blessed with faithfulness and obedience. Benjamin was blessed with God’s presence. Joseph was blessed with abundance and fruitfulness. Zebulun would prosper abroad and Issachar would prosper at home. Gad was blessed with leadership and Naphtali with favor. Asher was blessed with security and respect.
All of Israel was blessed with God’s protective shield and victory over their enemies.
In Luke, the people were trying to get Jesus to put a measure on sin, but Jesus refused. The worse sinner and the least sinner were all sinners that needed to repent. Jesus gave them the parable about the fig tree to show his patience to allow people to repent.
Jesus healed the woman who was bent over under a demonic spell. It just happened to be the Sabbath. I love what the Pharisees said. They told Jesus that there were six days that he could heal but just not on the Sabbath. That is pretty funny! Jesus healed on the Sabbath because on the 7th day, everyone will be healed. What was crooked will be made straight.
Then Jesus explained that the kingdom of God starts very small and grows. We can plant a little seed of hope or love in someone and it will grow. We can water a seed already planted and it will grow. The kingdom of God is advancing.
Lord, thank you that you choose the weak and make them strong. You choose the poor and make them rich in spirit. May your kingdom come. May we plant seeds of life and hope and not fear and destruction.
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Wed.’s Devo - Life and Truth
Read: Deuteronomy 32:28-52; Luke 12:35-59; Psalm 78:56-64; Proverbs 12:24
We could put “America” in where it says “Israel”. I love the statement “the rock of our enemies is not like our Rock, as even they recognize.” God promises to pay back our enemy, Satan, and all his people he has deceived. Their day of disaster will come. When they look for their gods to help them which are: the government, their money, their position, their name, their drugs, etc. they will not be able to help them. God is the only god. God is our avenger of blood. He will fight for us and win.
When Moses finished his song, he told them that these were not just empty words but life and truth. That is what the Bible is! It is just as powerful and up to date today as it was when he gave it.
Aaron died on Mt. Hor. God told Moses to go up on Mt. Nebo to die. From that mountain he would be able to see the promised land, the land he had spent his life getting the people to. His failure to demonstrate God’s holiness was what kept him from entering in.
Mountains represent strong holds which can be evil or good. There are seven mountains that surround Jerusalem. There are seven mountains that we must take as God’s people: government, education, sports, entertainment, religion, health and the economy. We have got to take these mountains for the glory of God so that his kingdom can be established on earth as it is in heaven.
In Luke, Jesus was addressing those who did not go in the rapture. He said in verse 35: “be dressed…as though you were waiting for your master to return FROM the wedding feast.” So, the wedding feast has happened and the bride has been married to her husband. That happens at Feast of Trumpets - Tishri one. Jesus will come back as we read today on the Feast of Trumpets which is 15 days later. He will not come to us as the thief. We WILL know when he is coming for his bride. Those left will not know when he is coming for them. No one knows that day, even the son. God alone knows that day. That is his day - the Day of the Lord. The rapture is the Day of Christ.
Those that have come to faith during the tribulation will be God’s servants who are responsible for helping others. They will be judged or rewarded for how they do that. The Proverbs of today fits well with this.
Lord, may we be diligent to spread the light you have given us in our day.
We could put “America” in where it says “Israel”. I love the statement “the rock of our enemies is not like our Rock, as even they recognize.” God promises to pay back our enemy, Satan, and all his people he has deceived. Their day of disaster will come. When they look for their gods to help them which are: the government, their money, their position, their name, their drugs, etc. they will not be able to help them. God is the only god. God is our avenger of blood. He will fight for us and win.
When Moses finished his song, he told them that these were not just empty words but life and truth. That is what the Bible is! It is just as powerful and up to date today as it was when he gave it.
Aaron died on Mt. Hor. God told Moses to go up on Mt. Nebo to die. From that mountain he would be able to see the promised land, the land he had spent his life getting the people to. His failure to demonstrate God’s holiness was what kept him from entering in.
Mountains represent strong holds which can be evil or good. There are seven mountains that surround Jerusalem. There are seven mountains that we must take as God’s people: government, education, sports, entertainment, religion, health and the economy. We have got to take these mountains for the glory of God so that his kingdom can be established on earth as it is in heaven.
In Luke, Jesus was addressing those who did not go in the rapture. He said in verse 35: “be dressed…as though you were waiting for your master to return FROM the wedding feast.” So, the wedding feast has happened and the bride has been married to her husband. That happens at Feast of Trumpets - Tishri one. Jesus will come back as we read today on the Feast of Trumpets which is 15 days later. He will not come to us as the thief. We WILL know when he is coming for his bride. Those left will not know when he is coming for them. No one knows that day, even the son. God alone knows that day. That is his day - the Day of the Lord. The rapture is the Day of Christ.
Those that have come to faith during the tribulation will be God’s servants who are responsible for helping others. They will be judged or rewarded for how they do that. The Proverbs of today fits well with this.
Lord, may we be diligent to spread the light you have given us in our day.
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