Friday, May 29, 2020

Finding Glory in Death

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. — Psalm 23:4

Death is the ultimate profanity in today's world. We don't like to think about it, much less talk about it. However, death is that one reality that will not leave us alone. We lose friends and family members to death. At one point in our lives, we too, will face this inevitability unless Jesus comes before our passing. So what is our assurance as we face the inescapable? Our Sheperd!

He will walk us through, guiding and protecting and comforting us in our journey. And as Christians, this promise is only intensified because we know Jesus as our Good Shepherd, and he has taken the walk ahead of us to assure us that our walk through death's valley doesn't end in death, but in glory.

Better than the Best

All verses from Hebrews…

. He is the Son of God and God the Son – 1:2
but in these last days  he has spoken to us by his Son,  whom he appointed heir  of all things, and through whom  also he made the universe.

. The brightness of God’s Glory – in beauty – 1:3
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory  and the exact representation of his being,  sustaining all things  by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins,  he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

. The object of Angel’s Worship – 1:6
And again, when God brings his firstborn  into the world,  he says,
  “Let all God’s angels worship him.”

Everlasting

. Deuteronomy 2:14
Thirty-eight years  passed from the time we left Kadesh Barnea  until we crossed the Zered Valley. By then, that entire generation  of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them.

. Psalm 90:2
Before the mountains were born
 or you brought forth the whole world,
 from everlasting to everlasting  you are God.

[Message No: 7694]

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