Gems worth reading
December 20
"Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign." (Isaiah 7:14)
"It shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." (Isaiah 55:13)
"I will set a sign among them." (Isaiah 66:19)
Here are three signs for good:
- The first is about the birth of the Lord Jesus: the virgin shall conceive.
- The second is about His resurrection: He died unto sin once and He ever lives to make intercession, never to be cut off.
- The third is about His return. When all the nations are gathered around Jerusalem, He will come to rescue His city and shall establish His glory there.
Two signs have been fulfilled. Are you ready for the third? (Tom Steere)
N.J. Hiebert # 3559
December 21
"The Lord possessed me in the beginning of His way, before His works of old." (Proverbs 8:22)
Nothing ever takes Him by surprise. Consequently, with Him, there can be no after-thought. All was foreseen long, long before its actual occurrence; everything was provided for. Satan, sin, and and their attendant evils, have in no wise interfered with His purpose, ". . . who worketh all things according to the counsel of His own will." Where had His grace found manifestation, had not sin been permitted? All the glory of the Cross must have had no place if the serpent's entrance into the garden of delight had been denied. Evil, dreadful as it is, is but the dark background that throws into relief His wondrous purposes of love and grace. (H.A. Ironside - Reflections on the Book of Jeremiah)
N.J. Hiebert # 3560
