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Daily Devotional – January 1

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Look Up, Lift Up Your Heads!

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Part 10

“All Day Long I Have Stretched Forth My Hands”

To read part 1, click here…July 4th (Look Up & Lift Up Your Heads! Part 1)

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“All day long I have stretched forth My hands

unto a disobedient and gainsaying people”

Romans 10:21

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The Bible is a supernatural book.

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It is like no other!

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Certainly not like the relatively inferior books written by mere mortals!

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Oh yes, God inspired mortal men to write the words and thoughts.

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But those words and thoughts came from the infinite mind of God!

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ABOVE PICTURE: Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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To give just one example of the supernatural nature of the Bible, one needs go no further than the day of Christ’s crucifixion.

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God supernaturally orchestrated that day in such a way as to provide a visual portrait of the Gospel of God’s love and forgiveness!

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Crucifixion darkness – Jesus on the Cross – Gustave Dore – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.”

Matthew 27:38

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Just picture a hill. And at the very crest of the hill are three large wooden crosses.

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A large crowd gathers around to watch three men being nailed to each cross.

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Then the three crosses are put into an upright position…

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…one cross with the thief on Jesus’ left side…

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…the other cross with the thief put to the right of Jesus.

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And so, the day continues, with the curious onlookers intensely witnessing the behavior of those three men.

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The two thieves mock Jesus and call into question His claims of divinity.

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Even members of the crowd make taunting mockeries…

…”And the people stood beholding.

And the rulers also with them derided him,

saying, He saved others; let him save himself,

if he be Christ, the chosen of God.”

Matthew 27:42, Mark 15:31, Luke 23:35

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And yet, this noble Being did not answer back the taunts and jests.

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Brooklyn Museum – What Our Lord Saw from the Cross – James Tissot

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But it is written of this most glorious moment in the history of the universe…“All day long I have stretched forth My hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.” Romans 10:21

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But after some hours, one of the thieves (to the right of Jesus), realizes that Jesus indeed is the Divine One whom He claimed to be…

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…and repents of his mockery, and turns to Jesus, pleading…“Lord, remember me when Thou comest into Thy Kingdom.” Luke 23:42

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And to this heartfelt plea, Jesus responds…“To day shalt thou be with Me in Paradise.” Luke 23:43

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Jesus was assuring that salvation was given to that repentant thief, that very day!

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And this marvelous scenario was orchestrated by God to present the choice of each and every one of us!

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We can also continue to live the rest of our lives like that unrepentant thief on Jesus’ left…

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…or we can be like that thief to Jesus’ right and repent and turn Jesus, pleading for everlasting life in Paradise!

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Yes, the beckoning arms of Jesus are stretched out still, to humanity, calling to each and every one of us…“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

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Cross of Jesus Christ – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

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And so, this marvelous scenario of the Cross of Christ is just one evidence among countless others of the miraculous nature of the Bible.

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to focus the eyes of my understanding only upon Jesus…

Woman Praying – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…

…“March 1st (A Designer Jesus!)“…

…or you can also read…

 …JANUARY 9 (Armageddon In The Sky!)

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

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TODAY’S HEAVENLY SIGN

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STRETCHED FROM SKY TO SKY

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In 2012, this constellation was revealed.

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It is comprised of all the other constellations on this website, as they appear in the night-sky.

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The only way to really see this constellation, is to become very totally familiar with this website.

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This is because this incredible constellation spans both the summer and winter skies.

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This constellation is actually in a semi-circle, as it appears in the night-sky.

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These pictures, however, show it as it would appear straightened out.

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There is an old song which goes…

…“The love of God is greater far

than tongue or pen can ever tell;

It goes beyond the highest star,

and reaches to the lowest Hell…

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But the last verse of this song says…

…”Could we with ink the ocean fill,

And were the skies of parchment made,

were every stalk on earth a quill,

And every man a scribe by trade;

To write the love of God above,

would drain the ocean dry;

Nor could the scroll contain the whole,

though stretched from sky to sky.”

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Now what makes all this so extremely interesting, is that this verse was found scribbled on the wall of a deceased “insane” person’s cell in a psychiatric sanitarium, upon removing his corpse.

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And little did this “insane” man realize, that God had actually written His love and inscribed that love on the scroll (of the sky).

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And God had actually stretched that picture of love from sky to sky, just as the song-verse said.

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…Sign of the Son of Man in Heaven Constellation 

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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TOMORROW…

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Maranatha!: “The Message of the Cross”– By Ellen G. White

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Maranatha!: “The Message of the Cross”– By Ellen G. White

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The White Cross Vukovar Croatia wikimedia share-alike license

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