Acts 17: 11
Now these (Bereans) were more noble-minded than those in Thesalonica, for they received the Word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily, to see whether these things were so.
This is very important. They were eager to hear what Paul had to say, but they didn't just take his words whole--they consulted the Scriptures every day to check out what he was telling them.
Paul considered this to be "noble." They wanted to make sure they weren't being duped by reasonable words, but checked it all out by God's Word.
Evidently those in Thesalonica just accepted what Paul had said, which was okay, because Paul spoke the Truth. But those in Berea wanted to make sure.
That was good. It's very important to make sure that what you are being told really is true and right. So often people come along as teachers, teaching their own ideas, or stuff they heard from others, that sounds reasonable but doesn't square with God's Truth. It's mixed with some kind of deception.
The devil does this to mislead. He has lied to the World, mixing his lies with truth to make them believable, but getting people off the right path into side eddies and ditches. His efforts are to keep us away from the wonderful Salvation God provides, in order to destroy us.
That's why Paul was encouraged by their checking out what he said against what God said, to make sure he was leading them rightly.
And I also would be encouraged if you, my reader, would check out what I say in this blog, against what God says in His Word, to make sure that I am not leading you astray with reasonable words.
If at any time you find that I may not be speaking strictly according to what God says, then, by all means, go with God. Let me know where I am amiss and I will research your sources so that I can correct my thinking.
O my Father, thank You! You are so good and so gracious to give us Your written Word to read and digest and research and draw out the wonderful Truth You have put into it to teach us and lead us in Your righteous paths.
Father, if anyone has tried to put into Your Word their own ideas, then I pray for them to be open to Your teaching, to know Your Truth which sets them free.
And if I have mis-read or mis-understood something that I have shared, then give my brother or sister the courage to share with me, so that my thinking will align with Your thoughts and my understandings will be in accord with Your meanings.
O Father, teach is to love one another as You have loved us--unconditionally, boldly, openly, and unashamedly. That we may help one another to love You more and serve You better every day.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
The Adoption As Sons
Galatians 4: 5
... That we might receive the adoption as sons.
Romans 8: 23
Even as we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.
Galatians 4: 6
And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, Abba! Father!
"Abba" is "Dada," the first word out of a baby's mouth. God the Father is our Daddy, our Dad.
The Greek word huiothesia, translated "adoption," describes a Roman concept unknown in today's Western culture, in which the natural-born or adopted son (or daughter) is declared a full adult in the father's family, inheriting the father's titles and estate.
And we who have been born spiritually into God the Father's family will grow up out of childhood, when our bodies will be changed and glorified, and we will be "adopted," declared an adult, with all the responsibilities and privileges of running the Family Business, the Kingdom.
We will be His kings and queens ruling with Him.
O my Father, this was Your plan from the beginning, that we would be Your family, ruling and enjoying all the future Universes You will create. And enjoying our "family times" with You, feasting and rejoicing in Your goodness and Love and wisdom and generosity.
And every created thing will bow the knee and voice Your praise and blessing and riches and wealth and mercy and grace and justice, throughout all future eternity, forever and ever. Amen.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
... That we might receive the adoption as sons.
Romans 8: 23
Even as we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.
Galatians 4: 6
And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, Abba! Father!
"Abba" is "Dada," the first word out of a baby's mouth. God the Father is our Daddy, our Dad.
The Greek word huiothesia, translated "adoption," describes a Roman concept unknown in today's Western culture, in which the natural-born or adopted son (or daughter) is declared a full adult in the father's family, inheriting the father's titles and estate.
And we who have been born spiritually into God the Father's family will grow up out of childhood, when our bodies will be changed and glorified, and we will be "adopted," declared an adult, with all the responsibilities and privileges of running the Family Business, the Kingdom.
We will be His kings and queens ruling with Him.
O my Father, this was Your plan from the beginning, that we would be Your family, ruling and enjoying all the future Universes You will create. And enjoying our "family times" with You, feasting and rejoicing in Your goodness and Love and wisdom and generosity.
