Thursday, December 21, 2017

Doesn't Matter What President Trump Says

Nope. Doesn't matter what President Trump says about Jerusalem, nor
what the United Nations condemns.
God has the final and only relevant say in the matter.
Psalm 2 
  1    Why are the nations so angry?      Why do they waste their time with futile plans?
2    The kings of the earth prepare for battle;      the rulers plot together      against the LORD      and against his anointed one.
3    “Let us break their chains,” they cry,      “and free ourselves from slavery to God.”
4    But the one who rules in heaven laughs.      The Lord scoffs at them.
5    Then in anger he rebukes them,      terrifying them with his fierce fury.
6    For the Lord declares, “I have placed my chosen king on the throne      in Jerusalem, on my holy mountain.”
7    The king proclaims the LORD's decree:     “The LORD said to me, ‘You are my son.      Today I have become your Father.
8    Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance,      the whole earth as your possession.
9    You will break them with an iron rod      and smash them like clay pots.’”
10    Now then, you kings, act wisely!      Be warned, you rulers of the earth!
11    Serve the LORD with reverent fear,      and rejoice with trembling.
12    Submit to God’s royal son, or he will become angry,      and you will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities—      for his anger flares up in an instant.      But what joy for all who take refuge in him!

Sunday, December 03, 2017

...In Lonely Exile Here

I love this song, this hymn. I've always thought that it points to Christ's return rather than His first 'advent'.
Before church this morning I pulled out an old hymnal and sang this...and then sang it again in the service.
"We look for the Day of our Lord's return.".
That prayer has been on the lips and in the hearts of Christians down through the centuries since Christ ascended to Heaven, recorded in Acts chapter one.
Why has it taken so long for Him to come back?
We don't know, but the fact that Christ is still adding souls to His Kingdom is one possibility.
We don't NEED to know, and we don't need to worry that He won't return.
In His perfect time, O Come, O Come Emmanuel.