He Dwells — The B'log in My Eye

The Last Days

We are locked into time, while simultaneously God’s existence transcends it. Seeing as it has been two thousand years since Christ’s resurrection, it is as if His sacrifice occurred but forty eight hours ago. Therefore that puts the church in the third day. That might not matter much to you, unless of course you were familiar with the words of the Prophet Hosea

Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. Hosea 6:1-3

Freedom and Rest

If you are one (like me) who agrees with the ‘correct’ Biblical scholars, than we know that Adam came on the scene in approximately 4004 BC. Since we know without a doubt that Jesus finished His earthly work about 2000 years ago, that would put us at the end of the 6000th year or 6th day, depending on which side of the time/space continuum you choose to stand. My mind automatically recalls the 7th day as being a day of rest and even the 7th year as being the time when slaves were allowed to go free (or opt to stay with their master!). Returning to our opening verse, ‘with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, ’ how wonderfully that coincides with Jesus Christ’s thousand year reign on earth!. Moses gives us a nice illustration in Deuteronomy 31:10-12

And Moses commanded them, saying: “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of release, at the Feast of Tabernacles, when all Israel comes to appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing. Gather the people together, men and women and little ones, and the stranger who is within your gates, that they may hear and that they may learn to fear the Lord your God and carefully observe all the words of this law

How Close Are We?

When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. Psalm 102:16

In 1948 Israel became a nation, making it sixty years old. If my God-math is correct, Israel is about 90 minutes into statehood—not a very long time. That might cause us to ask, (not in a scoffing way), “So what’s the delay?”

Give Me a Second

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9

There is your delay right there! Jesus loves us so much; He desires not one of us would perish. In a sense, Jesus wanted to hold the bus until I was saved, He waited until you were saved, and He is currently pleading at the door for everyone else. We should remember that the next time we are in a rush to be taken home. If we listen real close, we can almost hear His plea, “Just a few more seconds Dad!”