And every created thing will bow the knee and voice Your praise and blessing and riches and wealth and mercy and grace and justice, throughout all future eternity, forever and ever. Amen.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Wait For It
Habakkuk 2: 3
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
God is telling this obscure prophet, and also to us, that what He says will happen, will happen.
If it seems to us that it is taking too long a time, we are cautioned to keep waiting for it, because it will for sure happen.
If God has told us that something will take place, then we can be sure that it will happen exactly as He said it would. But it will be in His time, not ours.
Everything He has said will take place is what He has already made to happen, as He sees the end from the beginning. He is speaking from what He sees, whether it is in our past or our future, it's all right now for Him.
So we can trust what He says. We need to be looking for what He says will happen to happen, but not necessarily in the way we might understand.
God told His prophets about events that would happen far in the prophet's future, so the writer of the prophesy may not have recognized what he was seeing in the vision, as modern technology and machines were unknown to ancient peoples. The writer had to use words describing things they knew, that would be similar to the unknown things they were seeing.
Whatever would move of itself, they would understand as being living; as for example, what Ezekiel wrote about in chapters 1, 3:13 & 10 of his visions of the "living creatures" with "wheels" and "eyes," that could be machines of some sort.
And I think that the "locusts" of Revelation 9:3 could possibly be armed drones. And the "horses" of v. 17 could be tanks.
I don't know, these are some of my ideas, and I may be way off base. But my point is that even though God has given us many details of what to expect, we may still not have an accurate picture of what will actually happen. But afterward, we will undoubtedly agree that it was exactly as He said!
O my Father, You have so graciously told us so many details of our future history. You laid out to Daniel the World governments that would be in power from his day all the way down to today's World.
And You showed John the whole scenario of the last seven years of this Era of Man on this Earth, that will precede Your Son's return to rule.
So we know what to expect, but not how it will look to our modern eyes. We need Your discernment to be able to recognize these happenings as they will be happening. And they may be happening all together, overlapping, and in swift succession, not necessarily in the order it was given.
It seems to me that John did not write in a chronological order, but in a logical order, to give order to what may come very chaotically.
Father, prepare Your children for the turmoil and persecution and martyrdom that is coming soon. Already this Earth is beginning its "birth pangs" before the end. Keep Your own safe in Your arms, Father, through all the end-times confusion and troubles.
O Father, our enemy knows his time is short, so he is furious, doing everything he can against Your ways and Your people, in his hatred of everything good.
But he can do no more than You allow, Lord God Almighty.
Even though it looks to us that this World is whirling away, You will let it go only so far, then You will "flick Your wrist" and draw it back like a yo-yo.
And You will make all things new: new bodies for Your children, a new Earth to live on with us, in a new Heaven--a whole new creation!
And every knee will bow, and every tongue confess Your glory and honor and blessing and wisdom and beauty and praise, forever and ever, amen.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
God is telling this obscure prophet, and also to us, that what He says will happen, will happen.
If it seems to us that it is taking too long a time, we are cautioned to keep waiting for it, because it will for sure happen.
If God has told us that something will take place, then we can be sure that it will happen exactly as He said it would. But it will be in His time, not ours.
Everything He has said will take place is what He has already made to happen, as He sees the end from the beginning. He is speaking from what He sees, whether it is in our past or our future, it's all right now for Him.
So we can trust what He says. We need to be looking for what He says will happen to happen, but not necessarily in the way we might understand.
God told His prophets about events that would happen far in the prophet's future, so the writer of the prophesy may not have recognized what he was seeing in the vision, as modern technology and machines were unknown to ancient peoples. The writer had to use words describing things they knew, that would be similar to the unknown things they were seeing.
Whatever would move of itself, they would understand as being living; as for example, what Ezekiel wrote about in chapters 1, 3:13 & 10 of his visions of the "living creatures" with "wheels" and "eyes," that could be machines of some sort.
