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January 03, 2008
Sing to the Lord
Hello everyone and hope you are all still with us, I am excited to see new members as always. I see many of you write me that have joined several years ago. I thank you for your messages and uplifting thoughts on the messages that are written. A special hello to Pakistan and Africa, where a lot of members have joined lately.
Today's subject is a short story, I will not do the usual Christmas theme this year, rather I will exalt the one Christmas is about, The Lord Jesus Christ.
I will lead into this message by telling how that Israel was supposed to know when their Messiah would show up, because it was foretold in the Old Testament. They should have known "this, thy day". But they didn't and so they were destroyed in A.D. 70. Only his disciples and I can`t tell how many that were traveling with Him went before Him into Jerusalem.
Matthew 21:1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethpage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples. 2 Saying unto them, "Go ye into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. 3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them."
4. All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the prophet, saying, 5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto the, meek, and upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. 6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, 7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
9 And the multitudes that went before, and followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest,10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
You see, most Israelites didn't recognize Him, even though it was foretold in the Old Testament.
11 And the multitude said, this is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
What a shame, if they would have only received Him on that day as a Nation, they would have been spared, but they would still have to have gone through the 7 years of tribulation. Jesus Had to die, there was no way Pilate wanted to put Him to death, but they had no choice, it had to be. This is where our salvation comes in, at the fall of Israel, salvation is come to the Gentiles, for to provoke Israel to jealousy.
What I'm going to show you next is beyond realm of the ordinary by any standard. The Lord braided three cords together and went in and ran out all the merchants in the Temple. I don`t think any ordinary person could go to a flea market today and whip tables, overturn the money and drive them out of a flea market. This example below show the Power of the Lord.
12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves.. 13 And said unto them, "It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves."
14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
The Singing:
15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased, 16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, "Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?"
Notice something here, sucklings, these are babies that are still nursing. Why am I showing you this and why did I write this, because it is true, not just because I said it but because The Lord said it. I have heard these "babes" sing in heavenly voices with my own ears.
Years ago, I carried a child in a backpack that I was watching for someone and though the baby couldn't speak words, they make different noises. If you have an infant listen closely to them no matter what they are doing and you may get to experience this gift, the first time I heard it was like singing or humming and I immediately knew it the child was singing to the Lord, How? It sent chills down my back and I experience a love for that child I had never known before. It was simply the most beautiful thing I had ever heard.
When children grow, they lose the age of innocence at some point, I cannot exactly say the years, but I do know when they start talking that beautiful sound I heard will someday vanish.
I ask you today to listen carefully to your children and maybe you will experience this momentous joy.
I can only imagine the scene in the Temple that day Christ was in it, it must have been the nearest thing to heaven on earth one could have.
I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a great New Year, Time is short and things will become progressively worse as we live on, one day the Grace period we live in will end and we will go home to be with the Lord, then we can experience the singing for ourselves in giving reverence to God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Seven years and then we come back with Him and He will set things right on this planet again. Until that day keep looking up and know God is real.
He died on a cross and no matter who you are or what you have done, He will save you right now. You don`t have to go anywhere, you're in the right place, right now, so why not today. Just call upon the Lord and believe He died for your sins at Calvary and be saved, why you put it off, please, today for your salvation. Let this be a new year for you and escape the wrath that is going to be poured out on this world, I see no where in the Bible that you will get another chance if you miss the rapture. It will be too late, "because ye received not the love of the truth that ye might be saved".
Posted by michael at January 3, 2008 05:23 PM