These blessed believers deeply, deeply desire rightness, for all things to be made right. They know that no man, no agency in this world can provide that or even come close. Everything and everyone in this world is drowning in sin. Only God the Son, Jesus Christ can fill our lives, our hearts with rightness. And for those who “hunger and thirst” for it, He will.

The most famous, perhaps the most important sermon of all time. He saw multitudes and went up higher. We don’t know how many, if any, of the multitudes followed but we do know that His disciples drew near.

You see, in verse 16 we read “Then God made two great lights:” and the Hebrew action is indeed “made” not “created” – it uses the word pronounced “aw-saw” which means to make from existing materials versus “bara” which means to create out of nothing.

If we are ‘paying attention’, we notice something ominous about the second day. It was the only day out of the six days of creation that did not mention that “God saw that it was good.” Recall that on that day, He separated the waters above and below by an expanse He called Heaven. Now, I’ll suggest for your consideration that this may have been for at least two reasons.

You see, there are three heavens. The first heaven is what we call the sky, that is, our atmosphere. The second heaven is what we call the cosmos or universe. The third heaven is what we call Heaven, the home of our Lord and our place of forever home. It is a spiritual place, entirely real, more real than our physical existence but truly indescribable.

Friends, Jesus sought another way; Peter turned away. Their faith never failed though. What you’ve been through may have left you feeling broken, beaten or bereft of the youthful exuberance and experiences of young, fresh faith you once had. You may feel very hard pressed to place your trust in God and obey Him; but don’t mistake that for the absence or failure of the faith He has planted in your heart.

This is fascinating for it was the light that was good – not the darkness, not the light and darkness – just the light.

And so, we can see that God, with His “just weight and balance” gave His loving attention to His people, the Jews for two prophetic days and then turned His attention to His people among the Gentiles for the same time.

However, it’s possible that just as Israel thinks it has finally settled their existential dilemma by defeating Hamas, Hezbollah and achieving peace with it neighbors via the Abraham Accords, “The end of it shall be with a flood,” (Dan 9:26c)

So what was revealed in this passage is clearly the grand and glorious plan of God, and the timepiece so to speak for it is also made obvious – the Jews and Jerusalem – like two hands on a clock.