ETERNALS
Seventh
of nine devotions in Incarnation Parallel
Bible Study series
Micah
5:2, John 1:1-2
Micah
5:2: “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one
who will rule over Israel, whose origins are from old, from ancient times.”
What’s Ephrathah? Ephrathah is the region in Judah where
Bethlehem was located. 1 Samuel 17:12
says, “Now David was the son of an Ephrathite named Jesse, who was from Bethlehem
in Judah.”
Eternity is a mind-blowing idea. Don’t human minds demand that there has to be a beginning? John 1:1-2 says, “In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.” The title of this devotion is Eternals; the “s” includes you! People were created to live forever. We choose either to be with God or separated
from God eternally.
The Greek word for “Word” is Logos.
Logos means both the spoken and unspoken word. The unspoken word is still in one’s
mind. It’s one’s reason, how one thinks.
Yeah, God can “read” minds. That seems logical, doesn’t it? God’s Word created all things. The Word was distinct from the Father.
Referring to Jesus as God, John
1:3-4 says, “Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made
that has been made. In Him was life, and
that life was the light of men.” Life is
Jesus’ gift to whomever receives Him as Lord. In John 14:6, Jesus says plainly, “I am the way and the truth and the life.”
No
one comes to God the Father, except who’s called to God the Son first (John
6:44). Jesus is not the way among many. Jesus is the ONLY way. In fact, earliest Christians were called followers
of “The Way.”
Take Home Nugget
The
prophet Daniel included Jesus in Daniel 7:13-14, the first time, “son of man”
is mentioned in the Bible: “In my vision
at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with
the clouds of heaven. He approached the
Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.
He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations
and men of every language worshipped Him.
His dominion is everlasting dominion that will never pass away, and His
kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.”
Mark 13:26 parallels with, “At that
time men will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and
glory.”
Suggested New Year’s resolution: Make
sure that your name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life (Revelation 21:27).
Jesus,
the Word, “hears” even silent prayers.
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014!
J.D.
Griffith
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