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Thoughts in Worship
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Sabbath, June 17, 2017
Audio Link: https://www.spreaker.com/user/reachmanyradio/thoughts-in-worship-06-17-2017
“For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.” (Isaiah 38:18–19).
I cannot wait to go to heaven!
Can you imagine how terrible heaven would be if you had to watch the news? How stressful would it be if you had to peer over the walls and see your child making fatal decisions? How horrible would heaven be if you could see a storm about to wipe out an entire coastline with tens of thousands of inhabitants, some of whom you know? I am so glad that heaven is not as some would have us believe; a place where dead folks go to wait for who knows what.
The Scriptures are so clear about what happens when someone dies. Don’t worry, I will resist the temptation to turn this thought into a full-on Bible study, but suffice it to say, the various Bible contributors were right when they said there’s no love in the grave, our thoughts perish when we die, the dead cannot praise God, and they do not return to their houses. The Scriptures were right (obviously) when they recorded Jesus’ rest in the grave awaiting His resurrection before He ascended to see His Father and God. He did not die on Friday, go in some disembodied form to heaven during the Sabbath, only to reunite with His body in the tomb, to hear Gabriel say His Father called for Him on Sunday morning. Believing that is so much more complicated that trusting what saith the Scriptures.
Hezekiah had it right when our Lord gave him 15 more years to live. He knew the grave was no place from which folks could praise God. He knew that death was no conduit to heaven. He knew that truth had no impact on those who already went down to the grave. He knew that if he could possibly praise God, he would need to do it while he was still alive.
Yes, we do have hope in God if death comes knocking at our door, as long as we put or trust in Him. Our hope is in the resurrection. One day soon, God will raise the dead. He will reward His faithful ones with immortality on that day. He will not tease them by allowing them to live incomplete lives in heaven, to experience earth’s trials until their bodies reunite with their spirits. No. The One who breathed His breath into Adam’s nostrils and he became a living soul will soon breathe eternity into His sleeping saints. And when they do go to heaven, they will live there for 1,000 years with no sin or suffering. When the thousand years are finished, they, with their Lord, fellow saints, and a retinue of angels will descend with the Holy City and receive their inheritance after God destroys the devils, unrepentant sinners, death, and sin. I look forward to that day.—L. David Harris (www.DavidWritesaLot.com)
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Sabbath, June 17, 2017
Audio Link: https://www.spreaker.com/user/reachmanyradio/thoughts-in-worship-06-17-2017
“For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.” (Isaiah 38:18–19).
I cannot wait to go to heaven!
Can you imagine how terrible heaven would be if you had to watch the news? How stressful would it be if you had to peer over the walls and see your child making fatal decisions? How horrible would heaven be if you could see a storm about to wipe out an entire coastline with tens of thousands of inhabitants, some of whom you know? I am so glad that heaven is not as some would have us believe; a place where dead folks go to wait for who knows what.
The Scriptures are so clear about what happens when someone dies. Don’t worry, I will resist the temptation to turn this thought into a full-on Bible study, but suffice it to say, the various Bible contributors were right when they said there’s no love in the grave, our thoughts perish when we die, the dead cannot praise God, and they do not return to their houses. The Scriptures were right (obviously) when they recorded Jesus’ rest in the grave awaiting His resurrection before He ascended to see His Father and God. He did not die on Friday, go in some disembodied form to heaven during the Sabbath, only to reunite with His body in the tomb, to hear Gabriel say His Father called for Him on Sunday morning. Believing that is so much more complicated that trusting what saith the Scriptures.
Hezekiah had it right when our Lord gave him 15 more years to live. He knew the grave was no place from which folks could praise God. He knew that death was no conduit to heaven. He knew that truth had no impact on those who already went down to the grave. He knew that if he could possibly praise God, he would need to do it while he was still alive.
Yes, we do have hope in God if death comes knocking at our door, as long as we put or trust in Him. Our hope is in the resurrection. One day soon, God will raise the dead. He will reward His faithful ones with immortality on that day. He will not tease them by allowing them to live incomplete lives in heaven, to experience earth’s trials until their bodies reunite with their spirits. No. The One who breathed His breath into Adam’s nostrils and he became a living soul will soon breathe eternity into His sleeping saints. And when they do go to heaven, they will live there for 1,000 years with no sin or suffering. When the thousand years are finished, they, with their Lord, fellow saints, and a retinue of angels will descend with the Holy City and receive their inheritance after God destroys the devils, unrepentant sinners, death, and sin. I look forward to that day.—L. David Harris (www.DavidWritesaLot.com)
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Thoughts in Worship
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Sabbath, June 17, 2017
Audio Link: https://www.spreaker.com/user/reachmanyradio/thoughts-in-worship-06-17-2017
“For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.” (Isaiah 38:18–19).
