Fri.’s Devo - The Future Glory

Read: Numbers 8:1-9:23; Mark 13:14-37; Psalm 50:1-23; Proverbs 10:29-30 God told Moses to tell Aaron when he set up the lamp stand to make the light shine forward. The lamp stand was a picture of the revelation of God and it is always looking forward into the future. It is Satan that wants you to look at your past. God is wanting you to look toward your future. *** The Levites were to be set apart in a ceremony because they now stood as a substitute for the first born, and they belonged to the Lord. Jesus became our substitute for all mankind. His death brought in a kingdom of priests. These Levites served the priests so that no plague would strike them. *** The Israelites had their first Passover in Egypt and were to celebrate it every year on that same date: Nissan 14. If they were unable to celebrate it then, they could do it the same day on the next month. They would eat the Passover lamb at twilight along with bitter greens and unleavened bread. None of it was to be left till the next morning and they must not break any of its bones. It was to be a representative of Jesus, God’s Passover Lamb. Those who chose not to celebrate it would suffer the consequences of their guilt. *** The day the Tabernacle was set up the cloud of God’s presence covered it. When it lifted, they broke camp and followed it. Sometimes it stayed only a night and sometimes it stayed for a month or a year. *** They lived very temporarily, never being able to know if they could settle down or not. This is how we are to live today, ready to move whenever God says to move. *** In Mark, Jesus warned them of the day Antiochus Epiphanes would come through Jerusalem and sacrifice an abomination in their Temple. He warned them when this happened to run for the hills, it would not be safe for them in Jerusalem. They should pray it didn’t happen in the winter. He told them it would be a time of greater anguish than the world had yet seen. God would shorten the days for his chosen ones so they would have survivors. *** False Messiahs would appear offering a solution but they were not to follow them. They would even do miracles to deceive. People would be looking for a savior, but they were not to be fooled by them. *** There would be signs in the heavens to show the Son of Man coming in the sky. We saw this happen in the sky in the constellations a few years ago. The angels will gather God’s chosen from all over the world to Him. We know that his return is very near. This generation will not pass before we see all these things take place. Only God knows the day and hour he will return. The gate keepers, the prophets, are to be watching and warning. Everyone is to be watching. *** Lord, may we be watching and ready for your return. May we be occupied doing your will.