A BIG QUESTION
Today’s Reading: Job 14-15
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As you enter the Church of the Holy Sepulcher you can climb a set of stone stairs on the right. This stairway, according to the Orthodox tradition, leads to Calvary (Golgotha), regarded as the site of Jesus’ crucifixion. It is the most lavishly decorated part of the church. The main altar belongs to the Greek Orthodox, which contains The Rock of Calvary (12th Station of the Cross). The rock can be seen under glass on both sides of the altar, and beneath the altar there is a hole believed to be the place where the Cross was raised.
GOOGLE MAPS – To see where the photo was taken, click HERE.
Key Verses: Job 14:14a
If a man dies, shall he live again?
The answer to that question is “YES!” Job was a man of great faith. Although he did not understand all that was happening to him and had a lot of questions for God about his troubles, his overall trust in God never wavered.
Job did not have the advantage of a completed Bible as we have. He did not know the Words of Jesus promising eternal life to all who believe in Him (John 3:16) or the assurance Jesus gave to Martha, as recorded in John 11:25-44. But Job did know that God is a just God. He knew that someday he would stand before God. Praise God that the truth of which Job had a partial revelation is now revealed in completeness by Jesus!
PRAYER FOR TODAY:
Lord God, I have questions about the timing of the resurrection to come, which You promised. I have questions about my time here on earth. However, You have chosen to ask me to simply trust You for my future. I pray for grace and patience as my daily portion. In Jesus’ Name, Amen!!!
100 PERSONAL WORDS:
In past blogs I’ve used pictures of what is known as “The Garden Tomb.” In our tours to Israel we have visited both the Garden Tomb and the great church building (pictured above), which is believed by many to cover the places of Jesus’ crucifixion, burial and resurrection. I am not dogmatic about the exact place where these events took place, but I am dogmatic that they did take place!!! Throughout the years, I’ve stood beside many graves, watched as the body was lowered into the ground, and quoted the Words of Jesus to Martha about the resurrection to come.
Yours for complete confidence in the “YES” answer to Job’s question,
David
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Just inside the entrance of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is The Stone of Anointing, also known as The Stone of Unction, which tradition claims to be the spot where Jesus’ body was prepared for burial by Joseph of Arimathea. However, this tradition is only attested since the Crusader Era, (eleventh century)and the present stone was added in the 1810 reconstruction.
I will not fear for when we leave this world we are residents of our heavenly home made by Jesus
In this world we have tribulation and trials of every kind but through it all Jesus helps us till the end when our time on earth is through we ll be home forevermore to live and love our Savior Jesus and God our Father Abba Father and we’ll sing HOLY HOLY HOLY IS THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN FOR THE REDEEMED PRAISE GOD
Amen Brenda!!!
Yes, Amen Brenda!
This is the day that the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Thank You, Lord God, for all your faithful witnesses throughout the world and throughout all time. Please help us, Lord, to be faithful to You today. Please wash us clean in the blood You shed that washes white as snow, and help us to show and tell your gospel to others. Today. In Jesus’s great name, amen
Amen Rob.
and Amen Pastor David …definitely “Yes” to Job’s question!!
Great photos…thank you for posting them!
Praise God we have a Redeemer, Jesus Christ God’s Son!!!