I cannot wait to go to heaven!
Can you imagine how terrible heaven would be if you had to watch the news? How stressful would it be if you had to peer over the walls and see your child making fatal decisions? How horrible would heaven be if you could see a storm about to wipe out an entire coastline with tens of thousands of inhabitants, some of whom you know? I am so glad that heaven is not as some would have us believe; a place where dead folks go to wait for who knows what.
The Scriptures are so clear about what happens when someone dies. Don’t worry, I will resist the temptation to turn this thought into a full-on Bible study, but suffice it to say, the various Bible contributors were right when they said there’s no love in the grave, our thoughts perish when we die, the dead cannot praise God, and they do not return to their houses. The Scriptures were right (obviously) when they recorded Jesus’ rest in the grave awaiting His resurrection before He ascended to see His Father and God. He did not die on Friday, go in some disembodied form to heaven during the Sabbath, only to reunite with His body in the tomb, to hear Gabriel say His Father called for Him on Sunday morning. Believing that is so much more complicated that trusting what saith the Scriptures.
Hezekiah had it right when our Lord gave him 15 more years to live. He knew the grave was no place from which folks could praise God. He knew that death was no conduit to heaven. He knew that truth had no impact on those who already went down to the grave. He knew that if he could possibly praise God, he would need to do it while he was still alive.
Yes, we do have hope in God if death comes knocking at our door, as long as we put or trust in Him. Our hope is in the resurrection. One day soon, God will raise the dead. He will reward His faithful ones with immortality on that day. He will not tease them by allowing them to live incomplete lives in heaven, to experience earth’s trials until their bodies reunite with their spirits. No. The One who breathed His breath into Adam’s nostrils and he became a living soul will soon breathe eternity into His sleeping saints. And when they do go to heaven, they will live there for 1,000 years with no sin or suffering. When the thousand years are finished, they, with their Lord, fellow saints, and a retinue of angels will descend with the Holy City and receive their inheritance after God destroys the devils, unrepentant sinners, death, and sin. I look forward to that day.—L. David Harris (www.DavidWritesaLot.com)
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Sabbath, June 17, 2017
Audio Link: https://www.spreaker.com/user/reachmanyradio/thoughts-in-worship-06-17-2017
“For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.” (Isaiah 38:18–19).
I cannot wait to go to heaven!
Can you imagine how terrible heaven would be if you had to watch the news? How stressful would it be if you had to peer over the walls and see your child making fatal decisions? How horrible would heaven be if you could see a storm about to wipe out an entire coastline with tens of thousands of inhabitants, some of whom you know? I am so glad that heaven is not as some would have us believe; a place where dead folks go to wait for who knows what.
The Scriptures are so clear about what happens when someone dies. Don’t worry, I will resist the temptation to turn this thought into a full-on Bible study, but suffice it to say, the various Bible contributors were right when they said there’s no love in the grave, our thoughts perish when we die, the dead cannot praise God, and they do not return to their houses. The Scriptures were right (obviously) when they recorded Jesus’ rest in the grave awaiting His resurrection before He ascended to see His Father and God. He did not die on Friday, go in some disembodied form to heaven during the Sabbath, only to reunite with His body in the tomb, to hear Gabriel say His Father called for Him on Sunday morning. Believing that is so much more complicated that trusting what saith the Scriptures.
Hezekiah had it right when our Lord gave him 15 more years to live. He knew the grave was no place from which folks could praise God. He knew that death was no conduit to heaven. He knew that truth had no impact on those who already went down to the grave. He knew that if he could possibly praise God, he would need to do it while he was still alive.
Yes, we do have hope in God if death comes knocking at our door, as long as we put or trust in Him. Our hope is in the resurrection. One day soon, God will raise the dead. He will reward His faithful ones with immortality on that day. He will not tease them by allowing them to live incomplete lives in heaven, to experience earth’s trials until their bodies reunite with their spirits. No. The One who breathed His breath into Adam’s nostrils and he became a living soul will soon breathe eternity into His sleeping saints. And when they do go to heaven, they will live there for 1,000 years with no sin or suffering. When the thousand years are finished, they, with their Lord, fellow saints, and a retinue of angels will descend with the Holy City and receive their inheritance after God destroys the devils, unrepentant sinners, death, and sin. I look forward to that day.—L. David Harris (www.DavidWritesaLot.com)