Good morning! This song is good with Covenant Adamic. Maybe God
is calling us back to the relationship with Him. God loves you!
Song sends from Linda Martin of Virginia!
Song: WHERE ART THOU?
1. In the beautiful garden called Eden,
'Twas in the cool of the day,
The voice of the Lord was walking,
Seeking His creatures of clay.
Chorus: Where art thou? Where art thou? I hear Him
The voice of the Lord calling thee,
He seeks thee, He's looking, He searches,
Oh, hide not thyself from this Friend.
2. From the dust of the earth he was molded,
This man that God loves so today,
'Twas His breath that God breathed in his being,
To live and to walk in His way.
(Chorus)
3. Through the years man has stumbled and fallen,
And lain by the wayside in sin,
But God's love is the same, oh forever,
He's calling, He's calling again.
(Chorus)
(From memory. Author unknown).
Thank you, Linda Martin!
Dorothy
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
Adamic Covenant: Series Two
Genesis 3:15 "The Seed ..."
To understand what they had before the Adam's fall, this information helped me to realize what they had in God. This is so enriching . . .
Adam and Eve were both created in the "image" and "likeness" of God. On the basis of this image, they could respond to and have fellowship with God and uniquely reflect His love, glory and holiness. They were to do this by knowing God and obeying Him (2:15-17).
Adam and Eve had possessed a moral likeness to God. This mean they had a character like God and they were able to have the judgment of right and wrong. They were sinless and holy. They possessed wisdom, a heart of love, and the will to do right. They lived in a personal fellowship with God that involved moral obedience. (Moral means good behavior and able to choose right and wrong.)
They also possessed a natural likeness to God. They were created personal beings with spirit, mind, emotions, self-consciousness, and power of choice (2:19-20; 3:6-7). As long as Adam believed God's word and obeyed, he would continue in eternal life and in blessed fellowship with God.
From Genesis 2:9, we see that God had placed the tree of knowledge of good and evil. From Genesis 2:16-17, God gave a command what to eat and what not to eat from trees of the garden. Adam had a conscious choice to believe and obey or to disbelieve and disobey his Creator's will. God had warned Adam if he choose to eat the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, he would surely die. So we see that Adam was given a choice and Adam had broken his covenant with God. Adam's perfect relationship to God had been lost. He was now driven out from the garden.
So the covenant was broken, what's next? What did God do about the covenant He made with Adam? Genesis 3:16 was a very famous verse of prophecy that "The Seed," "the promise of a Redeemer or a Savior" would some day "fix the broken relationship with God."
This was the Covenant God made to Adam and Eve that a Savior would come and do the right thing. Then God had made the first sacrifice of an animal and clothed them (Gen. 3:21). This sacrifice typified Christ who would died on the cross according to Genesis 3:15.
So we have a choice: to continue with the fellowship with God through Christ who died for us. John 3:16 is also a very famous verse. Everyone should know them by heart.
God bless you!
To understand what they had before the Adam's fall, this information helped me to realize what they had in God. This is so enriching . . .
Adam and Eve were both created in the "image" and "likeness" of God. On the basis of this image, they could respond to and have fellowship with God and uniquely reflect His love, glory and holiness. They were to do this by knowing God and obeying Him (2:15-17).
Adam and Eve had possessed a moral likeness to God. This mean they had a character like God and they were able to have the judgment of right and wrong. They were sinless and holy. They possessed wisdom, a heart of love, and the will to do right. They lived in a personal fellowship with God that involved moral obedience. (Moral means good behavior and able to choose right and wrong.)
They also possessed a natural likeness to God. They were created personal beings with spirit, mind, emotions, self-consciousness, and power of choice (2:19-20; 3:6-7). As long as Adam believed God's word and obeyed, he would continue in eternal life and in blessed fellowship with God.
From Genesis 2:9, we see that God had placed the tree of knowledge of good and evil. From Genesis 2:16-17, God gave a command what to eat and what not to eat from trees of the garden. Adam had a conscious choice to believe and obey or to disbelieve and disobey his Creator's will. God had warned Adam if he choose to eat the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, he would surely die. So we see that Adam was given a choice and Adam had broken his covenant with God. Adam's perfect relationship to God had been lost. He was now driven out from the garden.
So the covenant was broken, what's next? What did God do about the covenant He made with Adam? Genesis 3:16 was a very famous verse of prophecy that "The Seed," "the promise of a Redeemer or a Savior" would some day "fix the broken relationship with God."
