[Originally posted in a WhatsApp group (OVU) as a daily reading update (reflection) from each chapter of the Bible]
[6:07
pm, 19/02/2022] S.R: ℤ𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕙 𝟙:𝟙𝟟
"Again,
proclaim, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘My cities will again overflow
with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion and again choose
Jerusalem.’'"
Again.
That's the word repeated 4 times! 😇👍
ℤ𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕙 𝟚:𝟙𝟛
"Be
silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for He is aroused from His holy habitation."
It's
proper to maintain silence before high and mighty people. We keep silent when
we fear. Ought not we maintain silence before God and stop the charismatic
theatrics?
ℤ𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕙 𝟛:𝟙
"Then
he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and
Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him."
Satan
is our accuser in the court of God. Now, you appreciate that Jesus is our
advocate. He never loses even a single case and will always win! 😇👍🙏
ℤ𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕙 𝟜:𝟞
“Then
he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel saying, 'Not by
might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the LORD of hosts."”
If
only we are led by the Spirit....!
ℤ𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕙 𝟝:𝟙
"Then
I lifted up my eyes again and looked, and behold, there was a flying
scroll."
Well,
we must make ourselves and others see the flying scroll! It's a scroll of
condemnation against wickedness! That scroll is of course the Bible!
ℤ𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕙 𝟞:𝟟
"When
the strong ones went out, they were eager to go to patrol the earth. And He
said, "Go, patrol the earth." So they patrolled the earth."
"We
are not alone in this big universe." Science fiction is right. But it's
not the aliens that are watching us. It's the spirits of heaven patrolling the
earth. Even Satan roams to and fro, perhaps as fast or faster than the speed of
light. He has been here on earth before Newton, Einstein, and Elon Musk, he
knew a lot about physics.
ℤ𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕙 𝟟:𝟞
"When
you eat and drink, do you not eat for yourselves and do you not drink for
yourselves?"
Hmmm!
1 Corinthians 10:31 is fitting to this question!
ℤ𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕙 𝟠:𝟙𝟜-𝟙𝟝
"For
thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Just as I purposed to do harm to you when your
fathers provoked Me to wrath,' says the LORD of hosts, ‘and I have not
relented, so I have again purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to
the house of Judah. Do not fear!’"
Has
the Lord been hard on you? Maybe because of your negligence of spiritual
discipline. But there's good news. If you walk with God, as He has been hard to
you, He shall be gracious to you too, and much more!
ℤ𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕙 𝟡:𝟡
"Rejoice
greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold,
your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and
mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey."
One
of the well-known Bible verses from the book of Zechariah! It's about the
coming of Jesus Christ, the Palm Sunday!
Zechariah
has 9 letters. Chapter 9 Verse 9.
ℤ𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕙 𝟙𝟘:𝟙
"Ask
rain from the LORD at the time of the spring rain-- The LORD who makes the
storm clouds; And He will give them showers of rain, vegetation in the field to
each man."
A prayer of a contrite spirit. A prayer of
surrender to God. A prayer of trusting God. A prayer that seeks to glorify God
ℤ𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕙 𝟙𝟙:𝟙𝟟
"Woe
to the worthless shepherd Who leaves the flock! A sword will be on his arm And
on his right eye! His arm will be totally withered And his right eye will be
blind."
God
wants His shepherds/pastors to be faithful ones! May I never have a worthless
period in my ministry!
ℤ𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕙 𝟙𝟚:𝟠-𝟡
"In
that day the LORD will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who is
feeble among them in that day will be like David, and the house of David will
be like God, like the angel of the LORD before them. And in that day I will set
about to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem."
Seeing
the Russians invading Ukraine, I would love to see this passage coming true.
How can tiny Israel stand against the nuclear forces of the world!? 😱 They shall, by the divine intervention of God!
ℤ𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕙 𝟙𝟛:𝟙
"In
that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity."
The
hymn "There is a fountain filled with blood" written by the great
English poet William Cowper, the friend of John Newton is taken out from this
verse.
ℤ𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕙 𝟙𝟜:𝟙-𝟛
"Behold,
a day is coming for the LORD when the spoil taken from you will be divided
among you. For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and
the city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished and half of
the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.
Then the LORD will go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fights
on a day of battle."
What
a great war is coming! Jerusalem will be destroyed, but God will fight for her
again. It presumes that God will come to their defense only after their
repentance and confession that the one whom they had pierced was the Messiah!