God protects those who place their trust in Him alone. He is able to save to the utmost what we place in His hands. The fiery darts of hell have no jurisdiction in our lives.
The Bible speaks for itself if we listen.
Hebrews 10:5 Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, But a body You have prepared for Me. 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure. 7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come— In the volume of the book it is written of Me— To do Your will, O God.’ ”
Hebrews was written to the Jewish believers who had a hard time turning from the OT Law to the NT of grace. The Law required a blood sacrifice for sin. It was just a shadow of Jesus Christ and the finished work of the Cross. As the shadow of a tree leads you back to the tree so was the OT blood sacrifice the shadow of the person, Jesus Christ, and His once and for all blood sacrifice for humanity. The blood sacrifice of the OT was an ever repeating process. The Blood sacrifice of Jesus was one time and for all who would choose to accept it in place of their sin.
Isaiah 1:11 “To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?” Says the Lord. “I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams And the fat of fed cattle. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs or goats. 12 “When you come to appear before Me, Who has required this from your hand, To trample My courts? 13 Bring no more futile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies— I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.
In the precious blood of Jesus Christ it was finished.
Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Rebuke the oppressor;
Defend the fatherless,
Plead for the widow.
Romans 3:19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
God’s Righteousness Is Through Faith in Jesus and His work on the cross.
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Paul writes to the non Jew that now we know that whatever the Law said was written to Israel. But the power of the law extends to the whole human race. All the world was guilty before God. The law showed man his guilt. No one could be saved by observing the law. For the law is the knowledge of our sin. If we are guilty of one sin we are guilty of all the sin. BUT the righteousness of God without the Law is manifested in the Cross of Jesus Christ. Everything that is revealed is the fulfillment of the prophets and the Scriptures.
By faith in Him, Jesus, we believe in forgiveness of sin and the coming of the world to come in Him.
Jesus was the supreme sacrifice of our loving God.
Roman 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
To everyone who believes salvation is given.
There is peace in His presence.
Let His peace be your guide.His peace, not as the world give peace, but the peace of God that is beyond our understanding that keep us in the good times, the difficult times and the sorrows that inevitably come into our life.
Franciscan teacher John Duns Scotus (1266–1308) tells us that God did not create genus and species. God only created “this-ness,” (in Latin haecceity). He said that until we can experience each thing in its specific “thisness,” we will not easily experience the joy and ubiquity of Divine Presence.
Thisness; to embrace (and be embraced by) the sacrament of the present moment, the here-and-now in all its ordinariness, and particularity. In other words, I can’t be present in general. I’m invited to be present to this person, this conversation or event or conundrum. Right here, right now. I’m invited to be present to glimmers, moments today that brought me gladness, peace, and gratitude. Sabbath Moments
Jeremiah 50:44
44 “Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the floodplain of the Jordan
Against the dwelling place of the strong;
But I will make them suddenly run away from her.
And who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her?
For who is like Me? Who will arraign Me?
And who is that shepherd
Who will withstand Me?”The New King James Version
It is Israel’s comfort in distress, that, though they are weak, their Redeemer is strong. This may be applied to believers, who complain of the dominion of sin and corruption, and of their own weakness and manifold infirmities. Their Redeemer is able to keep what they commit to him; and sin shall not have dominion over them. He will give them that rest which remains for the people of God. Also here is Babylon’s sin, and their punishment. The sins are, idolatry and persecution. He that will not save his people in their sins, never will countenance the wickedness of his open enemies. The judgments of God for these sins will lay them waste. In the judgments denounced against prosperous Babylon, and the mercies promised to afflicted Israel, we learn to choose to suffer affliction with the people of God, rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Job 41:10
No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up.
Who then is able to stand against Me?
Isaiah 46:9
Remember the former things of old,
For I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like Me,
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