PT-13:  This opens with some thoughts that refocus attention from the cares of the world back onto eternal things that are more important than duty. Then it moves on into some miraculous events that mark the beginning of the thousand year reign of Jesus Christ. One of the first is a day that will be seven times brighter than normal and a night that will be as bright as day. 

  God is not bound by the laws that He established, He can do anything He pleases. Consider some of the other similar miraculous things He has done that defy scientific explanation. In Joshua 10:12-13 God slowed the movement of the Sun down so that Israel could defeat the Amorites in a battle. “So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day." Then in 2 Kings 20:8-11 God moved the shadow on the sundial backwards 10 degrees which appears to have completed the full 24 hour change that God began back in Joshua.

 Science would say that is impossibility, but that is because they only understand what is, and can't understand what is possible outside of their knowledge. Just like an audience member may think about a phenomenal illusion that they can't explain.

 Pt-14: This opens with a personal soul searching question between the individual and their Maker that reaches the depths of a believer’s heart and exposes the depth of the love of God.  Then it moves on into more details of how the brightest day and night may be part of removing the curse on all of nature.  Then it begins to consider the next major change to the earth when Jesus brings forth Living Water and how that will bring more change to the earth.

  As these messages continue to focus on the Creator, believers who have listened through the series may find their attitude about God changing.  This is the testimony of several who have noticed that their appreciation for the beauty in nature has changed from an admirer of art to one who is related to the Artist.  The awareness moves from entertainment into love and respect for the only one capable of making such splendor.  The sunsets no longer just excite our senses but open us to the realization that the same one who saved us and provides for us is the true Creator of everything.

  The more we understand about God the more we feel like David when he wrote Psalms 33:8 “Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him”.  This awe is fear mingled with admiration and reverence.  It is not the fear than non believers feel when they think of standing before a holy God.  It is like a child who becomes aware of a loving parent that knows all of their shortcomings and yet their love continues to show mercy without approving of their actions.  .  

  Each step into this reality changes us and our relationship to God.  The explanation for this is in Second Corinthians 3:18 “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 

Scripture: Zac.14:5-8, Rev.7:13-17, Josh.10:12-14, 2 Ki.20:8-11

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