Daily Devotional, Year 2 – OCTOBER 28 (Upward, Into the Promised Land! Part 3: “Promised Land of My Heart”)

By admin On February 6th, 2021

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Daily Devotional, Year 2 – OCTOBER 28

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Upward, Into the Promised Land!

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Part 3:

“Promised Land of My Heart”

to read part 1, click here…MARCH 23 (Upward, Into the Promised Land!)

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joshua 24 Parting Advice www.thebiblerevival.org public domain.

“Behold, I have set the land before you:

go in and possess the land

which the LORD sware unto your fathers,

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,

to give unto them

and to their seed after them.”

Deuteronomy 1:8

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joshua 24 Parting Advice www.thebiblerevival.org public domain

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moses_Viewing_the_Promised_Land_Frederic_Edwin_Church.jpgThis above passage from Deuteronomy would almost convince us that it is only speaking to the Old Testament children of Abraham.

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Listen again…

“Behold, I have set the land before you:

go in and possess the land

which the LORD sware unto your fathers,

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,

to give unto them

and to their seed after them.”

Deuteronomy 1:8

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God is only speaking here of the children of Abraham going in to possess the Promised Land.

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Moses Viewing the Promised Land – Frederic Edwin Church – WIKIMEDIA – PUBLIC DOMAIN.

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NEW TESTAMENT BELIEVERS: ABRAHAM’S SEED

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However, the Bible is a spiritual book and transcends mere human history and literal events…http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PaulT.jpg

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Listen to Paul’s declaration about the New Testament Believers…

“And if ye be Christ’s,

then are ye Abraham’s seed,

and heirs according to the promise.”

Galatians 3:29

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There are many verses like this above verse from Galatians, which tie together the Old Testament with the New Testament in a spiritual way. 

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Paul the Apostle – Artist – Valentin de Boulogne or Nicolas Tournier – circa 1500s – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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PROMISED LAND IN HEAVEN

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And so, when the Bible speaks of the Promised Land, do we find a New Testament passage concerning the Promised Land?

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Oh yes!

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Listen again… “By faith Abraham…

looked for a city which hath foundations,

whose builder and maker is God…

a better country, that is, an heavenly!”

Hebrews 11:8-10, 16 (condensed for brevity)

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Yes, as it explains here, the earthly Land of Promise was merely an allegory of the true, “better country, that is, an Heavenly!”

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Schnorr von Carolsfeld – 1860 – Abram counts stars – Wikipedia – Public Dom. 

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And so, now we begin to understand that all those Old Testament stories about God’s people taking the Promised Land were actually an allegory of today’s Church taking the true Promised Land, the Kingdom of Heaven!

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Gideon and His Three Hundred (Bible Card) www.thebiblerevival.org – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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PROMISED LAND IN MY HEART

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But this great allegorical story which spans much of the Old Testament, can even be brought home further, into the life of the individual Believer…

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Listen to the very words of Jesus…

“The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:

Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there!

for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.”

Luke 17:20, 21

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So now it begins to become clear that the Promised Land exists within the hearts of each and every true worshiper of God!

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PICTURE – Most Holy Place of the Heart – Signs Of Heaven

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OUR WARFARE, TO CONQUER OUR OWN HEART

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And now, as we read about God’s people taking the Promised Land was actually an allegorical picture of the battle within the heart of each and every New Testament Believer!

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Yes, all those Canaanites, Perizzites, Amorites, Hivites, Hittites, Jebusites, as well as King Og and King Sihon, though true literal enemies of God’s people, were actually raised up by God to be a picture of the enemies within our hearts that we must likewise overcome.

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ABOVE PICTURE: The Battle over Self

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LET’S GO IN & TAKE THE LAND!

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And so, O Soldier of the Cross, let us each put on the Armor of God and let us go in and conquer the land that is before us.

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Yes, the Kingdom of Heaven is within our hearts. But that land is filled with the enemies of God: pride, selfishness, lust, greed, impatience, cold-heartedness, totalitarianism, gluttony, rebellion, witchcraft, variance, emulations, strife, sedition, heresies, and such-like other sins.

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picture – soldiers of the cross – armor up!

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FILLING OUR HEART WITH GOOD THINGShttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC-06831.jpg

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And then, let’s fill our heart with the good things of Heaven: Bible study, unceasing prayer and thanksgiving, and praise, combined with meditation (contemplation) of God’s Word.

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And let’s turn off the various medias which would only indoctrinate us into this world-system, and instead, replace them with sacred songs of deliverance.

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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain

 

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https://theheavensdeclare.net/woman-the-altar-the-most-holy-place/TO READ PART 4, CLICK HERE…

January 25 (Upward, Into the Promised Land! Part 4: “Cleansing the Sanctuary” CONTINUED)

ABOVE PICTURE: Most Holy Place within the heart – Signs Of Heaven

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ebenezer_Newman_Downard_Morning_prayer_1860-61.jpg

TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Give me the experiences that will cause me to seek after the purification of my heart! Immerse my world in Heavenly influences, and purge out every ungodly influence…

  Morning Prayers – Ebenezer Newman – Downard – 1860 – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Question_book_magnify2.svg

READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Ark of the Covenant Constellation, Pt. 2: How To Enter The Most Holy Place” or you can also read… “MARCH 6 (How To Have Heaven Now!)”

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

 

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LOCATING ARCTURUS…

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An easy way to find Arcturus is to follow the arc of the handle of the Big Dipper, in the spring through fall (these are the months in which Arcturus is visible). 

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Picture right: constellations span the heavens (Ark in south, 7 Stars in north), and travel from east to west through the night.

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This sketch is of the Summer Constellations as they appear when in the western half of the night sky. The box-like constellation is the The Ark of the Covenant (AKA Sagittarius) is in the south. To the right is both the Flower of the Field Constellation (AKA Scorpius) and the The Cross/Scepter Constellations. Further to the north is the Crown of Revelation Twelve (AKA  Corona Borealis Constellation) and the star, Arcturus. Farthest to the north is the 7 Stars Constellation (AKA The Big Dipper )

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Question_book_magnify2.svg

READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Arcturus (the star that wise-men follow!)”

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMSC_Staff_Trip_2011_-_Food_Distribution_(6384089759).jpgTOMORROW…

OCTOBER 29 (Come Out of Her, My People! Part 22: The Social Gospel)

FMSC Staff Trip 2011 – Food Distribution – Wikimedia – Share-alike License

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20+ MINUTE AUDIO JEREMIAH STUDY

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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL. 

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THIS STUDY IS PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…

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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.com – Public Domain

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