This was the Covenant God made to Adam and Eve that a Savior would come and do the right thing. Then God had made the first sacrifice of an animal and clothed them (Gen. 3:21). This sacrifice typified Christ who would died on the cross according to Genesis 3:15.
So we have a choice: to continue with the fellowship with God through Christ who died for us. John 3:16 is also a very famous verse. Everyone should know them by heart.
God bless you!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Song: In the Garden
Dorothy: This was from Dean Hardy of Canada:
When I read this morning's devotion (Series One: Covenant-Jan. 11, 2012), the song that came to my mind while reading it was
"In the Garden" . . .
1. I come to the garden alone
While the dew is still on the roses
And the voice I hear falling on my ear
The Son of God discloses.
Refrain
And He walks with me, and He talks with me,
And He tells me I am His own;
And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known.
2. He speaks, and the sound of His voice,
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing,
And the melody that He gave to me
Within my heart is ringing.
Refrain.
3. I’d stay in the garden with Him
Though the night around me be falling,
But He bids me go; through the voice of woe
His voice to me is calling.
Refrain.
Words: Charles Austin Miles (1912)
Blessings, Dean
PS. Thank you Dean! It was awesome!
When I read this morning's devotion (Series One: Covenant-Jan. 11, 2012), the song that came to my mind while reading it was
"In the Garden" . . .
1. I come to the garden alone
While the dew is still on the roses
And the voice I hear falling on my ear
The Son of God discloses.
Refrain
And He walks with me, and He talks with me,
And He tells me I am His own;
And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known.
2. He speaks, and the sound of His voice,
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing,
And the melody that He gave to me
Within my heart is ringing.
Refrain.
3. I’d stay in the garden with Him
Though the night around me be falling,
But He bids me go; through the voice of woe
His voice to me is calling.
Refrain.
Words: Charles Austin Miles (1912)
Blessings, Dean
PS. Thank you Dean! It was awesome!
Edenic Covenant: Series One
Hebrews 10:16a God said, "This is the covenant ..."
Whoa, what is covenant? Let us stop there first before we go anything further with His Word. If you don't know about "the covenant" or its meaning or why God often used His "covenant" then we would not be able to see the whole picture about "the covenant" that God had made from His Word, the Bible. Let us first understand the meaning of covenant. Covenant is like a contract or a solemn agreement between two persons.
To understand the reason for the covenant, God had wanted fellowship with Adam and Eve every evening. He blessed them and He wanted them to be "fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and gave them authority over the earth." That was the first Edenic Covenant (Garden of Eden), God's promise of blessings so that they would always have plenty foods from all kind of fruits from many different trees. That was their "meats." And plenty of food for all the livings animals with green herbs as their "meat."
Also both Adam and Eve's lives were innocent and pure. They were created to live forever on earth with perfect Garden of Eden. This was God's ideal for Adam and Eve and everything was perfect ... that is until "the Tempter" came along ... you can guess. Adam gave his "key of authority" to Satan and Adam lost the dominion over the earth.
The covenant was broken so what's next? What did God do about the covenant He made?
To be continued.
Whoa, what is covenant? Let us stop there first before we go anything further with His Word. If you don't know about "the covenant" or its meaning or why God often used His "covenant" then we would not be able to see the whole picture about "the covenant" that God had made from His Word, the Bible. Let us first understand the meaning of covenant. Covenant is like a contract or a solemn agreement between two persons.
To understand the reason for the covenant, God had wanted fellowship with Adam and Eve every evening. He blessed them and He wanted them to be "fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and gave them authority over the earth." That was the first Edenic Covenant (Garden of Eden), God's promise of blessings so that they would always have plenty foods from all kind of fruits from many different trees. That was their "meats." And plenty of food for all the livings animals with green herbs as their "meat."
Also both Adam and Eve's lives were innocent and pure. They were created to live forever on earth with perfect Garden of Eden. This was God's ideal for Adam and Eve and everything was perfect ... that is until "the Tempter" came along ... you can guess. Adam gave his "key of authority" to Satan and Adam lost the dominion over the earth.
The covenant was broken so what's next? What did God do about the covenant He made?
To be continued.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Miracles, Where?
Judges 6:13a
"Where are the miracles ...?"
Have you ever ask this question: "Where are the miracles that God has done in the past?" Story of the Angel of the Lord visits Gideon are found in chapter 6, verses 11-24. One part interest me: The angel appeared to Gideon and said, "The Lord is with you, mighty warrior!" (v.12).