And I think that the "locusts" of Revelation 9:3 could possibly be armed drones. And the "horses" of v. 17 could be tanks.
I don't know, these are some of my ideas, and I may be way off base. But my point is that even though God has given us many details of what to expect, we may still not have an accurate picture of what will actually happen. But afterward, we will undoubtedly agree that it was exactly as He said!
O my Father, You have so graciously told us so many details of our future history. You laid out to Daniel the World governments that would be in power from his day all the way down to today's World.
And You showed John the whole scenario of the last seven years of this Era of Man on this Earth, that will precede Your Son's return to rule.
So we know what to expect, but not how it will look to our modern eyes. We need Your discernment to be able to recognize these happenings as they will be happening. And they may be happening all together, overlapping, and in swift succession, not necessarily in the order it was given.
It seems to me that John did not write in a chronological order, but in a logical order, to give order to what may come very chaotically.
Father, prepare Your children for the turmoil and persecution and martyrdom that is coming soon. Already this Earth is beginning its "birth pangs" before the end. Keep Your own safe in Your arms, Father, through all the end-times confusion and troubles.
O Father, our enemy knows his time is short, so he is furious, doing everything he can against Your ways and Your people, in his hatred of everything good.
But he can do no more than You allow, Lord God Almighty.
Even though it looks to us that this World is whirling away, You will let it go only so far, then You will "flick Your wrist" and draw it back like a yo-yo.
And You will make all things new: new bodies for Your children, a new Earth to live on with us, in a new Heaven--a whole new creation!
And every knee will bow, and every tongue confess Your glory and honor and blessing and wisdom and beauty and praise, forever and ever, amen.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Monday, May 20, 2019
All One
Galatians 3: 28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
God is no respecter of persons, but loves us all and sent Jesus to be Savior of us all. None has more or less value than any other.
Every one of us has been born in sin, with a defective DNA that predisposes us to some weakness, some bent, some evil way that is unhealthy for us and repulsive to our Creator.
Some have sinned in a very public way, and others' sins are more private. But we all have sinned, because we are all sinners. It's been said that, "the ground is level at the foot of the Cross," because Jesus became sin, took on Himself our very sin-nature, for us, as the personal Sacrifice for each of us, one-by-one (II Corinthians 6:21). And His Blood washes us white as snow.
God is too pure to be able to live with even a shadow of a stain of sin. If He did, then Heaven would eventually get as bad as this World is. That is why the Son agreed to come to this Earth to be our Savior--to make us pure also, and fit to live with Him where He is.
Rank of authority is not the same as value or worth. God the Father outranks the Son and has authority over Him, but they are both the same God, they are One.
The Centurion at Capernaum understood how the structure of authority worked, and acknowledged Jesus' authority over the sickness of his servant. And Jesus commented that this Roman had more faith than those of Israel (Matthew 8:5-13). The Centurion's faith was an understanding of the authority structure. And he considered his servant of great value, the one who had the least rank.
As God's children we all have tremendous value and worth to our Father. We are all valuable and are all in His family. So we need to see one another with the great value our Father places on us, while recognizing the ranks of authority among us.
Parents are over their children, wives are to be subject to their husbands, and congregations are under the responsibility of their pastors.
But we all respect one another as equal children of God, regardless of our race or nationality or socio-economic position. Whatever the clothes we wear or our accent or the shade of our complexion. We all have great value.
O my Father, You have made us in such diverse variety! And You have put Your beauty upon each and every one of us. Father, open our eyes to see the beauty and worth of all of our brothers and sisters, and afford them the respect and honor that You have given each of us.
Teach us to do to others as we would have them do to us, and to love one another the way You have loved us. And let the World see our love and know that Jesus has come to save them, too.
And every eye will see, every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is our Lord God, to the glory of the Father over all.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
God is no respecter of persons, but loves us all and sent Jesus to be Savior of us all. None has more or less value than any other.
Every one of us has been born in sin, with a defective DNA that predisposes us to some weakness, some bent, some evil way that is unhealthy for us and repulsive to our Creator.
