RR Psalm 42:3(2) Part 3
(Early) Shabbat Shalom,
Psalm 41:3 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When will I come and appear before God?
We pick up today where we left off yesterday. This same verse anticipates “Judgment Day.” Daniel saw this day prophetically. Daniel 12:1 “At that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has never occurred since the beginning of the nation until then. But at that time your people—everyone who is found written in the book—will be delivered. 2 Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake—some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavenly expanse. And those who turn many to righteousness will be like the stars forever and ever.
Then, Yeshua tells a parable in Matthew 25, but it is only part parable. The rest is a stark reality, especially for those who adhere to the hyper-grace error. “There’s grace for that,” is their favorite answer to every challenge or call to righteousness. Well, let me tell you, “You can’t live like hell and expect to get to heaven.” And here is another word for those “Messianics” who believe that all there is to life is personal holiness. Matthew 25 stresses that kindness toward the poor counts as acts of righteousness.
Matthew 25:45 “Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Amen, I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.’ 46 These shall go off to everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting life.”
What’s that? “Not doing” will end in offense? Reality check, it’s God’s soteriology (look it up if you don’t already know) that counts. Earlier in Matthew 25, in the parable of the talents, we find a premium on faithfulness. Matthew 25:21 “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful with a little, so I’ll put you in charge of much. Enter into your master’s joy!’”
Self-check, are you walking in the joy of the Lord? If not, don’t end by telling God to “I’m not going to change,” we should always be willing to change. By no means have we exhausted this subject of judgment day, but we’re going to move on anyway. My intention here is only to bring you to a place of meditation by presenting a few verses of what the Scriptures have to say on this matter. I hope I’ve done that today. With blessing, my friends, Shalom shalom.
Daily Bread, reading plan by Lars Enarson (https://www.thewatchman.org/)
Fri26-Dec-20256th of Tevet, 5786
Ge 46:28-47:10 2 Sa 12Ps 84Lk 8:1-25(2 Co 7)
Psalm 41:3 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When will I come and appear before God?
We pick up today where we left off yesterday. This same verse anticipates “Judgment Day.” Daniel saw this day prophetically. Daniel 12:1 “At that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has never occurred since the beginning of the nation until then. But at that time your people—everyone who is found written in the book—will be delivered. 2 Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake—some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavenly expanse. And those who turn many to righteousness will be like the stars forever and ever.
Then, Yeshua tells a parable in Matthew 25, but it is only part parable. The rest is a stark reality, especially for those who adhere to the hyper-grace error. “There’s grace for that,” is their favorite answer to every challenge or call to righteousness. Well, let me tell you, “You can’t live like hell and expect to get to heaven.” And here is another word for those “Messianics” who believe that all there is to life is personal holiness. Matthew 25 stresses that kindness toward the poor counts as acts of righteousness.
Matthew 25:45 “Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Amen, I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.’ 46 These shall go off to everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting life.”
What’s that? “Not doing” will end in offense? Reality check, it’s God’s soteriology (look it up if you don’t already know) that counts. Earlier in Matthew 25, in the parable of the talents, we find a premium on faithfulness. Matthew 25:21 “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful with a little, so I’ll put you in charge of much. Enter into your master’s joy!’”
Self-check, are you walking in the joy of the Lord? If not, don’t end by telling God to “I’m not going to change,” we should always be willing to change. By no means have we exhausted this subject of judgment day, but we’re going to move on anyway. My intention here is only to bring you to a place of meditation by presenting a few verses of what the Scriptures have to say on this matter. I hope I’ve done that today. With blessing, my friends, Shalom shalom.
Daily Bread, reading plan by Lars Enarson (https://www.thewatchman.org/)
Fri26-Dec-20256th of Tevet, 5786
Ge 46:28-47:10 2 Sa 12Ps 84Lk 8:1-25(2 Co 7)
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