Tag: resurrection
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Light in the Dwellings – Exodus 10:23
Exodus 10:23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days… but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. What a striking contrast. Egypt sat in a darkness so thick that no one could see another person, and no one even moved from his place for three…
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From Glory to a Coffin – Genesis 50:26
Genesis 50:26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. That is a remarkable way to end the book of Genesis. The book that opens with creation closes with a coffin. The book that begins with life ends with death.…
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The Danger of Forgetting – Genesis 40:20-21
Genesis 40:20-21 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup…
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When Jacob Could Not See It – Genesis 37:33-35
Genesis 37:33-35 And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him;…
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The Coat and the Cover Up – Genesis 37:30-32
Genesis 37:30-32 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go? And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said,…
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The Son of Sorrow, the Son of the Right Hand – Genesis 35:16-18
Genesis 35:16-18“And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. And it came to pass,…
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Come Back to Bethel – Resurrection Message from Genesis 35:2-4
Genesis 35:2-4Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of…
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The Son Returns on the Third Day – Genesis 22:19
Genesis 22:19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. This is a brief verse, but it carries a quiet weight. Abraham comes back down the mountain and returns to the young men. The journey continues. They rise up and head back…
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The Son Set Free – Genesis 22:19
Genesis 22:19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. This is one of those quiet verses that says more than it first appears to say. Abraham comes back down the mountain to the young men. The journey resumes. Life moves on.…
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We Will Come Again – Genesis 22:5
Genesis 22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. There is a quiet confidence in what Abraham says here that is easy to miss if you read it too quickly. He tells the young…
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Resting on Resurrection – Genesis 8:2-4
Genesis 8:2-4 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the…
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Named for Mortality – Genesis 5:6-8
Genesis 5:6-8 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. There is something sobering here. Seth, whose name speaks of…
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The Guarded Way and the Open Way – Genesis 3:24
Genesis 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. Genesis 3 closes with a guarded way. Man is outside. The garden is shut. Cherubim stand watch. The…
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Driven Out in Mercy – Genesis 3:22-23
Genesis 3:22-23 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden,…
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Life on the Third Day – Genesis 1:9-13
Genesis 1:9-13 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let…
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Where Everything Starts – Genesis 1:1
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. There is something refreshing about the way the Bible opens. No nervous explanation. No apology. No long attempt to win over the skeptic before it says what it wants to say. It just opens the door and lets the truth stand there. In…
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Still Fresh Forever – Revelation 22:2
Revelation 22:2In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. John now sees something man lost in Genesis…
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Blessed Beyond Everything Else – Revelation 20:6
Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. There is a word here that ought to steady the soul of every believer. Blessed.…
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Thrones, Rewards, and the First Resurrection – Revelation 20:4-5
Revelation 20:4-5 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them… and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their…
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Crushed, Yet Rich – Revelation 2:8-9
Revelation 2:8, 9 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich)… and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but…
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Kept Before the Battle – Jude 1:1-2
Jude 1:1-2 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. Right away, Jude says something worth noticing. He does not introduce himself as the brother of Jesus. He…
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Under the Water, Under His Authority – 1 Peter 3:21-22
1 Peter 3:21-22 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and…
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A Hope That Stays Alive – 1 Peter 1:3-4
1 Peter 1:3-4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Peter goes straight…
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Faith That Wins Without Escaping – Hebrews 11:35–38
Hebrews 11:35–38 …and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted,…
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Once a Year — Hebrews 9:7
Hebrews 9:7 But into the second went the high priest alone once every year… Behind the veil was the Holy of Holies—the most sacred place in the entire tabernacle. No one went in there. Not the priests. Not the Levites. Not the people. Only one man could enter, and he could do so only once a…
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Remember Jesus — 2 Timothy 2:8
2 Timothy 2:8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel. After speaking about soldiers, athletes, farmers, and meditation, Paul brings Timothy back to the center of everything. Remember Jesus Christ. Ministry can become busy. Theology can become complicated. A person can spend so much…
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The Shout and the Trump – 1 Thessalonians 4:15–16
1 Thessalonians 4:15–16 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump…
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Alive With Him – 1 Thessalonians 4:14
1 Thessalonians 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. Paul anchors everything to one fact. If Jesus died…And if Jesus rose again… Then this changes everything about death for a believer. He does not argue sentiment. He argues…