DAY 359 Read Revelation 8 through 11.
Today's reading: After chapter 7 makes a pause in the opening of the seals, chapter 8 returns to the process. Then it immediately introduces a new sequence--the seven trumpets with another parenthetical element.
Memory gem: "When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory" (Matthew 25:31).
Thought for today:
Silence in heaven? Yes, silence in heaven!
This is the end of the sevenfold history of redemption, the completion of God's plan for men in the Christian dispensation. It is the end of the story, when God puts a period to history. It is the "divine event, to which the whole creation moves." It is the return of Jesus in power and great glory.
Heaven is emptied of its throng. The songs of many angels round about the throne are stilled, because the singers are not there. They are with Jesus on the gladdest mission of all their blessed ministry for the heirs of salvation.
When our Lord returns in His glory, He will have "all the holy angels with him" (Matthew 24:31). Not one will be left behind. Heaven will be emptied of its angel throng as they accompany Him to earth to gather together His elect. Earth's sky will be all aglow with radiant forms. Think of the music here--songs such as human ears have never heard since shepherds watched their flocks on the starlit hills of Judea! Heaven is silent, but earth is not. When the righteous return with Christ and the holy angels to the Father's home above, heaven will be no longer silent. At the coronation of the King the whole universe will rejoice in glorious song!
Friend, you and I may have a part in that song--the song of the redeemed as they praise the Lamb for His victory.
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Difficult or obscure words:
Revelation 9:11. "Abaddon"--a Hebrew word meaning "destruction."
Revelation 9:11. "Apollyon"--from a Greek word meaning "a destroyer."
Revelation 11:7. "Beast"--a different word from the "beasts" of Revelation 4:6. This wild beast symbolizes an anti-God power.
Today's reading: After chapter 7 makes a pause in the opening of the seals, chapter 8 returns to the process. Then it immediately introduces a new sequence--the seven trumpets with another parenthetical element.
Memory gem: "When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory" (Matthew 25:31).
Thought for today:
Silence in heaven? Yes, silence in heaven!
This is the end of the sevenfold history of redemption, the completion of God's plan for men in the Christian dispensation. It is the end of the story, when God puts a period to history. It is the "divine event, to which the whole creation moves." It is the return of Jesus in power and great glory.
Heaven is emptied of its throng. The songs of many angels round about the throne are stilled, because the singers are not there. They are with Jesus on the gladdest mission of all their blessed ministry for the heirs of salvation.
When our Lord returns in His glory, He will have "all the holy angels with him" (Matthew 24:31). Not one will be left behind. Heaven will be emptied of its angel throng as they accompany Him to earth to gather together His elect. Earth's sky will be all aglow with radiant forms. Think of the music here--songs such as human ears have never heard since shepherds watched their flocks on the starlit hills of Judea! Heaven is silent, but earth is not. When the righteous return with Christ and the holy angels to the Father's home above, heaven will be no longer silent. At the coronation of the King the whole universe will rejoice in glorious song!
Friend, you and I may have a part in that song--the song of the redeemed as they praise the Lamb for His victory.
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Difficult or obscure words:
Revelation 9:11. "Abaddon"--a Hebrew word meaning "destruction."
Revelation 9:11. "Apollyon"--from a Greek word meaning "a destroyer."
Revelation 11:7. "Beast"--a different word from the "beasts" of Revelation 4:6. This wild beast symbolizes an anti-God power.
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