The Legacy of Revelation

January 19, 2012

As I face the day, I face it with the wonderful reassurance that I am the recipient of the most precious spiritual gem that the Father has - His Word! This He has freely given me—the legacy of the awesome progressive revelation of Himself—His Plans—His purposes, His provisions!!  

The genesis of these thoughts comes from Hebrews 1:1-3: 

“Long ago God spoke in many different ways to our fathers through the prophets [in visions, dreams, and even face to face], telling them little by little about His plans.

But now in these days He has spoken to us *(by, in and through) His Son to whom He has given everything, and through whom He made the world and everything there is.

God’s Son shines out with God’s glory, and all that God’s Sonis and does marks Him as God.  He regulates the universe by the mighty power of His command.  He is the One who died to cleanse us and clear our record of all sin, and then sat down in highest honor beside the great God of heaven.” (Living Bible)

Ponder how God spoke, progressively revealing His Plans and Purposes:

  • Think of those very early days of creation
  • The Garden of Eden
  • The beginnings of civilization
  • The Flood
  • The Call of Abraham
  • The Twelve Tribes
  • Israel, the Law, the Sacrifices, the Tabernacle
  • The period of the Kings
  • The Prophets

Each era, each event, bringing more and more of God’s Plan for His People. And finally revealing it in fullness - THE WORD, THE INCARNATE SON, THE KING OF KINGS, THE LORD OF LORDS!

  • “In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with God, and the WORD was God. The same was in the beginning with God. He created everything there is—nothing exists that He didn’t make.  Eternal life is in Him and this life gives light to all mankind.  His life is the light that shines through the darkness—and the darkness can never extinguish it.” John 1:1-4 (KJ & LB)
  • “And the WORD was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.”  John 1:14

Can you imagine a greater privilege than to be a keeper of the Word? Today, in the year of our Lord 2012, we stand in awe at legacy we are heir to, and we remember the words of Ps. 66:11 “The Lord gave the WORD: great was the company of those that published it!”

May each of us fulfill that legacy as we serve persecuted Christians today!! In the words of  John Oxenham:

“Is your place a small place? Tend it with care; He set you there. Is your place a large place? Guard it with care! He set you there. Whate’er your place, it is not yours alone, but His Who set you there.”

 

AMEN

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