A Devotional Look at the Book #528

A Devotional Look at the Book #527

A Thought for today by Papa “J”

 

Letting your yes be yes; and your no be no is not being intolerant. Nor does such action from your lips require an oath; since your conduct in Christ has been taught to express the grace of God in truth. Matthew 5:33-37 and Colossians 4:2-6

A DAY IN THE PAST, THE PRESENT OR THE FUTURE

Yet, again I am reminded of our national epidemic in that we are mostly a drugged society, so I will re-remind you. There are pills, creams, elixirs and potions for us to take (We the people) for every condition under the sun. If this is not enough for the countries Tis of Thee (and seemingly it is not) there is and it has been for years the brain-soothing media of liberal minded soothsayers who foretell that all is well. What is alarming to me is of how deeply entrenched this enemy of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is our homes of the brave. Our homes are broken because of what comes out of the bottomless pit and how quickly the void left in the pit is filled with our failing country. Many of the people who read what I have to say are saints (personal born again believers) in Jesus Christ, yet there is this one segment of people who read these same comments in the following blog: http://filehorde.com/jesse. There are an average of two hundred seventy five people who read this blog daily who have no relationship with God. I used to allow comments from them on this blog, but I do not do this any longer since their comments are heart breaking. Why? Most everything in the life of these individuals is broken; marriages, families, children, even the very foundation of their individual liberty to live life. But; here is the point. These people say that it is okay to be that way because the doctors, lawyers and chiefs have a likeable pill, a legal claim or a liberal word to soothe the pain for another day. Yet in the simplest way the Love of God says that only Jesus can give truth and rest to our hurting souls. Matthew 11:25-30. Maybe we just do not like SIMPLE!

Ezra; the Book

Ezra 5:1-17 – From 586BC to 516BC is seventy years the Israelites were disbursed from their homeland. Also during this time these people had no physical place of worship, but let us back up a little. Around 1000BC worship in the tabernacle (tent) was replaced by worship in the temple; the first temple built by Solomon; Second Chronicles 5 and various other passages in the records of Kings and Chronicles. The question we might ask is; is the building of a permanent temple, God’s idea or man’s religious effort?

In 1 Chronicles 17 God tells Nathan the prophets that He does not want David to built Him a house of stone, that God has dwelt with the Israelites from tent to tent and that He could be with His people where ever they went by continuing to live with them that way. I think many of us today desired for God to be in a box (a church or temple) that way we can go visit Him when we want, you know sort to the way we treat our elderly today.

No, I think as we study this some more we may find that the tabernacle is really a picture of our personal soul. The real place or palace if you will for Christ to abide in us as LORD. Now again this is what the scripture says. Do you not know that the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy; which you are, 1 Corinthians 316-17. This study I have found reaches into every aspect of our Christian way of life; even into eternity itself. Note: Hebrews 9:1-28.