rediscovering eden
Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the bright and morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours
Who Am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love
and watch me rise again
Who Am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me
whom shall i fear
whom shall i fear
i am yours
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
-4:19 PM
I guess since nobody want to post,i shall post something i saw on a web,and since youthhour teaching us to read the bible...lol...
The last book of the bible:Revelation
Purpose: To reveal the full identity of Christ and to give warning and hope to believers
To encourage Christian faithfulness, the Revelation points to the glorious world to come (a world of “no more death or mourning or crying or pain,” 21:4 NIV; compare 7:16) at the reappearing of the crucified and risen Jesus. This now enthroned Lord will return to conclude world history (and the tribulations of the readers) with the destruction of God’s enemies, the final salvation of His own people, and the creation of a new heaven and a new earth. The intensity of the prophet’s experience is matched only by the richness of the apocalyptic symbolism he employed to warn his readers of the impending disasters and temptations which would require their steadfast allegiance to the risen Lord. To be sure, the Lord will come in power and majesty, but not before His enemies have exercised a terrible (albeit limited by the divine mercy) attack upon those who “hold to the testimony of Jesus.”
Comparing Genesis And Revelation1)Revelation may be compared to the book of Genesis. In Genesis we are told, “And the gathering of the waters called he seas” (1:10). In Revelation we are told: “And there was no more sea” (21:1).
2)In Genesis is described the first Adam with his wife Eve in the Garden of Eden, reigning over the earth (1:27, 28). In Revelation is described the last Adam with his wife, the Church, in the City of God, reigning over all the universe (21:9).
3)In Genesis God created the sun and moon, the day and the night (1:5, 16). In Revelation we are told, “There shall be no night there” (22:5). “And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof” (21:23).
4)In Genesis the tree of life is denied to sinful man (3:22). In Revelation the tree of life “yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations” (22:2).
5)In Genesis man hears God say, “Cursed is the ground for thy sake” (3:17). In Revelation man will hear God say: “And there shall be no more curse” (22:3). In Genesis Satan appears to torment man for awhile (3:1). In Revelation Satan disappears, himself to be tormented forever (20:10).
6)In Genesis the old earth was punished through a flood (7:12). In Revelation the new earth shall be purified through a fire (2 Pet. 3:6-12; Rev. 21:1).
7)In Genesis, man’s early home was beside a river (2:10). In Revelation, man’s eternal home will be beside a river: “And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb” (22:1).
8)In Genesis the Patriarch Abraham goes to weep for Sarah (23:2). In Revelation the children of Abraham will have God himself wipe away all tears from their eyes (21:4).
9)In Genesis God destroys an earthly city, wicked Sodom, from the sands (Gen. 19). In Revelation God presents a heavenly city, new Jerusalem, from the skies (Rev. 21:1).
10)Genesis ends with a believer in Egypt, lying in a coffin (50:1-3). Revelation ends with all believers in eternity, reigning forever
---Jonathan
