2 Chronicles 20:12, “…we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.” I read this passage in 2 Chronicles a few days ago during my morning reading. It’s such a beautiful and invincible response to suffering…..To be able […]
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John 10:27, “My sheep hear my voice…” If we’ve heard the voice of our Shepherd calling our name in the love of Calvary, we are His sheep.
Joel 2:32, “…everyone who calls on the name of YHWH shall be saved.” Luke 23:42, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom…” Paradise opened to the thief when he called on the name of YHWH incarnate, Jesus Christ (whose name means “YHWH Saves”).
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Isaiah 5:25,”…His anger has not turned away…” Isaiah 9:12, “…His anger has not turned away…” Isaiah 9:17, “…His anger has not turned away…” Isaiah 9:21, “…His anger has not turned away…” Isaiah 10:4, “…His anger has not turned away…” Isaiah 12:1, “…your anger turned away, that you might comfort me.” Hallowed be His Name.
Hebrews 2:10, “…it was fitting that He, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.” The God-Man becomes Humanity’s perfect savior by sharing in and overcoming the fullness of humanity’s suffering–climactically so in His death on the cross.
Psalm 143:6, “I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land…” As water is to soil, so the living God is to the human soul. And we receive the water of His presence only by His Spirit and only in the person of the crucified and risen
Jonah 1:15, “So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging.” Christ is the True Jonah. He was thrown into the sea of God’s wrath on the cross, and with His dying breath, “the sea ceased from its raging” for all those who love and
Malachi 4:2, “…the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings.” Luke 1:78-79, “…the sunrise shall visit us from on high to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet in the way of peace.”
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Psalm 19, The word of Creation and the word of Scripture point to, are illuminated by, and are summed up in the Word Incarnate.
Isaiah 25:8, “He will swallow up death forever, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces.”
Luke 12:32,”Fear not little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”
Psalm 30:5,”Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.” Always and only true for the Christian…
Luke 2:11, “unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” This warrants great joy
Luke 2:10, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people.”
1 Corinthians 15:23 “Christ, the firstfruits…” The resurrection of Jesus enables, guarantees, and foreshadows His people’s
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Psalm 36:8, “They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.”
Isaiah 25: 7-8, “He will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples…He will swallow up death forever”
