Psalm 147:1 (ESV/emphasis added/jaj)...."Praise The Lord! For It Is Good To Sing Praises To our God; For It Is Pleasant, And A Song Of Praise is Fitting."....
PJP2 PROLOG POST - 161228 - HOPE - 2 Peter 3:8-13 (ESV/emphasis added/jaj)...."BUT Do NOT overlook This One Fact, Beloved, That With The Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord IS NOT slow To Fulfill His PROMISE as some count slowness, BUT Is Patient Toward you, NOT Wishing That any should perish, BUT That ALL Should Reach Repentance. BUT The Day Of The Lord Will Come Like A Thief, And Then The Heavens Will Pass Away With A Roar, And The Heavenly Bodies Will Be Burned Up And Dissolved, And the earth and the works that are done on it Will Be Exposed. Since All These Things Are Thus To Be Dissolved, What Sort of people Ought you To Be In LIVES Of Holiness And Godliness, Waiting For And Hastening The Coming Of The Day Of God, BECAUSE Of Which The Heavens Will Be Set On Fire And Dissolved, And The Heavenly Bodies Will Melt As They Burn! BUT According To His PROMISE we Are Waiting For New Heavens And A New Earth In Which Righteousness Dwells."....
I have mentioned in previous PJP2 Entries my fascination with our Lord's Prophecies with regards to His Coming 2nd ADVENT. Operation Dawn Patrol (ODP) is what I have dubbed news stories, events, and His WORD that hints at His 2nd ADVENT's Revelation of coming closer.
No doubt, like most folks, I too am intrigued and would love to know what the 'FUTURE' holds for us. Nostradamus, Hal Lindsey, Tim LeHaye....I've read several treatise with regards to trying to 'read the signs' of His HC2A, or ODP.
BUT.....Here's What our Lord Jesus Said to His disciples when they pointedly ASKED Him WHEN He Would Return....Matthew 24:36-37 (ESV/emphasis added/jaj)....“BUT Concerning That Day And Nour NO ONE KNOWS, NOT even the angels of heaven, NOT The Son, BUT The Father ONLY. For As Were The Days Of Noah, SO Will Be The Coming Of The Son Of Man."....
Seems pretty straightforward....we simply do not know, with regards to ODP when.....Thus, as Peter suggests, with regards to our Actions as we move forward.....
2 Peter 3:11-12....(ESV/emphasis added/jaj)...."Since All These Things Are Thus To Be Dissolved, What Sort of people Ought you To Be In LIVES Of Holiness And Godliness, Waiting For And Hastening The Coming Of The Day Of God.....".....
Further, our Lord Jesus Reminds us to.....
Matthew 24:42, 44 (ESV/emphasis added/jaj)...."Therefore, Stay Awake, For you Do NOT Know On What Day your Lord IS Coming.....Therefore you Also Must Be Ready, For The Son Of Man IS Coming At An Hour you Do NOT Expect."....
All of This Cycles us Back to today's PJP2 Premise....HOPE....He's Our PROMISE Eternal....our HOPE Rests and Stands Secure on our Lord Jesus Christ, our ROCK And Eternal REFUGE.
Regardless, Crew, of the Challenges you may be facing at this very moment; Or the storms raging in your LIVES; Or the losses that have occurred - May I Offer His WORD Of HOPE to you.....
Genesis 28:15 (ESV/emphasis added/jaj)...."YAHWEH Said to Jacob, 'BEHOLD, I AM With you And Will Keep you Wherever you go, And Will Bring you Back to this land. For I Will NOT leave you Until I Have Done What I Have PROMISED you.'”.....
My Prayer for us today would be - O Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit, Father God we Thank and Praise Your Holy Name. Lord Jesus, as we begin a New Year, May we Ever First Look To You and Your GRACE. Holy Spirit, Ever Remind us Of Your Eternal PROMISE of which we Can Be Assured our HOPE in You is Secure. Father God, Forgive us when we doubt; - When the world's distractions and our own selfishness cause us to stray From Your Presence. O Lord Jesus, Shine Your LIGHT of LOVE upon us. Holy Spirit, Open our Inner Eyes that we May See You and Remember You Are With us Now and Always. Father God, Help us to Ever Reflect You and Your PROMISE to All mankind. In Your Holy Name, Lord Jesus, we Lift Up our Prayers and Praise....Amen and Amen....jaj
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