Then Gideon said, "Sir, if the Lord is with us, why are we having so much troubles?" (v.13).
Have you ever question this to God? Is it wrong to ask God? No! He delights that you turn to Him. Like He said to Gideon of old, He is saying to us today, "Go with your strength ... and I am the One who is sending you." Whatever God has plan for you, you have His strength in you.
But Gideon had more questions and God was willing to deal with him until "Gideon understood he had been talking to the angel of the Lord. So Gideon cried out, "Lord God! I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face"" (6:22). Gideon was scared and he thought looking at the face of the angel of the Lord, God would punished him and also for asking Him so many questions.
But do you know what God said to Gideon? "Calm down! Don't be afraid! You will not die!" (6:23 ncv). Wow! This touched Gideon so much that he "built an altar there to worship the Lord and named it "The Lord Is Peace"" (6:24). The story goes on about Gideon trusted God for strength and Gideon did the job!
This inspires me to realize that God wants to perform a miracle for you. If you have question, ask Him. If you lack wisdom, ask Him (James 1:5). So let's expect a miracle today!
Song: Expect A Miracle!
Expect a miracle when you pray,
Expect a miracle every day,
When you expect it, God will find a way
To perform a miracle for you each day.
(Inspiring Choruses)
Ohhh, it feels good to trust God today, don't you?
Dorothy
"Where are the miracles ...?"
Have you ever ask this question: "Where are the miracles that God has done in the past?" Story of the Angel of the Lord visits Gideon are found in chapter 6, verses 11-24. One part interest me: The angel appeared to Gideon and said, "The Lord is with you, mighty warrior!" (v.12).
Then Gideon said, "Sir, if the Lord is with us, why are we having so much troubles?" (v.13).
Have you ever question this to God? Is it wrong to ask God? No! He delights that you turn to Him. Like He said to Gideon of old, He is saying to us today, "Go with your strength ... and I am the One who is sending you." Whatever God has plan for you, you have His strength in you.
But Gideon had more questions and God was willing to deal with him until "Gideon understood he had been talking to the angel of the Lord. So Gideon cried out, "Lord God! I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face"" (6:22). Gideon was scared and he thought looking at the face of the angel of the Lord, God would punished him and also for asking Him so many questions.
But do you know what God said to Gideon? "Calm down! Don't be afraid! You will not die!" (6:23 ncv). Wow! This touched Gideon so much that he "built an altar there to worship the Lord and named it "The Lord Is Peace"" (6:24). The story goes on about Gideon trusted God for strength and Gideon did the job!
This inspires me to realize that God wants to perform a miracle for you. If you have question, ask Him. If you lack wisdom, ask Him (James 1:5). So let's expect a miracle today!
Song: Expect A Miracle!
Expect a miracle when you pray,
Expect a miracle every day,
When you expect it, God will find a way
To perform a miracle for you each day.
(Inspiring Choruses)
Ohhh, it feels good to trust God today, don't you?
Dorothy
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Series Seven: Ashes in Heaven
Hebrews 9:28 "So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many ..."
Jesus became the sin bearer. Jesus became the bearer of sins of others because He was sinless. He was smitten, not for His own, but for ours!
Now, let us visualize Jesus coming into heaven from the darkness of the pit of hell, bearing the sins of the whole world. Jesus bowed down, with his priestly garments torn and splattered with mud, filthy with the rot and stench of the world. Jesus came with His shoulders bowed into the presence of God. (This should break our hearts.)
Then as Jesus stood there, bowed, with God's back turns towards him, Gabriel, the angel of the Lord, spoke in a loud voice and said, "Take those filthy garments from Him, remove them to a place where they will never be found, and put on Him now the new, kingly robes, the royal priestly robes." Then the angels who stood before Him placed the robes over Him and Gabriel said, "Take a crown and put it on His head." That is when Jesus became our King and our High Priest! (Zechariah chapter 3, name of Joshua is really Jesus in Greek language.)
Next thing, let's visualize Jesus, the High Priest, carrying His blood as He enters the very tabernacle of God in the heavens where records of sin are kept! He splashed His blood on the book of broken laws, and upon the altar of the broken commandments as a thick cloud blotting out forever the records of anything that is written in heaven that you could be charged with. Jesus had turned those charges as sins into ashes. All of our failures are covered by the blood that speaks to God, and the blood of Jesus says, "It is done! It is finished!"
