IMMANUEL.......GOD
WITH US.
(Mat
1:23)
Lord God, we gather here in cyberspace
to be filled with the Holy Spirit as we wash ourselves in the Word of
our Creator. Show us Lord, Grow us Lord into that which You will
find pleasing to Your will and purpose, Amen.
The opening scripture in the title was
recorded in the book of Matthew. It's origin, however, is found in
Isaiah chapter seven, verse 14. It reads:
"Therefore
the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with
child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.
This
prophetic statement comes 730 years before the birth of our Lord
Christ (Immanuel). These biblical pockets of prediction or prophesy
extend all the way back to the book of Genesis, and re-enforces the
will of Almighty God to provide a way for us to escape the mandatory
death sentence because of the sin infected in all mankind's seed from
Adam. Christ would be that propitiation [consistent
with the character of God to pardon and bless the sinner.]
(Joh
1:14) And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His
glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace
and truth. (Heb 1:1-2) God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers
in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last
days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all
things, through whom also He made the world.
Here
again, we read and validate that Christ Jesus was with God BEFORE the
world was created. We return to the book of John:
(Joh
1:1-4) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and
the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came
into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being
that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the
Light of men.
The
great mystery of all time is revealed in it's simplicity that has
confounded the human mind for thousands of years. It unravels verse
by verse in the pages of the greatest written document of all time;
the most wondrous literary work in human history, THE HOLY BIBLE.
Our
Father who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thine name, Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven; Thank-you O God for
giving us this written work, this miracle of Your very will and Word.
In it's pages are the keys to Your character, Your power, Your mercy
and most of all, Lord, Your Love. How very blessed are we who
believe and obey, In Christ, Amen.
HAVE
YOU READ YOUR BIBLE TODAY?
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