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G. Driggs:

--- Quote from: JohnMichael on June 28, 2011, 04:58:34 AM ---Rev 21:3  And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Rev 21:4  And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

Two little verses that mean the world to me. With everything else that's in Revelation, these two verses were overlooked in my days in Babylon and Churchianity. Thinking about what these verses really mean brings tears to my eyes. A world that will no longer have pain or diseases or heartache or sorrow or wickedness or death... seems almost like a dream, but it's actually going to happen. It amazes me to even contemplate it.

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Love them verses too John, been meditating on them a lot. My grandmother use to always remind me of them when I was hurting. Used to think them verses were only meant for Christians until recently.........

Isa 25:8  He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off ALL FACES; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.              

Thanks John for the reminder. :)

G.Driggs      

stanstillwhite:
Hey Duane!!

I know just what you mean. God gave me a voice and I have always used it.  And the only thing I could ever do was persuade people to follow Jesus.  Its the only thing I ever really believed in.  I just can't keep quite about what God has done for me.  Like the man in the Bible after Jesus brought his little girl back to life and then told him not to tell any body....I GOT TO TELL SOMEBODY!!  Even if God is going to save everybody I still feel compelled to tell people how good and loving Jesus is.  Yeah, I've been cussed and spit on and even cuffed a time or two but so what. Looking back I wonder how much of that I brought on myself.  Were is the real sufferting.  I know this can't be it.  Over 400 believer die every day for Jesus.  And they don't know what we do!  When will we see true character building faith galvanizing persecution!  I have never doubted what E L Martin and Ray Smith have shown us.  I have been rebelling against these doctrines all my life.  When I first read these truths it was like a light came on and I could see the whole room.  Both joy and shame flooded my soul.  For how could I have ever believed and teach  such lies about my Father? But our Father is the Master of Mercy and the God of grace.  I always have to remember:

 Luk 12:48  But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

Let us all walk worthy of the calling we have been given.  For worthy is He who called us.

Love Ya

Stan

Joel:
Hi John
Luke 4:18-19 is a blessing to me no matter how many times I read it. :)
Jesus did all he was sent to do at that time in history.
4:18-The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19-To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

Hi Grapehound
I don't talk much about God to anyone, but the times that he was leading me to say something and the times that I have been verbally attacked by others, have been different as night and day.
I too was ask if I thought Ray, and I were the only ones that are right and everyone else is wrong?
My reply was "No God is the one that is right." Paul said "let God be true, but every man a liar;"  Romans 3:4

Joel

JohnMichael:
Isa 61:3  To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Isa 61:4  And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

Jer 31:12  Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Jer 31:13  Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

These verses coincide with Rev 21:3-4 as a promise toward:

1Co 2:9  But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

Eph 3:20  Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Eph 3:21  Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.


When this flesh has finally been conquered, and death is no more, what a wonderful life that will be; it's hard to conceive that:

Rom 8:18  For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

That will truly be a wonderful and glorious time - all to the Glory of God. Isn't it beyond words how truly good it is that God, unlike man, keeps His promises?

In Him,
John

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