The King of glory will reign for eternity and in Him we will live and breath in the newness of life eternal! And the lions will lay down with the lamb.
Revelation 11:15 Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!”
The peace of God He gives us, not peace that the world offers, His peace beyond our human understanding!
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that through Him the world could be saved!!!
As we humbly engage with God's Word in this way, it transforms our hearts and renews our minds (Hebrews 4:12; Romans 12:2).
For Christians, because Jesus fulfilled God's law on our behalf, His Word is now "the law of liberty" (James 1:25) that empowers us and sets us free from bondage to sin. The more we observe and obey His commands, the more our character will mirror His (John 8:31-32).
Doers of the Word carefully consider how to follow the sacrificial example of Christ, for He is the Word made flesh and embodies the Truth (John 1:1; John 14:6). As we focus on pursuing our Savior and put our faith into practice, God blesses us with His wisdom, trains us in righteousness, and equips us for every good work (2 Timothy 3:14-17). We will never regret actively responding to God's Word.
We have received Jesus' mercy, and we extend His mercy to others. We have experienced His peace, and we serve as peacemakers in a world broken by sin (Matthew 5:1-12). First 5
I'm grateful for this from Br. David Steindl-Rast, “There is only one condition for seeing life sacramentally: ‘Take off your shoes!’ Realize that the ground on which we stand is holy ground. The act of taking off our shoes is a gesture of thanksgiving and it is through thanksgiving that we enter into sacramental life.
Going barefoot actually helps! There is no more immediate way of getting in touch with reality than direct physical contact. To feel the difference between walking on sand, on grass, on smooth granite warmed by the sun, on the forest floor; to let the pebbles hurt us for a while; to squeeze the mud between our toes. There are so many ways of gratefully touching God’s healing power through the earth. Whenever we take off the dullness of being-used-to it, of taking things for granted, life in all its freshness touches us and we see that all life is sacramental. If we could measure our aliveness, surely it is the degree to which we are in touch with the Holy One as the inexhaustible fire in the midst of all things.” Thank you Grateful Living) Sabbath Moments
“Messenger”
My work is loving the world.
Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird—
equal seekers of sweetness.
Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums.
Here the clam deep in the speckled sand.
Are my boots old? Is my coat torn?
Am I no longer young, and still half-perfect? Let me
keep my mind on what matters,
which is my work,
which is mostly standing still and learning to be
astonished.
The phoebe, the delphinium.
The sheep in the pasture, and the pasture.
Which is mostly rejoicing, since all the ingredients are here,
which is gratitude, to be given a mind and a heart
and these body-clothes,
a mouth with which to give shouts of joy
to the moth and the wren, to the sleepy dug-up clam,
telling them all, over and over, how it is
that we live forever.
Mary Oliver
Daniel 7:26 ‘But the court shall be seated, And they shall take away his dominion, To consume and destroy it forever. 27 Then the kingdom and dominion, And the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, Shall be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And all dominions shall serve and obey Him.’ The New King James Version
Daniel does not elaborate on the details of this kingdom. His focus is not on the kingdom itself; it is on the fact that the Gentile kingdoms and the persecution associated with them will come to an end. Faithlife Study Bible
The kingdom of God, governed by His saints, will exercise rule over all the earth. The NKJV Study Bible
This refers to the second coming of our blessed Lord, when the saints shall triumph in the complete fall of Satan’s kingdom. The saints of the Most High shall possess the kingdom for ever. Far be it from us to infer from hence, that dominion is founded on grace. It promises that the gospel kingdom shall be set up; a kingdom of light, holiness, and love; a kingdom of grace, the privileges and comforts of which shall be the earnest and first-fruits of the kingdom of glory. But the full accomplishment will be in the everlasting happiness of the saints, the kingdom that cannot be moved. The gathering together the whole family of God will be a blessedness of Christ’s coming. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Revelation 22:5
There shall be no night there:
They need no lamp nor light of the sun,
for the Lord God gives them light.
And they shall reign forever and ever.
Daniel 7:14
Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,
That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion,
Which shall not pass away,
And His kingdom the one
Which shall not be destroyed.
Daniel 7:18 But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.’
Luke 1:33–34 And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.”Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?”
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