“Glory to the Precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ”

Psalms 96: 4 For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.

May Grace be with you all. Amen

Hallelujah

The Lord is the one who reigns

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in the portion of the Bible that we meditated upon in the past days, we saw that our God appeared to Moses from the midst of the bush. That vision is an important vision for our lives. This is because God is standing in the midst of the bush and calling to deliver the Israelites who are in the bondage of Egypt. We see that the reason for God to appear standing in the midst of the bush truly is to destroy all the worries of the world, desires of the world, pleasures of the world that are present in our soul. This shows the salvation of our soul as a pattern.

In order to redeem the people of Israel from Egypt and bring them our God calls Moses and God is with him as I am who I am and our soul which is stuck in the pit of sin is delivered by God and in order to make us to sit in the presence of God, God is using Moses in the Old Testament and making it clear to us.

That is why, in Psalms 97: 1 – 7 The Lord reigns; Let the earth rejoice; Let the multitude of isles be glad!

Clouds and darkness surround Him; Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

A fire goes before Him And burns up His enemies round about.

His lightnings light the world; The earth sees and trembles.

The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

The heavens declare His righteousness, And all the peoples see His glory.

Let all be put to shame who serve carved images, Who boast of idols. Worship Him, all you gods.

In this manner, if God will shine within us, God will remove all the deeds of the enemy that does not please him from our soul and God will cleanse us. Only then we will be saved. Then the idols that are there in our heart, carved images, other gods (all the evil characters that we have kept in our soul) other than God, will be destroyed. Then God will be glorified in his throne. We must know that his throne is in our soul. Initially in the time when we lived as a slave to sin, Pharaoh’s throne is present. God destroyed all the firstborns of Pharaoh from his throne, using Moses and Aaron by sending plagues and destroyed everything and redeems Israel. The reason is that the throne belongs to God. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

Our heart must be filled with righteousness and justice. Jeremiah 17: 9 – 11 “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?

I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.

“As a partridge that broods but does not hatch, So is he who gets riches, but not by right; It will leave him in the midst of his days, And at his end he will be a fool.”

A glorious high throne from the beginning Is the place of our sanctuary.

Therefore, how God asks us is that Isaiah 66: 1, 2 Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest?

For all those things My hand has made, And all those things exist,” Says the Lord. “But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word.

My dear people, God does not live in temples built by human hands. His will is that we should change and become the temple that he lives in, the dwelling place that he dwells in. That is why, every day God is giving us the heavenly manna which is God’s word and is feeding us. Therefore, we must be a temple which is built with God’s word. In that only righteousness and justice will be present. That is the foundation of his throne. That is why, God is saying that I will look on him, who trembles at my word. If the temple is built with God’s word and with prayer, his glory will be manifested.

Psalms 19: 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork.

The heavens mean those who have received God’s salvation, are filled with God’s word and those who have established righteousness and justice in their soul are heavens. In them, God’s glory will be continually manifested.

When we say Earth, those who have been saved by God but their soul has not undergone a full change. Righteousness and justice will be less in them.

Firmament signifies when our soul is filled with God’s glory, Christ our bridegroom will be glorified. Where the bridegroom is, there bride is also there. (The Holy Spirit)

That is why, the firmament shows his handiwork. The Holy Spirit always teaches us regarding the works of our God.

That is why, we must know that this is the reason why Lord asks: “Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me?

The Lord reigns in us.  Psalms 96: 9, 10 Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth.

Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns; The world also is firmly established, It shall not be moved; He shall judge the peoples righteously.”

My dear people, God is reigning in order to destroy all the evil deeds, deeds of the wicked one and all the evil things in us which are against the house of God. That is what God is making it clear to Moses. He is judging the Egyptians with plagues. If our countries also, in these days are affected by plagues, pestilence it means we  must realize that it is God’s judgement and in this day we must bind God’s word, which is the truth, which must be buckled in our waist and we must all change into God’s temple where his glory is manifested. We must share this to others. All of us must be redeemed and protected.

That is why, in Psalms 96: 11 – 13 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; Let the sea roar, and all its fullness;

Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice before the Lord. For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with His truth.

My dear people, in this time if we will read patiently, meaningfully and with the spirit of God the portion of the Bible that you are reading and if we will submit ourselves, God will deliver, redeem and save us  by preventing all the troubles, sorrows, plagues or pestilences.

May the Lord bless us all. Let us pray.

-To be continued