Tag: Glory
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The Best Is Still Ahead – Genesis 48:18-19
Genesis 48:18-19 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother…
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Safe at Last – Revelation 21:17-18
Revelation 21:17, 18And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. And the building of the wall of it was of jasper……and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. The angel measures the wall of the city,…
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Everything Wrong Gone Forever – Revelation 21:4-5
Revelation 21:4-5 …for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. There is a wonderful finality in that phrase, “the former things are passed away.” Not improved. Not managed. Not slowly…
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The Hand That Ends All Sorrow – Revelation 21:4
Revelation 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. There is something deeply personal in this verse. John does not merely say that tears disappear. He says…
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Crowned Above Every Camp – Revelation 19:12
Revelation 19:12 …and on his head were many crowns… and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. John sees Jesus wearing many crowns. Not one crown only, but many. He is not the King of one tribe, one stream, one label, or one little corner of the church world. He…
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After the Smoke, the Light – Revelation 10:1-3
Revelation 10:1-3 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven… …clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot…
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Kept All the Way Home – Jude 24-25
Jude 24-25 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. What a way to end this little letter. Jude…
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Grace Is Not Step One – 2 Peter 3:18
2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. Peter ends his letter in a beautiful way. After warnings about false teachers, reminders about the last days, and exhortations to stay steady, he does not close…
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More Sure Than the Mountain – 2 Peter 1:17 to 18
2 Peter 1:17 to 18 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.…
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Pain That Turns to Glory – 1 Peter 4:13-14
1 Peter 4:13-14 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is…
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When Grace Turns to Praise — 1 Timothy 1:17
1 Timothy 1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. Paul cannot talk about mercy for long without lifting his eyes. He has just remembered who he used to be. A blasphemer. A persecutor. A violent man convinced he was right. Then…
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Chosen and Called — 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14
2 Thessalonians 2:13–14 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord…