1-11-09 Dan 9:24 “70 7s are determined for your people”
(1.) The reward of diligence: Vs 23/ Heb 11:6 / Mt 7:7 / Luke 11:9” A Reminder of God’s Faithfulness, a word of comfort / a prophecy of completion:
(2.) There is a rest, for the people of God: 70 “sebuims” or sevens. Heptads. (7s) We translate them weeks (sabua) of days.
A week is 7 days. Gen2:1,2 READ - ( He works/finishes/ rest) Grk sabbaton
(3.) The 7s are for us! “ To observe / enter into: Ex 20:2:23,12 / 31:13-17 Mrk2:27 -
4fold : 7s cycle: Creation Gen 2:1 - Ex 20:2:23,12
Covenant : 7day 7s. Ex 12:15,16 : 7 week 7s. “ Lev 23:15,16” 7 months - “Lev 25:9” 7years: Ex 23:10,11 - Lev 25:8 - 10, Jubilee year. “ Release, freedom, deliverance”
“ The benefits of the Sabbath ( 7s) : Worship. Celebration! Liberty, From Egypt to Canaan. / sin to Christ -
Curse : Ex 31:17 / 2chron 36:21/ Ez20:12,21,24/ 22:8, 23:38- / NT Luke 19:42-44/ Why? The stewardship principle! God owns the land. Not Israel! Ps 24:1- Lev 18:18, 20:22 / Jer 9:19/ Rev 3:16
Completion: Col 2:13-17 - Mth 12:8/Mrk2:28 / Mt 11:28 / Heb 4:3 / 4:11
Proposition:
Israel’s journey from Babylon to Messiah, reflects the journey of God’s elect throughout this world into the presence of the Savior, at the end of time. Many troubles, mingled with redeeming mercies! 1Peter 1:7-9
No serpent crawls along
that pavement!
But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. Heb 11:16
Heaven! It is
. . . our looked for rest; the goal to which we press; the haven of our storm
tossed voyage; the end of weary pilgrimage; the soul's eternal home; the land
of every delight! Heaven! Here . .
.thought flags; mind fails; all words seem emptiness; all images fall short.
No angel's tongue can adequately paint
the brightness of those realms. Mortal powers shrink into very nothingness.
None can describe heaven, but those who enter it. And those who enter it, find
their delight . . . an ever swelling flood; an ever brightening day; an ever
opening flower; a volume, which eternity cannot read through!
Heaven! It is
the palace of the great Eternal. Salvation is its walls; its gates are praise.
Its pavement is purity's most golden luster. Its atmosphere is perfect love.
Heaven! It is the home prepared by
God before the worlds were made, for His redeemed children. It is the mansion,
which the ascended Jesus still labors to make fit.
Heaven! It is so attractive, that
all Jehovah's skill cannot increase the beauty. It is so full, that
nothing can be added. It is so rich, that it can hold no more.
Perfection is the essence of our heaven. Nothing can enter there . . .to stain, to soil, to vex, to humble. Oh! what a contrast to our
present state!
Our hearts are daily pierced. We loathe and we abhor
ourselves. We would be holy;
but, alas! a treacherous adversary rolls us in the mire. The foul tempter all
day long is spreading nets. There is no saint too saintly for his vile
approach. But in heaven
this misery has ceased. No serpent crawls along that pavement! Satan is
outside; far off; the bottomless pit has shut its mouth upon him.
Our high home is barricaded against all sin. Never, never, never, can iniquity
again intrude. The soul forever joys; righteous, as God is righteous; pure, as
God is pure.
Reader, seek heaven. Henry Law,
GBC immediate needs of 2009”
1. The much needed help in our 1st Sunday lunch following the table of the Lord. See Barbara Gist and / Noreetha Humphry.
2. There is a need for 2 or 3 more teachers to enter into the rotation of our children’s ministry - See PJesse
3. There is always a need to expand the nursery care of our newborns See Barbara Gistand/ Ruth Demma
4. We need 2-3 persons to serve in ministering to our elderly at the San Leandro Care facility. See Mike Aguirre
“ The Lord bless you as you seek to serve Him with us this New Year!”
“ THE PASTOR’S COMMENTARY
AND OUTLINE”
The believer's perfection
I am most exceedingly distressed by my sins, and feel the need of Jesus'
precious blood every hour!
I need a supply from the
Fountain! "On that day a fountain will be opened . . . a
fountain to cleanse them from all their sins and defilement." Zech. 13:1
Feeling fully what I am in myself, and proving a fresh that "in my flesh
dwells no good thing"--in this sad state I fly to Jesus as my only refuge! Heb 12:3
Oh that the depth of my sin and misery may be overcome by His rich grace, that
with Mary I may weep at His dear feet, and love much, having much forgiven.
While in the body we shall never be free from sin. I had been looking for
something from and in my flesh which the Word of God does not warrant me
to expect. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh" --and ever will
be!
The believer's perfection is in Christ. Oh that He may condescend
to teach me, and lead me to look straight out of self--to a glorious Christ!
"And you are complete in Him." Colossians 2:10
Ruth Bryun