One of the most beautiful and powerful prophecies of the Old Testament is found in Isaiah 9:6 “For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the […]
It’s pretty easy—at the end of the year or the end of a race—to feel a little weary from the activity, maybe even a little sad at outcomes that are less than perfect, and in our discouragement, we can let down our guard. No one likes to think about that at Happy Christmas, I suppose, […]
Closure can be the best of things. A job completed and “well done, good and faithful servant.” An ending to a suspenseful thriller in which resolution brings a return to restful feelings, knowing how the story ends. Open chapters and loose ends lend to uncertainty about the future and anxiety over what that looks […]
Have you ever noticed how people jump to excuses or spin lies when caught doing or saying something wrong? It’s almost automatic. People don’t like to be caught with wrongdoing. But people also don’t like being judged without knowing what charges they’re facing. So, we can see Visitation Principle 20: Jesus Came to Give His […]
. Hebrews 9:11 But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation. 12 He did not enter by means of the […]
Hebrews 9:8 The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning. The first tabernacle with its laws was still functioning throughout Jesus’ life and ministry. He fell under the system of laws just like the […]
As we approach Christmas and celebrate Christ’s first Advent, we can see there are more Visitation Principles for why Christ came. Jesus came to make the righteousness process of the “old covenant” obsolete. The Holy Spirit is like new technology, and He couldn’t come until after Jesus’ birth, life, death, resurrection and ascension. Our hearts […]
“But God found fault with the people and said: “The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead […]
We’ve now arrived at Visitation Principle 15: Jesus Came to Transcend the Expectations of Men in our look at the Letter to the Hebrews. On one hand, expectations can be good. They show a predictive functioning of one’s brain to analyze data and create theories about what comes next. The amount of data pointing in […]
As we continue our look at the Letter to the Hebrews and find visitation principles for Jesus’ first Advent, we come to this one: Visitation Principle 14: Jesus Came to Display the Reward of Obedience Hebrews 5:8 Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered 9 and, once made perfect, he became […]