Some have sinned in a very public way, and others' sins are more private. But we all have sinned, because we are all sinners. It's been said that, "the ground is level at the foot of the Cross," because Jesus became sin, took on Himself our very sin-nature, for us, as the personal Sacrifice for each of us, one-by-one (II Corinthians 6:21). And His Blood washes us white as snow.
God is too pure to be able to live with even a shadow of a stain of sin. If He did, then Heaven would eventually get as bad as this World is. That is why the Son agreed to come to this Earth to be our Savior--to make us pure also, and fit to live with Him where He is.
Rank of authority is not the same as value or worth. God the Father outranks the Son and has authority over Him, but they are both the same God, they are One.
The Centurion at Capernaum understood how the structure of authority worked, and acknowledged Jesus' authority over the sickness of his servant. And Jesus commented that this Roman had more faith than those of Israel (Matthew 8:5-13). The Centurion's faith was an understanding of the authority structure. And he considered his servant of great value, the one who had the least rank.
As God's children we all have tremendous value and worth to our Father. We are all valuable and are all in His family. So we need to see one another with the great value our Father places on us, while recognizing the ranks of authority among us.
Parents are over their children, wives are to be subject to their husbands, and congregations are under the responsibility of their pastors.
But we all respect one another as equal children of God, regardless of our race or nationality or socio-economic position. Whatever the clothes we wear or our accent or the shade of our complexion. We all have great value.
O my Father, You have made us in such diverse variety! And You have put Your beauty upon each and every one of us. Father, open our eyes to see the beauty and worth of all of our brothers and sisters, and afford them the respect and honor that You have given each of us.
Teach us to do to others as we would have them do to us, and to love one another the way You have loved us. And let the World see our love and know that Jesus has come to save them, too.
And every eye will see, every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is our Lord God, to the glory of the Father over all.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Sunday, May 19, 2019
To Run Or To Stand And Fight?
James 4: 7
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
So we have the Armor of God to wear in our battle with the enemy (Ephesians 6:11-17) which we are to wear while we:
But we are to flee temptation. I Corinthians 10:13 says to flee fornication, and 10:14 says to flee from idolatry. Paul tells Timothy to flee from the love of money (I Timothy 6:10), and to flee from youthful lusts (II Timothy 2:22).
And I Corinthians 10:13 tells us a way to escape temptation.
I need to recognize when I am to stand and fight (hand-to-hand wrestling, even), and when I am to turn tail and run away. Like Joseph did when Potiphar's wife propositioned him, leaving his coat in her grabbing hand! (Genesis 39:12-13).
And in James 4:17 he says that, the one who knows the right thing to do, and does not do it, to him it is sin. A sin of omission.
So we "miss the mark" when we do what is wrong, and also when we don't do what is right!
O my Father, please give me discernment when I am facing mere temptation I am to run from, compared to the enemy himself, who I am to stand up to and fight.
Strengthen me for the fight, and teach me Your techniques for the hand-to-hand battle.
And when it is my own flesh, this World around me, or the pull of demonic temptation, let me be humble enough to just turn away.
And when I know how to do what is right, but I'm just too busy or too lazy or too selfish to do it, please draw my attention to what I am not doing.
I know that Your Spirit in me is strong and wise, and will lead me aright in the path on which You have placed my feet. Keep my hand firmly in Yours, as my Good Father, who will never let me go; even if I should try to pull away.
Never let me wander or veer off to the left or to the right, but continue boldly on straight ahead, toward the goal of Your high calling in Christ Jesus wherewith You have called me.
And Father, I pray as Jabez prayed in I Chronicles 4:10, that You would enlarge my borders of influence, that You would lead me and keep me from the pull of temptation, that I also would not be a pain, either to myself or others or to Your mighty, holy Name!
And all the glory and praise belongs to only You, as our Boss, our Owner, our God Almighty; who has all the power and all the authority and all the regal majesty of royalty over us all.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
So we have the Armor of God to wear in our battle with the enemy (Ephesians 6:11-17) which we are to wear while we:
We are to stand our ground and battle the devil.wrestle against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places; ...
