TODAY’S DAILY READING: Ezekiel 21-22 & Revelation 5
Old Testament: Ezekiel 21- For Or Against
Ezekiel 21:3
“Thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I am against you, and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off both righteous and wicked from you.'”
Paul penned some of the most encouraging words ever written when he wrote,
Romans 8:31 “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?”
The illustration is quite powerful. If God were standing on your side, clad in armor and with sword drawn, it would not matter what enemy… Read More
Ezekiel 22- Stand In The Gap
Ezekiel 22:30“So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.”
Israel, in Ezekiel’s day, was a mess. The people had long ago left the Word of God and chose to follow the ways of the world around them. This led them into gross immorality, putting them at odds with God. As a result, the Babylonians were fast approaching the city and the people would be destroyed. Prophet after prophet had filled the airwaves with warnings… Read More
New Testament: Revelation 5- Title Deed
Revelation 5:5
“But one of the elders said to me, ‘Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.’”
Revelation 4 and 5 takes us on a heavenly tour, and with an all access pass, we are brought into the throne room of Jehovah God. There, we are privileged to observe as the saints and angels worship at His feet. Suddenly, the scene shifts from the throne to a scroll in the hand of God. All of Heaven seems fixated on this scroll and its contents. John is never told exactly what this scroll is, but it has been suggested by some, that it is the title deed to the earth… Read More
Jim Gallagher 