Monday, April 2, 2012

"Lord Jesus"

"Thou madest Him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under His feet: all the sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; the fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas." (Psalms 8:6-8) Besides the fact that He rode upon a donkey colt that had never been ridden before, there is nothing that Jesus shall not have under His feet. I like how David says, "and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas", for if you recall, Jesus, when asked about paying taxes, instructed one of His disciples to open the mouth of a fish, and behold, there was a coin with Cesar's face upon it. I have always wondered what heaven will be like, and whether or not all the animals shall be there also; yet, whatever there shall be, whether it be life or light, Jesus shall be the one who shall rule over it, and all things will be perfect! No more sorrow; no more pain; no more death; Revelation 21:4, says, "for the former things are passed away"; which means that death shall no longer be a part of life, including death of the animals also, for the lion shall no longer hunt the lamb! Think about what that will look like, and how life will be lived in His new kingdom. Now then; regarding that Holy Winepress which I spoke of during the introduction to this Psalm; if we look in Revelation 19:11-16, we see Jesus returning to earth, this time not on a colt of a donkey, but on a great white horse. And in verse 15, it says, "And out of His mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations: and He shall rule them with a rod of iron: and He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God". That triumphant entry into the city was His setting up to the judgement upon Himself for the sins of the world; sin which He was not guilty of, nor had He taken part in; yet, as a spotless Lamb, He was sacrificed for the sins of the world. However; His return upon that white horse, shall be the sitting up to His judgement upon the earth; His vengeance upon those that refused to receive Him as their Lord and Saviour, shall be swift and righteous. And as we look at that judgement, given in Revelation 20:11-15, we see that books are opened by which people are judged; but it says that another book was open, which is the Book of Life; the Lamb's Book of Life, of which are written the names of all those who have been covered in His blood and who have been given eternal life. This judgement will be given on two different levels, as those that are not written in the Book of Life shall be judged by their works, of which shall be based upon their own merit, and of which there shall be no justification from sin; while at the same time, they shall be judged for not being written in the Lamb's Book of Life! And in verse 20:15, it says, "And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire". There was something else about that triumphant entry into the city, which He rode upon that colt, and we see this in Mark 11:4, which is where His disciples found that colt; for it says, "and they found the colt tied by a door without in a place where two ways met". In this, Jesus would show that He came to direct us into the right way; for we have two ways that we should go, and many are in danger of taking the wrong way...

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