Tune and Prepare!

The parallel verses about the Lord of Hosts Isa 8:12 Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread. But the LORD of hosts, Him you shall honor, sanctify as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. And he will become a sanctuary... 1Pt 3:13 who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in your hearts honor, sanctify Christ the Lord as holy. ♜

Heaven is indeed a real place. The Bible tells us that heaven is God’s throne (Isaiah 66:1; Acts 7:48-49; Matthew 5:34-35). After Jesus’ resurrection and appearance on earth to His disciples, “He was taken up into heaven and sat at the right hand of God” (Mark 16:19; Acts 7:55-56). “Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; He entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence” (Hebrews 9:24). Jesus not only went before us, entering on our behalf, but He is alive and has a present ministry in heaven, serving as our high priest in the true Tabernacle made by God (Hebrews 6:19-20; 8:1-2). We are also told by Jesus Himself that there are many rooms in God’s house and that He has gone before us to prepare a place for us. We have the assurance of His word that He will one day come back to earth and take us, {believers} to where He is in heaven (John 14:1-4). Our belief in an eternal home in heaven is based on an explicit prom...

A mennyország valóságos hely. A Biblia szerint a menny Isten királyi trónja (Ézs 66:1; ApCsel 7:48-49; Mt 5:34-35). Miután Jézus feltámadt és megjelent a földön tanítványainak, „felemeltetett a mennybe, és az Isten jobbjára ült” (Mk 16:19; ApCsel 7:55-56). „Mert nem emberkéz alkotta szentélybe, az igazi képmásába ment be Krisztus, hanem magába a mennybe, hogy most megjelenjen az Isten színe előtt értünk.” (Zsid 9:24) Jézus nem csupán bement a mennybe előttünk és értünk, hanem Ő ma is él és munkálkodik a mennyben, mégpedig főpapunkként szolgál az Úr által épített „igazi szentélyben” (Zsid 6:19-20; 8:1-2). Jézustól tudjuk azt is, hogy Isten házában sok „hajlék” van, és Ő azért ment el előttünk, hogy helyet készítsen a számunkra. Szava a biztosíték arra, hogy egy napon visszatér a földre, és bennünket is elvisz magához (Jn 14:1-4). Az örökkévaló mennyei hazába vetett hitünk Jézus konkrét ígéretén alapul. Határozottan állíthatjuk, hogy a mennyország valóságos hely, amely tényleg...

Who I am? Depression exists when we under­estimate ourselves. When we look at ourselves on the natural way & observe the visible things: we turn away from the Heaven. The writer of the Ecclesiastes {King Salomon} says: “Absolute futility,” says the Teacher. “Absolute futility. Everything is futile.” What does a man gain for all his efforts that he labors at under the sun? Ecc 1:2-3 Perspective The above-mentioned section shows a problem. The problem of the perspective: " under the sun ". King Salomon started his life with splendour and glory and finished with multiple wives and concubines - alongside their multiple gods/goddesses... Well... We're not meant to focus on things "under the sun". If we did, we missed the point. Let us only be illuminated from the side of heaven! When adoration & praise happen, alongside with the worship – Heaven happens. This was the original, Davidic heritage for Salomon! 2Chron 5 7 The ...

By Ed Welch During my first year in seminary, I stumbled across a sentence that would deeply shape my relationships with God, those closest to me, and the people I would counsel. It was a year when Scripture appeared to me as a series of fragments. They were all good fragments, but the pieces seemed to lack coherence — and that lack of coherence could sometimes feel painful. So I was always alert to books and ideas that could help me see one story in Scripture rather than an anthology of short stories. I was reading J. Gresham Machen’s book The Christian View of Man with that in mind, and a comment caught my attention. It was something like this: as God is personal, so man is personal. Ah, here was a grand unifying principle for Machen; perhaps it would become one for me.. ... Around the same time, I read Biblical Theology by Geerhardus Vos. He wrote so well about Christ as the center of Scripture, which set me off in a direction that I am still on... Vos gav...