Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
The chosen people of God, the Jews, cruelly and mercilessly ridiculed and tortured the holy Son of God as He "poured out His soul unto death" on His cross (cf. Isa. 53:12). It was the most horrible miscarriage of justice the universe had ever witnessed. The sacrifice of Christ will never be repeated, but its horror and pain will be endured by His people in the closing days of world history, as a true wife shares her husband's trials.
Thus they will "partake of Christ's sufferings" and be fitted to "be glad with exceeding joy" (1 Peter 4:13). They will know that final intimacy that no other people can know; they will "sing a new song before the throne … and no one [can] learn that song except" those people (Rev. 14: 3).
This simple little Bible study is not intended to unleash theological controversy; Heaven forbid that we should expend vital energy vainly (time is too short). We long for an understanding of the nearness of our Savior; we long to be aware of His heart needs; we plead with the Father that we may be saved from repeating the sin of the Jews in the time of the "remnant" church of Revelation 12:17, which conscience forces us to realize has taken place! We plead even with tears, O God, save us from any little tinge of fanaticism.
But do grant us to "follow the Lamb wherever He goes," each of us in our little sphere where His providence has placed us (14:4). Grant us that repentant "broken and contrite heart" (Psalm 51:17).
Why can the Bridegroom/Lamb fix His love upon a church, any church? The Enemy in the great controversy between Christ and Satan has maintained that it's impossible that any "body" of Christ--church--can "overcome" corporately as a body, even as He "overcame" (Rev. 3:21).
Let's forget about ourselves and any possible "reward" we might imagine we deserve (perish the thought!): what kind of honor and vindication does the crucified and risen Son of God deserve in these last days?
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: June 15, 2006.
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