That we may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand (vs. 12-13).
But we are to flee temptation. I Corinthians 10:13 says to flee fornication, and 10:14 says to flee from idolatry. Paul tells Timothy to flee from the love of money (I Timothy 6:10), and to flee from youthful lusts (II Timothy 2:22).
And I Corinthians 10:13 tells us a way to escape temptation.
I need to recognize when I am to stand and fight (hand-to-hand wrestling, even), and when I am to turn tail and run away. Like Joseph did when Potiphar's wife propositioned him, leaving his coat in her grabbing hand! (Genesis 39:12-13).
And in James 4:17 he says that, the one who knows the right thing to do, and does not do it, to him it is sin. A sin of omission.
So we "miss the mark" when we do what is wrong, and also when we don't do what is right!
O my Father, please give me discernment when I am facing mere temptation I am to run from, compared to the enemy himself, who I am to stand up to and fight.
Strengthen me for the fight, and teach me Your techniques for the hand-to-hand battle.
And when it is my own flesh, this World around me, or the pull of demonic temptation, let me be humble enough to just turn away.
And when I know how to do what is right, but I'm just too busy or too lazy or too selfish to do it, please draw my attention to what I am not doing.
I know that Your Spirit in me is strong and wise, and will lead me aright in the path on which You have placed my feet. Keep my hand firmly in Yours, as my Good Father, who will never let me go; even if I should try to pull away.
Never let me wander or veer off to the left or to the right, but continue boldly on straight ahead, toward the goal of Your high calling in Christ Jesus wherewith You have called me.
And Father, I pray as Jabez prayed in I Chronicles 4:10, that You would enlarge my borders of influence, that You would lead me and keep me from the pull of temptation, that I also would not be a pain, either to myself or others or to Your mighty, holy Name!
And all the glory and praise belongs to only You, as our Boss, our Owner, our God Almighty; who has all the power and all the authority and all the regal majesty of royalty over us all.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Saturday, May 18, 2019
What Kind Of Wisdom?
James 3: 17
But the wisdom from above is first pure,
then peaceable,
gentle,
reasonable,
full of mercy
and good fruits,
unwavering,
without hypocrisy.
Pure is without alloy, unmixed, having no faults.
Peaceable is peace-making, calm, tranquil, not quarrelsome.
Gentle is soothing, mild, calming.
Reasonable is according to reason, rational, just.
Full of mercy is willingness to forgive, spare, relent.
Good fruits are the manifestation of the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23).
Unwavering means firm, unshakable, no doubt, no second-guessing.
Without hypocrisy means no pretending, no feigning to appear as what one is not.
Worldly wisdom is none of these, but is rife with selfish ambition and self-promotion.
O my Father, please teach me to learn godly wisdom, to spurn drawing attention to myself; but let my words and life lift the Name of my sweet, dear Lord.
Let all my works and efforts show others who You are, Father, and what Your Son has accomplished for their benefit and well-being. Let Your wisdom from above fill their thoughts and conversations replacing the deceptive wisdom of this World.
Draw them to Yourself, Father; let my reach extend to those who are seeking You, that Your words would enter their minds and hearts to rescue them from the addictions and bad habits and poor choices that have enslaved them.
Send workers into Your mission fields, Father; even snatching them from the fire. Fill Your house and let every seat around Your great banquet table be occupied, with no gaps or vacancies.
And every eye will see, every knee will bend, and every tongue will confess in every language Your great kindness and mercy and wisdom and grace, and bring You all the credit and honor and majesty that belongs to only You.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
But the wisdom from above is first pure,
then peaceable,
gentle,
reasonable,
full of mercy
and good fruits,
unwavering,
without hypocrisy.
Pure is without alloy, unmixed, having no faults.
Peaceable is peace-making, calm, tranquil, not quarrelsome.
Gentle is soothing, mild, calming.
Reasonable is according to reason, rational, just.
