The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Psalm 74:9,
"We are given no signs from God; no prophets are left, and none of us knows how long this will be."
Here is a comment we can relate to today. Unlike times we read of in the pages of Scripture when God moved and spoke to his people and others through prophets, in this psalm we see the remnant of Jews is in exile in Babylon sans prophets and no word from God.
Unlike us today, at the time this psalm was penned, there were prophets providing word from God just within a generation or so earlier. Jeremiah and others had been sent with word from God warning of this current plight these remaining Jews found themselves in, a warning unheeded by the nation. We, however, have had a prophetic drought for two millennia.
Like the Jews of the day of psalm 74, we, I believe, are entering into a time of difficulty for the church. Not at all to be compared to the difficulty the Jews in captivity in Babylon faced, we today, nevertheless ought to prepare for difficult times ahead as Christians. If you follow the news, the persecution of the church in many areas of the world is rising.
Paul warned of difficult times in the later days, a time when "the restrainer" will be removed, freeing lawless and sinful man to flourish, 2 Thessalonians 2. Paul also spoke of terrible times in the last days of this age, 2 Timothy 2 (which seems to me to comport with 2 Thessalonians 2).
Difficult times that Paul spoke of for Christians at this point? I don't have a clue. It seems that way. However, we do know that many a generation felt it existed at the time the Lord was coming back for his own during a time of difficulty.
Whether now or later, when things become very difficult for the church just prior to the Lord coming for his people, will there be attending prophecies that Asaph yearned for?
I suspect not, save for the two prophets we read of in Revelation 11. Outside of that, it seems we have all we need from the Lord in our Bibles. On the other hand, just as I don't have a clue about when the end of the age will dawn on us, I also don't have a clue about this either. It doesn't seem credible to me that anyone else might as well.
Just a few thoughts this morning...
A blog with my ruminations over the years can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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"We are given no signs from God; no prophets are left, and none of us knows how long this will be."
Here is a comment we can relate to today. Unlike times we read of in the pages of Scripture when God moved and spoke to his people and others through prophets, in this psalm we see the remnant of Jews is in exile in Babylon sans prophets and no word from God.
Unlike us today, at the time this psalm was penned, there were prophets providing word from God just within a generation or so earlier. Jeremiah and others had been sent with word from God warning of this current plight these remaining Jews found themselves in, a warning unheeded by the nation. We, however, have had a prophetic drought for two millennia.
Like the Jews of the day of psalm 74, we, I believe, are entering into a time of difficulty for the church. Not at all to be compared to the difficulty the Jews in captivity in Babylon faced, we today, nevertheless ought to prepare for difficult times ahead as Christians. If you follow the news, the persecution of the church in many areas of the world is rising.
Paul warned of difficult times in the later days, a time when "the restrainer" will be removed, freeing lawless and sinful man to flourish, 2 Thessalonians 2. Paul also spoke of terrible times in the last days of this age, 2 Timothy 2 (which seems to me to comport with 2 Thessalonians 2).
Difficult times that Paul spoke of for Christians at this point? I don't have a clue. It seems that way. However, we do know that many a generation felt it existed at the time the Lord was coming back for his own during a time of difficulty.
Whether now or later, when things become very difficult for the church just prior to the Lord coming for his people, will there be attending prophecies that Asaph yearned for?
I suspect not, save for the two prophets we read of in Revelation 11. Outside of that, it seems we have all we need from the Lord in our Bibles. On the other hand, just as I don't have a clue about when the end of the age will dawn on us, I also don't have a clue about this either. It doesn't seem credible to me that anyone else might as well.
Just a few thoughts this morning...
A blog with my ruminations over the years can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
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