Psalm 30:5, For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes in the morning. Psalm 30:11, You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness… Divine anger, weeping, night, […]
Psalm 30:5, “Weeping may last for the night…” As we arrive at the last day of 2019, I wanted to share a pair of images derived from Psalm 30:5….Today is the first, tomorrow I’ll share part 2. All of our nights of weeping are imaged by and experienced in the Night of our Lord on
Ezekiel 37:27, “My dwelling place shall be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” In Ezekiel 1, we find an overwhelming vision of the cosmic Chariot-Throne of God. YHWH Himself rides on a throne of light above a firmament of crystal, supported on the wings of four
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24, “Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; He will surely do it.” The Passage Explained: Paul’s words here echo his earlier call to
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Proverbs 9:10, “The fear of YHWH is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.” The knowledge (intimate, personal knowledge—same word used for the way a husband and wife “know” one another in marital union) the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. By saying that knowledge of the Holy
Proverbs 8:23, “Ages ago I was set up [or, “poured out”], at the first, before the beginning of the earth.” The word that the ESV translates as “set up” in verse 23 is used 26 times in the Old Testament and 23 of those times, it has to do with the outpouring of an offering.
Colossians 1:20, “…and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.” The same all things that were created in and through Christ as their source and ground, the same all things that exist for Christ as their telos (Col.1:16), and the
Psalm 104:24, “O YHWH, how manifold are your works, in wisdom you have made them all…” 1 Corinthians 1:23-24, “Christ crucified…[is] the wisdom of God.” The wisdom of God IS Christ crucified. Archetypical wisdom is not merely God the Son abstracted from the man Jesus Christ, rather it is God the Son proclaimed as
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This one is based on the Creation account, especially the creation of humanity in Genesis 1:26-27. God, who eternally enjoys the fellowship of Himself within Himself through the reciprocal love of Father and Son in the Spirit, now creates a universe through which He will externally communicate the excellence of His own internal life. All
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Hebrews 9:24, “For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear before God on our behalf.”
Isaiah 6:3, “Holy, Holy, Holy is YHWH of hosts, the whole earth is full of His glory.” All creation bears witness to the beauty of who God is, and to those for whom the veil is removed, this is the beauty of the Son. I was recently listening to a class by Dr.
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1 Corinthians 15:3-4, “I delivered to you as of FIRST IMPORTANCE what I also received: that Christ died for our sins…that He was buried, [and] that He was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures…” The Person and Work of Christ is the Sun of our theological solar system.
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Colossians 1:19-20, “For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things…making peace by the blood of His cross.” As with the first Creation, so with the New Creation: Dissonance is turned to Harmony by the Word.
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Hebrews 1:8, 10, “But of the Son He says…”You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands.” May the glories of the night sky always remind us that the hands of the Star-Kindler were pierced because of our sins and because of His
Matthew 28:18-19, “ALL authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations…” The universal authority of the Crucified and Risen Lord Jesus Christ is the ground of missions and to see hearts and minds joyfully submitted to His Sovereign Beauty is the goal.
Colossians 1:19, “For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether in earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of His cross.” The death and resurrection of the God-Man is the note that harmonizes all of reality to the
Psalm 138:2, “I…give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.” Because of His steadfast love and faithfulness, YHWH exalts His Name and His Word above all else–and this exaltation climaxes in the crucified and risen Christ.
Isaiah 8:12-14, “..do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread. But YHWH of hosts, Him you shall honor as holy. Let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread. And He will become a sanctuary…” When fear of running FROM God drives us TO God in reverential awe, we will
Psalm 103:10-11,”He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. FOR as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His steadfast love toward those who fear Him.”
Colossians 1:16, “…all things were created through Him and for Him.” Jesus Christ is the goal of created reality
