"There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased." [Psa 4:6-7] David speaks about himself in the Psalms, saying, “[The LORD] hast made …
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Great Things
"Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for The LORD will do great things." [Joel 2:21] The LORD is, “the God that doest wonders.” [Psa 77:14] He is The God that performs wonders. There is no other god besides Him who can perform the miraculous, for, “God hath spoken once; twice have I heard …
Behold the Man!
"Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, behold the man!" [Jn 19:5] On a certain occasion, when The LORD spoke to the prophet Zechariah in times past, He told him to “take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head …
Filling the Temple With Prayer
In Jesus’ greatest time of need, He earnestly sought His Father in prayer. As the things written of Him from long ago were culminating toward that great and dreadful conclusion, where He, The Christ, who did no sin neither was guile found in His mouth, would suffer and die, being reckoned among transgressors, for the …
Christ, The Faithful and Glorious Builder of Our Souls
"The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you." [Zech 4:9] One of the most popular prophecies is in Zechariah, where God used the prophet to speak to Zerubbabel, a man commissioned of …
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Our Unmoving, Ever-present High Priest
"Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD." [Lev 21:12] In Leviticus, The LORD gave commands to the Levites, the priests, as well as the high priest, with respect to His …
Transformed By God’s Glory
"And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with Him in the holy mount." [2 Pe 1:18] Jesus, whom The Spirit calls, “the radiance of [The Father’s] glory,” [Heb 1:3] is the very material presence of God’s glory: the complete and full manifestation of God The Father’s supreme glory. All of …
The Overflowing Grace of Christ
"Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee." [1 Chr 22:16] When it entered David’s heart to build God a house to dwell in, (for he said, ‘Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the …
Bearing the Glory of Christ
As men, we are made in the image of God. The Bible tells us, "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and …
Sanctified by His Glory
In Exodus, as well as in 1 Kings/2 Chronicles, we read about the glory of The LORD filling the tabernacle/temple. The glory of The LORD manifests as a bright cloud. Two passages which show us this are quoted below. "…So Moses finished the work. Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the …