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Friday,
November 3, 2023
My
neighbor's
barn on a
lovely autumn
day.
"The
Ultimate Victory
Celebration"
Message
summary:
All
who have
accepted
Christ and
lived for Him
have a
victory
celebration
coming that
will make any
earthly
celebration
absolutely
pale in
comparison.
Listen
to our message
on your audio
player.
“After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb” (Revelation 7:9,10). “After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God” (Revelation 19:1).
And
on that day,
we join the
resurrection
And stand beside the heroes of the faith
With one voice, a thousand generations
Sing, "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain"
"Forever He shall reign"
And stand beside the heroes of the faith
With one voice, a thousand generations
Sing, "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain"
"Forever He shall reign"
Wednesday night the Texas Rangers won the World Series, their first ever world championship. When we lived in New England we attended several games at Fenway Park in Boston. I certainly can imagine the excitement at this World Series victory for Texan fans, although certainly not quite to the same degree as it was for long-suffering Red Sox fans when the Red Sox won in 2004. Their last previous World Championship victory had been in 1918 so several generations never saw the Red Sox as world champs over those 86 years of waiting.
I
enjoy the
excitement of
the game,
especially
elimination
games, but I
especially
enjoy watching
the post-game
celebration.
It’s pretty
predictable,
with all the
players
running to the
center of the
field and
jumping all
over each
other. I have
watched these
celebrations
since my
childhood
although
rarely for
"my" team.
However, even
if it's not my
team I can
still enjoy
the sense of
celebration!I hope all of you have experienced similar times of celebration in life. It may have been due to the victory of your favorite sport’s team. Even non baseball fans should be able to identify with the joy and excitement to be a Texas Rangers player or fan. However that will soon wane as all earthly celebrations do.
But we also consider the various occasions in life that are celebratory such as a birth, graduation, marriage, long sought reconciliation or other personal achievement.
From
the eternal
perspective we
consider the
joy of one
coming to
Christ, a
Christian
baptism or
a victorious
overcoming.
Even a funeral
service can
celebrate
a life lived
well as we
noted in our
message
Wednesday on
"Homeward
Bound".
All who have accepted Christ and lived for Him have a celebration coming that will make any earthly celebration absolutely pale in comparison. Indeed, as the old gospel song says,
All who have accepted Christ and lived for Him have a celebration coming that will make any earthly celebration absolutely pale in comparison. Indeed, as the old gospel song says,
“When
we all get to
heaven, what
a day of
rejoicing that
will be!
When we all see Jesus, we’ll sing and shout the victory!”
When we all see Jesus, we’ll sing and shout the victory!”
Consider
the great
multitude in
the glimpse of
that
celebration in
our daily
text. People
of faith
comprise "a
great
multitude that
no one could
count from
every nation,
tribe, people
and language".
Representation
from every
generation
since Adam and
Eve will be
present. Enoch
will be there,
along with
Noah and
Abraham, and
all who have
lived by faith
throughout the
ages. We know
the names of
only a tiny
fraction of
this great
multitude that
happen to be
recorded in
Biblical
history,
church history
or well-known
people of
faith in our
own time. The
vast, vast
majority will
just be
ordinary
people like
you and me.
The skin color of the redeemed next to us won’t matter. Neither will their ethnic background or age. Who knows, I might be standing near a black believer from Kenya who lived for God hundreds or even thousands of years ago!
We will be "standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb". This is a glimpse I can scarcely imagine. The Lord will need to make a transformation for me since I’m not drawn to large crowds but I am most confident that it won’t matter there. I will be engaged in worship to the only true God.
Frankly I don’t know how comfortable I’ll be wearing a white robe and holding palm branches in my hands. But I know I’ll get over it, because the real focus will be centered on the throne and the Lamb.
Some say I have a built-in microphone so I’ll have no difficulty making the greatest declaration of all time as I stand with the redeemed multitude and cry out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb”!
The skin color of the redeemed next to us won’t matter. Neither will their ethnic background or age. Who knows, I might be standing near a black believer from Kenya who lived for God hundreds or even thousands of years ago!
