Hello, John and
Doves,
I love control, but I am no good at it. Nevertheless, the
LORD absolutely is.
It is written,
10 “For thus says the LORD: When
seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you, and
I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this
place. 11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the
LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future
and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to
me, and I will hear you. 13 You will seek me and find me, when
you seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you,
declares the LORD, and I will restore your fortunes and gather
you from all the nations and all the places where I have
driven you, declares the LORD, and I will bring you back to
the place from which I sent you into exile.
I have been searching for a future and a hope in this life,
while I watch for the return of Yahoshua HaMashiach. And it
has been all in one place all along. Sure, the Bible codes are
great, and PaRDeS is fascinating. But what can beat the P'shat
meaning of scripture?
As it is written,
All Scripture is God-Breathed
10 You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my
purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance, 11 my
persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch,
Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord
rescued me from all of them. 12 Indeed, all who desire to live
godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evil
men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being
deceived.
14 But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and
firmly believed, since you know from whom you learned them. 15
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are
able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ
Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for
instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training
in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be complete,
fully equipped for every good work.
~Blessings,
Mike