Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, (1Peter 1:18-20)
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him (the anti-Christ), whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. (Revelation 13:8)
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. (John 17:5)
EASTER IS THE PEAK OF A "PROPHETIC MOUNTAIN" and rests upon its broader base. Every mountain has a broader base upon which its peak rests. Easter is the tallest peak of the tallest mountain in the Bible: the mountain of prophetic promise. It is where everything came to a head and was finished. God’s plan of redemption was finished as He promised to do. And He will finish the same in each of us: Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: (Phlippians 1:6)
EASTER TOOK PLACE ON A LITERAL, GEOGRAPHICAL MOUNTAIN: Mount Moriah, where Abraham built an altar to offer his only son as a sacrifice in obedience to God’s command. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. (Genesis 22:2)
IT IS WHERE SOLOMON BUILT THE TEMPLE in obedience to God. And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. 2Kings 21:4) See also: Exodus 20:24; Deuteronomy 12:5; 2Samuel 7:13; 1Kings 8:29, 1Kings 9:3; Psalm 78:68-69, Psalm 132:13-14
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. (2Chronicles 3:1)
MOUNT MORIAH IS IN CONTRAST TO MOUNT SINAI/HOREB in the wilderness where God came down and gave His law to Moses written in stone by the finger of God. And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. (Exodus 31:18)
MOUNT SINAI (also called Mount Horeb) is where God met with Israel in perfect holiness, above them and quite removed from them because of their sinful and defiant nature and their reluctance to obey God. It was the mountain of the holiness of God and the death of man. It had been going on since the day of Adam: Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (Romans 5:12)
MOUNT CALVARY/MOUNT MORIAH is where God, Himself, paid the price of death for the sins of the world and thus made peace with anyone who will come to Him in true repentance acceptance of Christ as Savior and Lord. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom 6:23)
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (Romans 10:9-10)
THERE IS COMING A NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH: And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. (Revelation 21:1-3)
PETER SAID: Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. (2Peter 3:13)
THE PICTURE FOR TODAY shows things leading up to Easter. The first thing leading up to Easter was: …before the foundation of the world (not pictured).
Then came the fulness of time when God sent His Son: But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. (Galatians 4:4-5)
Read Through the Bible in a Year
APRIL 2, 2019 – TUESDAY
A.M. Judges 8-9 P.M. Luke: 8:22-56
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A Great Memory Verse:
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. (Romans 8:11)
Song for Today:
Let Me See the World… (4:09) – (Calvary Choir.So.Pi.NC)
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Health Tip:
Drinking Water. I was having a series of weekly, four-hour, IV EDTA treatments to clean out my arteries. My kidneys were 60% blocked. Dr. Rozema was coaching me as well as treating me. I complained that I was having to get up at night for nothing. He said: “When your bladder wakes you up to go to the bathroom and you produce only a spoon full, you’re not drinking enough water. Your urine is so concentrated that it’s burning your bladder and urethra.”
I HAD QUIT DRINKING WATER water at late afternoon so I wouldn’t be getting up for a bathroom break. Not good. He said: “Before going to bed, you need to drink enough water to prevent your urine from concentrating. If you drink enough water to get up, it won’t take long, and it won’t burn you.” It cost me a hundred dollars to learn that. I saved money by not having to learn it twice. Every time I don’t have to learn that again, I make a hundred dollars. That’s the way it works. Ω