DAY 189 Read Isaiah 24 through 28
Today's reading: The book of Isaiah contains surprises all the way through. In the midst of solemn denunciations of sin and prophecies of doom for wickedness, one finds sublime promises for faithfulness.
Memory gem: "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee" (Isaiah 26:3).
Thought for today:
We ask the question, Is death the end of existence? For the answer, we turn to the Holy Scriptures, God's revelation to men, and the answer in a few words is this: There is death, but there is also resurrection. To the man whose hope is in Christ, there is life beyond the tomb--endless life (see Romans 6:23); 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18).
It is said that early Christians inscribed upon their tombs the Latin word resurgam, meaning "I shall rise again." There was certainty in their faith. They really believed something. They had no doubts about the future. And that was because they believed in the Bible and its divine prophecies of resurrection.
These prophecies are plain and clear, in the Old Testament as well as in the New. The resurrection prophecies are not surmises, wild guesses, or even hopes--they are revelations from God.
We find a great prophecy of the resurrection in Isaiah 26:19: "Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they rise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead."
Just now, accept Christ as your Lord and Saviour. Repent and be converted and obey the gospel, and you will be among the "blessed and holy" who will have part in the first resurrection. "On such the second death hath not power" (Revelation 20:6), for their lives will be "hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory" (Colossians 3:3, 4).
May this be your happy experience--and mine--so that, whether we wake or sleep, we may "live together with him" (1 Thessalonians 5:10).
Today's reading: The book of Isaiah contains surprises all the way through. In the midst of solemn denunciations of sin and prophecies of doom for wickedness, one finds sublime promises for faithfulness.
Memory gem: "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee" (Isaiah 26:3).
Thought for today:
We ask the question, Is death the end of existence? For the answer, we turn to the Holy Scriptures, God's revelation to men, and the answer in a few words is this: There is death, but there is also resurrection. To the man whose hope is in Christ, there is life beyond the tomb--endless life (see Romans 6:23); 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18).
It is said that early Christians inscribed upon their tombs the Latin word resurgam, meaning "I shall rise again." There was certainty in their faith. They really believed something. They had no doubts about the future. And that was because they believed in the Bible and its divine prophecies of resurrection.
These prophecies are plain and clear, in the Old Testament as well as in the New. The resurrection prophecies are not surmises, wild guesses, or even hopes--they are revelations from God.
We find a great prophecy of the resurrection in Isaiah 26:19: "Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they rise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead."
Just now, accept Christ as your Lord and Saviour. Repent and be converted and obey the gospel, and you will be among the "blessed and holy" who will have part in the first resurrection. "On such the second death hath not power" (Revelation 20:6), for their lives will be "hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory" (Colossians 3:3, 4).
May this be your happy experience--and mine--so that, whether we wake or sleep, we may "live together with him" (1 Thessalonians 5:10).
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