We could pray like this: "Jesus, thank you for tasting death for me. Thank you for destroying all evidence of sin that has been held against me, and turned those records into ashes. Help me to believe that those ashes were really gone!"
What this meant to me?
On the earth during Moses' time, the "ashes" were the type of our sins what Christ would do in heaven and the "ashes" were completed once for all.
If a sinner accepted Christ, his sins were already "in ashes" 2,000 years ago in heaven. Did you get that? That was why Jesus said, "It is finished!" What was finished? Christ's work was finished. His blood sprinkled on old records and they were turned into ashes since the beginning of Adam's time until the end of the world. At 'The Great White Throne' sinners will face why they didn't take this opportunity that their sins were forgiven through Christ and that their sins were already turned to ashes. They didn't take it. Instead they will "taste second death in the lake of fire" when Jesus already did that! Oh! Let us pray for lost souls!
Let us be faithful to Him!
Dorothy
Note: Some part of the statement from the book,
The Angel Assignment by Rolland Buck.
Jesus became the sin bearer. Jesus became the bearer of sins of others because He was sinless. He was smitten, not for His own, but for ours!
Now, let us visualize Jesus coming into heaven from the darkness of the pit of hell, bearing the sins of the whole world. Jesus bowed down, with his priestly garments torn and splattered with mud, filthy with the rot and stench of the world. Jesus came with His shoulders bowed into the presence of God. (This should break our hearts.)
Then as Jesus stood there, bowed, with God's back turns towards him, Gabriel, the angel of the Lord, spoke in a loud voice and said, "Take those filthy garments from Him, remove them to a place where they will never be found, and put on Him now the new, kingly robes, the royal priestly robes." Then the angels who stood before Him placed the robes over Him and Gabriel said, "Take a crown and put it on His head." That is when Jesus became our King and our High Priest! (Zechariah chapter 3, name of Joshua is really Jesus in Greek language.)
Next thing, let's visualize Jesus, the High Priest, carrying His blood as He enters the very tabernacle of God in the heavens where records of sin are kept! He splashed His blood on the book of broken laws, and upon the altar of the broken commandments as a thick cloud blotting out forever the records of anything that is written in heaven that you could be charged with. Jesus had turned those charges as sins into ashes. All of our failures are covered by the blood that speaks to God, and the blood of Jesus says, "It is done! It is finished!"
We could pray like this: "Jesus, thank you for tasting death for me. Thank you for destroying all evidence of sin that has been held against me, and turned those records into ashes. Help me to believe that those ashes were really gone!"
What this meant to me?
On the earth during Moses' time, the "ashes" were the type of our sins what Christ would do in heaven and the "ashes" were completed once for all.
If a sinner accepted Christ, his sins were already "in ashes" 2,000 years ago in heaven. Did you get that? That was why Jesus said, "It is finished!" What was finished? Christ's work was finished. His blood sprinkled on old records and they were turned into ashes since the beginning of Adam's time until the end of the world. At 'The Great White Throne' sinners will face why they didn't take this opportunity that their sins were forgiven through Christ and that their sins were already turned to ashes. They didn't take it. Instead they will "taste second death in the lake of fire" when Jesus already did that! Oh! Let us pray for lost souls!
Let us be faithful to Him!
Dorothy
Note: Some part of the statement from the book,
The Angel Assignment by Rolland Buck.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Series Six: Sprinkle Ashes
Hebrews 9:13 ". . . the ashes of an heifer sprinkling . . ."
In order to understand about Hebrews 9:13 ". . . the ashes of an heifer sprinkling . . ." First, individuals represent Israel who put their hands upon the heifer or a young calf as an example that their sins are put upon the heifer or young calf. Then the workers cleaned up the heifer and prepare for the priests to offer heifer upon the altar for burnt offering.
If you know about the Tabernacle, a brazen altar was the first thing inside and on this altar the sacrifice was to be made. The offerings were to be burned to ashes, and then were sprinkled on Israel. All the sins of Israel were placed on the sacrifice. Then the sacrifice, being made SIN, FELT THE SEARING HEAT so that when Israel came to be accepted of God, and the ashes were sprinkled along with the blood, GOD WAS SAYING TO ISRAEL, "YOU HAVE GIVEN ME YOUR SINS. I AM GIVING THEM BACK TO YOU NOW, AND LETTING YOU SEE THE EMPTY SHELLS, THE ASHES OF SOMETHING THAT HAS LOST ITS POWER AND ITS LIFE. IT IS REDUCED TO NOTHING. Why? BECAUSE THE FIRE OF JUDGMENT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE SUBSTITUTE (the young calf), AND YOUR (Israel's) SINS WERE THERE ON THE BODY OF THAT SUBSTITUTE (Heifer, the young calf), WERE DESTROYED.
