Verse of the Day 7/29

Verse of the Day 7/29

Revelation 1:7

New King James Version

 Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.

It is mid-summer here in North Carolina which means hot, humid days which often begin with sunshine then as the afternoon rolls around so do the billowy cumulous clouds which develop into the afternoon and evening thunderstorms.  There are days when you can see and feel it building. I'm sure that you can remember some significant storms approaching, the dark clouds roll in as a front with the storms, with the lightning and thunder behind it.

Today's verse is a reminder for us that so it will be with the times surrounding Jesus' second coming.  Things will be moving along in society and people will not realize what it happening, but the clouds will be developing and when He comes it will be evident to all that something "big" is about to happen.

In Today's "My Utmost for His Highest" Oswald Chambers writes, "In the Bible clouds are always connected with God. Clouds are those sorrows or sufferings or providences, within or without our personal lives, which seem to dispute the rule of God. It is by those very clouds that the Spirit of God is teaching us how to walk by faith. If there were no clouds, we should have no faith. The clouds are but the dust of our Father's feet. The clouds are a sign that He is there. What a revelation it is to know that sorrow and bereavement and suffering are the clouds that come along with God! God cannot come near without clouds, He does not come in clear shining."

We receive warnings about the approach of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes which give us time to prepare and to take cover.  Unfortunately when Christ returns many will not be prepared for what is about to take place.  When it happens, they'll wish that they had been ready.

It is not too hard to see the storm clouds brewing.  There is still time to get ready and prepare for the day of His coming.

Blessings, 

Mike 

 

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Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,

in accordance with the riches of God's grace.  NIV

Revelation 1:4-8
New King James Version
Greeting the Seven Churches
4 John, to the seven churches which are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth.
To Him who [a]loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, 6 and has made us [b]kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
7 Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.
8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega, [c]the Beginning and the End," says the [d]

Revelation 1:4-8 NKJV -  - Bible Gateway


Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."