Lori Altebaumer
FaithDec. 11, 2024Season of Preparation Day Ten: God's CreationJesus is everything that matters and the only thing that matters. If it is not of Jesus, it doesn’t matter. As I look around me, I’m forced to confess. There’s a lot of stuff in my life that doesn’t matter. “For by...
Hebrews 11:10 says that Abraham “eagerly waited for the city which has the foundations, whose Architect and Builder is God.” This city is New Jerusalem, described in Hebrews 12:22 as &#…
By Elizabeth Prata The Bible tells us that earth will pass away and then be remade. Did you even wonder what it will be like in the New Heaven and the New Earth? I do. But first, the verses: “…
Hebrews 11:10 tells us that Abraham “eagerly waited for the city which has the foundations, whose Architect and Builder is God.” This says that God is the builder of New Jerusalem. In M…
First Corinthians 15:50 declares, “flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, neither does corruption inherit incorruption.” 15:52 adds, “the trumpet will sound, and the d…
Hebrews 10:19-22 exhorts us to enter the holy of holies. The basis for our entering is anything of ourselves; it is the person and work of the Lord Jesus. Because our natural life and the surroundi…
“The glory of God is man fully alive.” I love this quote, attributed to second-century bishop and apologist, St. Irenaeus, and I’ve repeated it in different settings many times ov…
New Jerusalem is a spiritual city, not a physical city. All the characteristics of New Jerusalem manifest the eternal life and the person of the Triune God. Hebrews 8 has much about the Old Testame…
Shirley Brosius
“They (the seraphim) were calling to one another: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” – Isaiah 6:3 When I was a child we wore “Sunday” dresses and often hats and gloves to show respect to God when we attended church. The...
What inspires you? Where do you get your ideas, your creative thoughts, your inventive insights, your sudden “a-ha” moments? Socrates believed that inspiration was something quite outsi…
By Elizabeth Prata Regular readers of this blog know that I love nature. I love the intricacies of how God created it all for His good and His glory. I love the macro. These are the large items in …
What inspires you? Where do you get your ideas, your creative thoughts, your inventive insights, your sudden “a-ha” moments? Socrates believed that inspiration was something quite outsi…
Anthony Taylor
Recognizing the Lord's goodness and mercy in all of creation reminds us of His boundless love and care. This awareness can inspire gratitude and reverence, motivating us to reflect His kindness in our interactions with others and in our stewardship of the world.
Anneta Pinto-Young
“The heavens are the Lord’s heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of man” (Psalm 115:16). In Genesis during creation, God spoke to the earth and commanded it to bring forth vegetation…
Jesus Christ is “is the image of the invisible God” (Col. 1:15). On the cross He created the new man who now “is being renewed unto full knowledge according to the image of Him wh…
The man made in God’s image is like a photo—the appearance is present but the reality of the person is lacking. In Genesis 2 man had the opportunity to partake of the tree of life, to receive…
“God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness…” This is Genesis 1:26. In 1:11-25 God made the plants, fish, birds, and animals each according to its own kind.…
The recent posts have focused on new, newness, and renewing in the New Testament. The eternal outcome of these items is the new creation, consisting of a new heaven and a new earth in Revelation 21…
in Revelation 21:1-2 John writes, “I saw a new heaven and a new earth…And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. New Jerusalem, composed of God mingled …
All the new things, all the newness, and all the renewing in the New Testament have a glorious conclusion in Revelation 21—a new heaven, a new earth, and New Jerusalem. New Jerusalem is the center …