** Many may think that my posts are slanted or boring or not worth reading; yet using my God given intelligence , I seek Absolute Truth and try to spread Love, Peace and Joy on all that I can! " Love, peace and joy " should be a key part of your Soul ( or mind where your thoughts function). Try to use this as part of your interaction with others! Then may God Bless you! Don't follow me, only follow the truth as it is and let it guide you in your life to better prepare you for the Eternity that follows! Seek the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness and all else will be added unto you Matt 6:33! My feeble attempts are weak but our Lord Jesus is strong! Seek Him! **

Date:   10/3/2019 12:44:58 AM ( 5 y ago)

Our Hope Is In Eternity

Luke 21:18-19 'But there shall not an hair of your head perish. In your patience possess ye your souls.'

{ i.e. Your Faith and Hope shall possess our souls)

LUKE 21:15-22

Jesus says the disciples were betrayed by parents, brothers, relatives, friends, and some disciples were even put to death. Yet, the amazing statement of Christ is that not a hair of their head will perish. The context of this statement speaks of some of the disciples dying, so this is not a promise that no physical harm will ever come. This could only refer to the resurrection.


The Greek word for 'resurrection' means 'a standing or rising up.' The resurrection is a major theme of New Testament teaching. Out of the 13 sermons in the book of Acts, 11 stress or imply the resurrection.


The hope of the believer is the resurrection. The natural, earthly, terrestrial, corrupt, weak, mortal, vile body is said to be raised, changed and fashioned into a spiritual, heavenly, celestial, incorruptible, glorious, powerful, and immortal body. This is the completeness that has been purchased for all of us in Christ. Amen!


The Lord views everything in the light of eternity. Man tends to view things in the context of his brief life on earth. From man's perspective, a person who dies for his faith in Jesus has lost a great deal. From Jesus' viewpoint, a martyr hasn't lost a thing. Even the very hairs on our head are numbered.


The patience that Jesus is speaking of here is the calm assurance that God knows every hurt that we feel and He will abundantly recompense us in the resurrection. This knowledge enables us to control our emotions in the face of persecution (i.e. possess our souls) instead of letting our emotions of fear dominate us.


** {In other words get your mind (or self) in the game!} {} = by Blogger


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