Sunday, January 23, 2022

31 Day Daily Devotional SERIES for the Garden of the Heart: DAY 24

 DAY 24
 LET THERE BE LIGHT to IT IS DONE
  And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying 
to the seven angels, 
Go your ways, 
and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
 At that time shall Michael stand up, 
the great Prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble
such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, everyone that shall be found written in the book.
Revelation 16:1/Daniel 12:1
--7--
Days of Creation
Articles of Furniture in the Sanctuary
Last Plagues
 
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, 
and all the host of them.  
And on the seventh day God ended his work
which he had made; 
and he rested on the seventh day from all his work 
which he had made.  
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it
because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Genesis 2:1-3
Back into the Most Holy Place to the Ark of the Testimony where the Law of God is found---the 4th Commandment--the 7th Day Sabbath--in the heart of that Law
 
And thou shalt put the mercy seat 
upon the ark of the testimony 
in the most holy place.
* And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments,
 which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me. 
And I turned myself and came down from the mount,
 and put the tables in the ark which I had made; 
and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.
Exodus 26:34/Deuteronomy 10:4,5
 
Here we have an inverse Relationship as the 1st day of Creation began in the Most Holy Place with a decree from the seat of God ("Let There Be Light") 
and the 7 Last Plagues ends in the Most Holy Place on the with a decree from the seat of God 
("It Is Done"). 
One [Creation Week] begins in the Most Holy Place with a decree then ends in the Most Holy Place in the Ark 
with the Sabbath--heart of the Law.
The other [7 Last Plagues] begin in the Most Holy Place with the 1st Plague poured out on those for violating that Law and ends in the Most Holy Place with a decree from the seat of God 
And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; 
and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, 
from the throne,
 saying, 
It is done
And there were voices, 
and thunders, 
and lightnings; 
and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. 
And the great city was divided into three parts, 
and the cities of the nations fell: 
and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, 
to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: 
and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail
for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
Revelation 16:17-21
 
Blessed are they that do his commandments
that they may have right to the tree of life
and may enter in through the gates into the city.
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. 
The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; 
he will rejoice over thee with joy; 
he will rest in his love, 
He will joy over thee with singing.
 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. 
And let him that heareth say, Come. 
And let him that is athirst come. 
And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Revelation 21:422:14//Zephaniah 3:17/Revelation 22:17
 
DAILY REMINDER
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, 
and have not LOVE, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, 
and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, 
and have not LOVE, I am nothing. 
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not LOVE, it profiteth me nothing.
LOVE suffereth long, and is kind; 
LOVE envieth not; 
LOVE vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, 
is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 
And now abideth faith, hope, LOVE, these three; 
but the greatest of these is LOVE.
 And from Jesus Christ, ....Unto him that loved us, 
and washed us from our sins in his own blood,...
1 Corinthians 13:1-5,13/Revelation 1:5
 
 "Would they say, Lord, this day of all days, this day which forever concludes all human history, this
decisive day for all the human race, should have been clearly set forth in thy holy word
 
The answer would be, 
It was thus set forth
From Genesis to Revelation, that word was full of it. 
 
That solemn moment which should close probation  
and bring its terrible retribution to the ungodly, 
and its glorious reward to the righteous, 
was everywhere kept in view, with warnings and exhortations to all the race to prepare for its solemn scenes. Bibles were in your hands, and you should have read them for yourselves.  
Would they not thus stand speechless and condemned?
The declaration of God’s word,
the signs in the natural world,
the state of the nations,
the moral condition of mankind,
and the proclamation of the coming of the day of wrath,
the last message of mercy, are all before us."
Uriah Smith 

Closing Thought for the Day 
--Uttered as Probation Closes--
He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: 
and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: 
and he that is righteous, [Justified]
let him be righteous still: 
and he that is holy, [Sanctified]
let him be holy still.
Revelation 22:11,17