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NASB | Revelation 22:20 ¶ He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming quickly." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 22:20 ¶ He who testifies and affirms these things says, "Yes, I am coming quickly." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. |
Subject: WHY DO WE SEEK A SIGN? |
Bible Note: DEAR David24597, I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE AND CONCERN IN HELPING ME TO SEE THE THINGS THAT GOD MIGHT WANT ME TO SEE SO THAT I WOULD BE RIGHT WITH HIM. IN THE READING OF AMOS 5, THE LORD IS PROPHESYING ABOUT THE KEEPERS OF THE LAW FOR GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE UNDER THAT LAW THAT HE PASSED DOWN THROUGH MOSES. THE 'DAY OF THE LORD' THAT IS BEING REFERRED TO HERE IS THE TIME IN WHICH THE CHRIST JESUS, THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD, WOULD BE BEGOTTEN INTO THIS WORLD BECAUSE HE WOULD BE THROWING THEM[THE KEEPERS OF THE MOSAICAL LAW FOR GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE] ON THEIR HEADS, AS A MANNER OF SPEAKING. IF YOU READ IN MATTHEW 10:34 "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword." AND THE SURROUNDING VERSES, YOU SEE JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBURG OF WHAT WAS PROPHESIED ABOUT IN AMOS 5:. I STILL REFER BACK TO REV.22:20-21 AND 1 JOHN 4:13-19. WE ARE TAUGHT TO NOT FEAR, TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY OF THE LORD'S RETURN. PAUL EVEN TOLD HOW THAT HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN STAYING HERE FOR OUR SAKES AND GOING ON TO BE WITH THE LORD BY DYING. Phi 1:21 "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." READ ALL OF CHAPTER 1 AT LEAST. YOU CAN SEE THAT GOD HAD WORKED OUT THE FEAR THAT PAUL WOULD HAVE IF HE HAD NOT BEEN PERFECTED IN THE LOVE OF CHRIST. THAT IS WHAT WE ALL SHOULD BE PRAYING FOR FROM OUR HEAVENLY FATHER; THAT, AND 'BOTH THE WANTING AND THE DOING OF HIS GOOD PLEASURE'. Phi 2:13 "For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure." I SUPPOSE THAT YOU ARE OF THE FAMILY OF BELIEVERS, THEREFORE I TELL YOU THAT I HAVE PRAYED FOR US ALL TO UNDERSTAND JUST WHAT THAT PERFECT WILL OF OUR LORD IS IN THIS DAY AND AGE OF THE THINGS DESCRIBED IN GALATIONS AND OTHER BOOKS OF THE BIBLE. IT IS HARD FOR US SOMETIMES TO KEEP OUR FOCUS ON THE WORDS THE SPIRIT IS WHISPERING TO US AMIDST ALL THE TURMOIL. BUT AS LONG AS HE LIVES IN US[IS NOT SNATCHED FROM US FOR QUENCHING IT - Eph 4:30,OR BLASPHEMING IT - Mar 3:28-29] THEN WE CAN BE SURE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE MADE HOLY BY OUR FATHER THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. Phil 1:27-30 THANX AGAIN |