Day 349
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Revelation 7
144,000 Sealed
7 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. 2 Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: 3 “Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.” 4 Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel.
5 From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed,
from the tribe of Reuben 12,000,
from the tribe of Gad 12,000,
6 from the tribe of Asher 12,000,
from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000,
from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,
7 from the tribe of Simeon 12,000,
from the tribe of Levi 12,000,
from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,
8 from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000,
from the tribe of Joseph 12,000,
from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.
The Great Multitude in White Robes
9 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in a loud voice:
“Salvation belongs to our God,
who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb.”
11 All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying:
“Amen!
Praise and glory
and wisdom and thanks and honor
and power and strength
be to our God for ever and ever.
Amen!”
13 Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?”
14 I answered, “Sir, you know.”
And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore,
“they are before the throne of God
and serve him day and night in his temple;
and he who sits on the throne
will shelter them with his presence.
16 ‘Never again will they hunger;
never again will they thirst.
The sun will not beat down on them,’[a]
nor any scorching heat.
17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne
will be their shepherd;
‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’[b]
‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’[c]”
Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman
December 16th
”You have become discharged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. "Galatians 5:4
Paul's word is very strong concerning how we can shut Christ down in our lives. To be discharged from Christ means to be brought to nought from Christ, to be separated from Christ, or to become idle in relation to Christ. This does not mean that we lose our salvation. But it does mean, according to the Greek word, katargeo, that we nullify Christ and put Him out of operation.
In my computer there is what is known as" the system folder. "This folder is the key to the operation of all the other programs. If the system folder is up and running, then everything else runs smoothly. But if something goes wrong with the system folder, everything on the computer shuts down. Even though there are many good programs that can do many things, if the system folder is damaged in any way, then nothing works. In the same way, if you and I come under the law in any form and are brought again under a yoke of slavery, we are discharged from Christ and He is nullified in our practical experience. This word from Paul in Galatians is helpful to all of us. It may explain our own experiences when we have felt like the Lord was virtually absent from us. The atmosphere of freedom was lost. Christ was nullified. This word will also preserve us as we go on together in the church life. May we always cherish the blood- bought atmosphere of freedom, which brings in the full enjoyment of Christ. Then the church will be maintained in the reality of Christ.
”You have become discharged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. "Galatians 5:4
Paul's word is very strong concerning how we can shut Christ down in our lives. To be discharged from Christ means to be brought to nought from Christ, to be separated from Christ, or to become idle in relation to Christ. This does not mean that we lose our salvation. But it does mean, according to the Greek word, katargeo, that we nullify Christ and put Him out of operation.
In my computer there is what is known as" the system folder. "This folder is the key to the operation of all the other programs. If the system folder is up and running, then everything else runs smoothly. But if something goes wrong with the system folder, everything on the computer shuts down. Even though there are many good programs that can do many things, if the system folder is damaged in any way, then nothing works. In the same way, if you and I come under the law in any form and are brought again under a yoke of slavery, we are discharged from Christ and He is nullified in our practical experience. This word from Paul in Galatians is helpful to all of us. It may explain our own experiences when we have felt like the Lord was virtually absent from us. The atmosphere of freedom was lost. Christ was nullified. This word will also preserve us as we go on together in the church life. May we always cherish the blood- bought atmosphere of freedom, which brings in the full enjoyment of Christ. Then the church will be maintained in the reality of Christ.
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