Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!” […]
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Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. – Psalm 139:16 Psalm 139:16 tells us that every day of our lives was authored by God before even one of them came to
“He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.” – Genesis 3:24
“When the servant of the man of God rose early in the morning and went out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was all around the city. And the servant said, ‘Alas, my master! What shall we do?’ He said, ‘Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those
“To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.” – Jude 24-25 God alone, in Christ
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who by God’s power
Micah 7:18-20, “Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of His inheritance? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in steadfast love. He will again have compassion on us; He will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” – 2 Corinthians 5:17
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” fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” – Isaiah 41:10
Hebrews 13:20, “…God…brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant….” What’s always struck me as interesting about this text is the way this “eternal covenant” seems to be instrumental in the resurrection of Christ. What is this “eternal covenant?” I think
John 16:33, “I have said these things to you so that in me you may have peace; in the world you will have tribulation, but take heart, I have overcome the world.” The wounds of the risen Christ are the everlasting proof of opposition to God overcome and an invincible haven of peace amidst
1 Timothy 1:1, “…Christ Jesus our hope.” Hope is not a vague sense that things will be ok, it is not an exercise in optimistic thinking, it is not a choice to look on the bright side….Hope is the PERSON who has invaded our hopelessness, swallowed it into Himself on the cross, and
Ephesians 1:19-20, 2:6, “[that you might know] the immeasurable greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His great might that He worked in Christ when He raised (ἐγείρας) Him from the dead and seated (καθίσας) Him at His right hand.” “[God] raised us up with Him (συνήγειρεν) and
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Isaiah 11:6,9, “The wolf shall lie down with the lamb….They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of YHWH as the waters cover the sea.” A few thoughts…. First, the Branch is, of course, Jesus Christ (Rev.5:5). He is the Shoot