We will be "standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb". This is a glimpse I can scarcely imagine. The Lord will need to make a transformation for me since I’m not drawn to large crowds but I am most confident that it won’t matter there. I will be engaged in worship to the only true God.
Frankly I don’t know how comfortable I’ll be wearing a white robe and holding palm branches in my hands. But I know I’ll get over it, because the real focus will be centered on the throne and the Lamb.
Some say I have a built-in microphone so I’ll have no difficulty making the greatest declaration of all time as I stand with the redeemed multitude and cry out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb”!
That
will be the
ultimate
celebration!
Won’t you join
me there for
the ultimate
celebration?
Be
encouraged
today,
(Hebrews
3:13)
Daily prayer:
Father, we the
redeemed
declare that
praise and
glory and
wisdom and
thanks and
honor and
power and
strength
belong to You,
our God,
forever and
ever. Never
again will
there be
hunger, never
again will
there be
thirst. You
will wipe away
every tear
from the eyes
of those who
have suffered
making us long
for that
glorious
eternal event
that will take
place in our
lives. It is
Jesus that we
celebrate and
it is through
His righteous
blood that we
have promise
of eternity.
We are
grateful!
Amen.
Stephen
&
Brooksyne
Weber
Daily prayer:
Father, we the
redeemed
declare that
praise and
glory and
wisdom and
thanks and
honor and
power and
strength
belong to You,
our God,
forever and
ever. Never
again will
there be
hunger, never
again will
there be
thirst. You
will wipe away
every tear
from the eyes
of those who
have suffered
making us long
for that
glorious
eternal event
that will take
place in our
lives. It is
Jesus that we
celebrate and
it is through
His righteous
blood that we
have promise
of eternity.
We are
grateful!
Amen.(Prayer
adapted from
Revelation 7)
Today's
Suggested
Music and
Supplemental
Resources
"When
We All Get To
Heaven"
Watch
on Youtube
Casting Crowns
(This is the
classic hymn)
"One
Day (When We
All Get To
Heaven)"
Watch
on Youtube
Matt
Redman
"Hymn
Of Heaven"
Watch
on Youtube
Shadow
Mountain
Community
Church
"Revelation
19:1"
Watch
on Youtube
Naomi
Raine &
Mav City
Gospel Choir
"All
The Praise"
Watch
on Youtube
Shadow
Mountain
Community
Church
We hope our
choir will
sing this
song! It
really builds
as it
progresses.
"Be
Glad"
Watch
on Youtube
Cody Carnes
Last
Thursday
evening I
(Brooksyne)
attended an
Align Life
Ministries
banquet at the
Lebanon County
Expo Center.
(Stephen was
at another
banquet with a
group of
friends at the
Shady Maple.)
Align Life is
the name of
our regional
crisis
pregnancy
center that
provides
alternatives
to women and
girls
considering an
abortion, one
of 2,000 such
centers here
in the US.
Astoundingly
in our
decadent age
these centers
are considered
to be
dangerous by
those who
worship the
abortion gods.
But those of
us who
attended this
banquet were
greatly
encouraged by
Dr. William
Lile, a board
certified
obstetrician
and
gynecologist
licensed in
Florida and
Alabama.
In
1999 Dr. Lile
took over the
practice of
the largest
abortion
provider in
the state of
Florida
panhandle and
transformed
the practice
from one that
actively
destroyed
innocent human
life into one
that
recognized
that all life
is made in the
image of God
and worthy of
being
protected,
preserved, and
allowed to
grow.
Today
Dr. Lile
travels around
the nation
sharing his
message that
"a patient is
a person, no
matter how
small" which
he repeated
many times
throughout his
presentation.
The
abortion pill
is now
responsible
for over 54%
of all
abortions in
the US. He
shared that
the abortion
pill CAN be
safely
REVERSED 70%
of the time if
the reversal
protocol
occurs within
72 hours of
taking RU-486.
Dr. Lile has
personally
reversed and
delivered 18
babies.
We
learned about
the surgeries
now being
performed on
fetuses in the
womb who are
diagnosed with
heart disease,
spina bifida,
and other
major diseases
or disorders.
You can learn
more by going
to www.prolifedoc.org.
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