Full of mercy is willingness to forgive, spare, relent.
Good fruits are the manifestation of the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23).
Unwavering means firm, unshakable, no doubt, no second-guessing.
Without hypocrisy means no pretending, no feigning to appear as what one is not.
Worldly wisdom is none of these, but is rife with selfish ambition and self-promotion.
O my Father, please teach me to learn godly wisdom, to spurn drawing attention to myself; but let my words and life lift the Name of my sweet, dear Lord.
Let all my works and efforts show others who You are, Father, and what Your Son has accomplished for their benefit and well-being. Let Your wisdom from above fill their thoughts and conversations replacing the deceptive wisdom of this World.
Draw them to Yourself, Father; let my reach extend to those who are seeking You, that Your words would enter their minds and hearts to rescue them from the addictions and bad habits and poor choices that have enslaved them.
Send workers into Your mission fields, Father; even snatching them from the fire. Fill Your house and let every seat around Your great banquet table be occupied, with no gaps or vacancies.
And every eye will see, every knee will bend, and every tongue will confess in every language Your great kindness and mercy and wisdom and grace, and bring You all the credit and honor and majesty that belongs to only You.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Friday, May 17, 2019
What Is Faith?
Hebrews 11: 1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not yet seen.
This is the definition of Faith. It is substance, ground, confidence. It is knowing that what we don't yet see is what is real, what is sure.
God told Habakkuk that, "The just shall live by his faith" (2:4), and this was quoted by the writer of Hebrews, "Now the just shall live by faith; but if any man draw back [doubt], My soul shall have no pleasure in him" (10:38).
And James says that we must ask God "in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavers is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think he shall receive anything from the Lord. A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways" (1:6-8).
So faith is trusting so firmly in God's character and goodness that there is no doubt or wavering in believing that God will give us what we ask for. And we will expect the answer and look for it.
Jesus said to "ask," this means that we need to know what we want.
Then He said to "seek," this means to look for it, expecting to find it.
And He said to "knock," this means to do the work it takes to have it.
Always trusting in His goodness to give it to us. Faith is trust. I have faith in the chair I'm sitting in to hold my weight, so I sit down in it to type.
The same way, I need to trust God to love me that much to give me what I am asking for, as I seek mentoring to learn how, and do the work to make it happen.
O my Father, thank You for Your holy written Word, given to us to tell us about Your Son, and Your Spirit and Yourself. And to give us Your whole Plan of the Earthly Ages, from before the beginning to after the end!
And a peek at the New Heaven and New Earth!
And Jesus' rule will never stop increasing! (See Isaiah 9:7.)
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not yet seen.
This is the definition of Faith. It is substance, ground, confidence. It is knowing that what we don't yet see is what is real, what is sure.
God told Habakkuk that, "The just shall live by his faith" (2:4), and this was quoted by the writer of Hebrews, "Now the just shall live by faith; but if any man draw back [doubt], My soul shall have no pleasure in him" (10:38).
And James says that we must ask God "in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavers is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think he shall receive anything from the Lord. A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways" (1:6-8).
So faith is trusting so firmly in God's character and goodness that there is no doubt or wavering in believing that God will give us what we ask for. And we will expect the answer and look for it.
Jesus said to "ask," this means that we need to know what we want.
Then He said to "seek," this means to look for it, expecting to find it.
And He said to "knock," this means to do the work it takes to have it.
Always trusting in His goodness to give it to us. Faith is trust. I have faith in the chair I'm sitting in to hold my weight, so I sit down in it to type.
The same way, I need to trust God to love me that much to give me what I am asking for, as I seek mentoring to learn how, and do the work to make it happen.
O my Father, thank You for Your holy written Word, given to us to tell us about Your Son, and Your Spirit and Yourself. And to give us Your whole Plan of the Earthly Ages, from before the beginning to after the end!
And a peek at the New Heaven and New Earth!
And Jesus' rule will never stop increasing! (See Isaiah 9:7.)
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
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