Psalm: 24 Meditation: JohnHave you ever noticed the arguments and infighting between the different groups in opposition to Jesus? Some of the groups did not believe in an eternal life or even resurrection/return from the dead. Here Jesus not only claims to be aligned with the will of the father but that God, His Father, …
Tag: Resurrection
Thursday, July 7
Psalm: 18:1-20 Meditation: LukeAfter his resurrection, Jesus appeared to his disciples and followers to open their minds to the meanings of the scriptures and the purpose of what they had witnessed only a short time before. He did this to prepare them for the path that God had set before them. This period of reminders …
Thursday, May 26
Psalm: 47 Ascension Thursday Meditation Hebrews: This is a great rendering of just how much Jesus is identified with us. So, He became “a little lower than the angels” as depicted in Psalm 8:5. Either at His Incarnation, His birth, His death, or His resurrection, Jesus, by His obedience, shifted thew whole hierarchy of heaven, …
Saturday, April 23
Psalm: 31 Meditation Isaiah: Isaiah sounds like he’s prophesying of John’s “Revelation”. This is a veiled image of the restored earth. Of particular note is v. 8: death will be swallowed up forever – that actually began at Jesus’ Resurrection. This image is also cited by Paul in 1 Cor. 15. And He will wipe …
Thursday, April 21
Psalms: 20, 23 Meditation Ezekiel: This is a vivid rendering of the “general resurrection” at the end of the age – the valley of the dry bones. We shall all die and in time (for most of us) what will be left will be bones only. Resurrection is not much treated in the OT except …
Sunday, April 17
Psalm: 150 Meditation John: I doubt I shall ever fully understand the great significance of these 18 verses. If these verses were all we had of the bible, I think it would be enough. John introduces us to the “Word” by whom all things were created, as God’s only Son. He then tells us that …
Saturday, April 16
Psalms: 88, 95 Meditation Job: For a limited time, Job’s life was fraught with misery. In chapters 1-2 Job went from sublime prosperity and progeny (he had 10 adult children) and in the course of a day, he lost it all. Job’s attitude? “The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away.” (1:21) This passage …
Saturday, April 9
Psalm: 25 Meditation John: This is the account of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. This event prefigures Jesus’ own resurrection with one glaring difference: Jesus will rise from the dead with a “glorious” body whereas Lazarus would one day die again. The unbelievers were present here as well to mock Jesus “Could he not…?’, …
Friday, March 25
Psalms: 22, 95 Meditation Romans: This is a passage about the importance death plays in our lives. The verb tenses used here (in English) throughout (when speaking of death) are all in the past whereas the tense used with “life” is in the present. Because we’re so tied to our bodily experience, it then becomes …
Thursday, October 14
Psalm: 18 Meditation Acts: We can easily glean from a look at this passage, the thrust of the accusations, whatever the excuses laid before Felix, is the issue of the resurrection (see Monday’s meditation). You will note that the prosecutor was Ananias, former high priest, who leveled charges against Paul. Ananias, as a priest would …
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