Those
who have believed
What a great comfort it is to know that
you are a member of the most exclusive family in the universe. This
is the TRUE First Family.
Referring to those who have believed,
Jesus boldly proclaims:
"They
will be Mine," says the LORD of hosts, "on the day that I
prepare My own possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his
own son who serves him."
In
prayer to our Father, the Lord Jesus opens His heart speaking of
those whom God called and drew to salvation in Christ:
"I
have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the
world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept
Your word. "I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of
the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours;
and all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I
have been glorified in them.
"Father,
I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I
am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You
loved Me before the foundation of the world. "If I go and
prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself,
that where I am, there you may be also.
Paul
speaks of that beautiful hour when a trumpet will herald the rapture
and first resurrection of the dead in Christ:
When
He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be
marveled at among all who have believed--for our testimony to you was
believed. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together
with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall
always be with the Lord.
You
will also be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, And a royal
diadem in the hand of your God.
How wonderful is this?
(Mal
3:17) (Joh 17:6, 9-10) (Joh 14:3) (2Th 1:10) (1Th 4:17) (Isa 62:3)
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HAVE
YOU READ YOUR BIBLE TODAY?
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