Hebrews 9:13 NCV "The BLOOD of goats and bulls and the ASHES of a cow (calf) are sprinkled on the people who are unclean, and this makes their bodies clean again."
This kind of sacrifice was effective in Israel in the purifying of a life so that the people could say, "It is done, it is done! My SINS that were placed there (on heifer at Brazen altar) are nothing but ASHES. Then the people receive pardon and freedom for a whole year. The high priest enters the Most Holy Place once every year ... Praise God! Christ was offered as a sacrifice one time, not every year.
Now Heb. 9:14a tells us, "How much (better) is done by the blood of Christ. He offered Himself through the eternal Spirit as a PERFECT SACRIFICE to God."
Now the ashes that was burned was a type of God's judgment against sins. The altar (prayer time) reminds us that our sins were already burned to ashes when we came to the cross of Jesus. Jesus took our sins with His blood had already burned our sins into ashes. The ashes were blown away. Gone! Now we are free in Christ! Wow! I pray you get this.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for the open our eyes to see the types of ashes of the heifer, blood of goats and bulls and more. You were looking forward for Christ to fulfill this prophecy. No wonder You love us so much to send Jesus to the world to be saved. Oh the wonder of it all just to think that You, God loves us and forgave us through Christ in Jesus' name I pray, amen!
May the Lord bless you!
Dorothy
In order to understand about Hebrews 9:13 ". . . the ashes of an heifer sprinkling . . ." First, individuals represent Israel who put their hands upon the heifer or a young calf as an example that their sins are put upon the heifer or young calf. Then the workers cleaned up the heifer and prepare for the priests to offer heifer upon the altar for burnt offering.
If you know about the Tabernacle, a brazen altar was the first thing inside and on this altar the sacrifice was to be made. The offerings were to be burned to ashes, and then were sprinkled on Israel. All the sins of Israel were placed on the sacrifice. Then the sacrifice, being made SIN, FELT THE SEARING HEAT so that when Israel came to be accepted of God, and the ashes were sprinkled along with the blood, GOD WAS SAYING TO ISRAEL, "YOU HAVE GIVEN ME YOUR SINS. I AM GIVING THEM BACK TO YOU NOW, AND LETTING YOU SEE THE EMPTY SHELLS, THE ASHES OF SOMETHING THAT HAS LOST ITS POWER AND ITS LIFE. IT IS REDUCED TO NOTHING. Why? BECAUSE THE FIRE OF JUDGMENT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE SUBSTITUTE (the young calf), AND YOUR (Israel's) SINS WERE THERE ON THE BODY OF THAT SUBSTITUTE (Heifer, the young calf), WERE DESTROYED.
Hebrews 9:13 NCV "The BLOOD of goats and bulls and the ASHES of a cow (calf) are sprinkled on the people who are unclean, and this makes their bodies clean again."
This kind of sacrifice was effective in Israel in the purifying of a life so that the people could say, "It is done, it is done! My SINS that were placed there (on heifer at Brazen altar) are nothing but ASHES. Then the people receive pardon and freedom for a whole year. The high priest enters the Most Holy Place once every year ... Praise God! Christ was offered as a sacrifice one time, not every year.
Now Heb. 9:14a tells us, "How much (better) is done by the blood of Christ. He offered Himself through the eternal Spirit as a PERFECT SACRIFICE to God."
Now the ashes that was burned was a type of God's judgment against sins. The altar (prayer time) reminds us that our sins were already burned to ashes when we came to the cross of Jesus. Jesus took our sins with His blood had already burned our sins into ashes. The ashes were blown away. Gone! Now we are free in Christ! Wow! I pray you get this.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for the open our eyes to see the types of ashes of the heifer, blood of goats and bulls and more. You were looking forward for Christ to fulfill this prophecy. No wonder You love us so much to send Jesus to the world to be saved. Oh the wonder of it all just to think that You, God loves us and forgave us through Christ in Jesus' name I pray, amen!
May the Lord bless you!
Dorothy
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