Church was mourning the passing away of a fellow member.One could not miss the sadness and yet the preaching was a powerful one on second coming.
The pastor observed that all our celebration was in commemoration of events of the past which had a great implication for the future.What about celebration and an alligning of our lives in anticipation of the things to come?
Today the advent begins and the latin word adventus is the greek word parousia commonly used to refer to the second coming of Christ.
We looked at the city of jerusalem today.
Jew perspective-There are graves of the jews on the Mount of Olives,an expensive space to be burried in .Amidst the tombstones we find the graves of the prophets also.According to the prophecy in Zechariah 4 and 5,it talks of the Messiahs feet being on the Mount of Olives and how the elect will come up with Him.The Jews anticipate the coming of the Messiah first to the Mount of Olive and thus believe that they will be the first to rise up from dead to be with their messiah.
Muslim perspective-There is a golden gate in the wall of Jerusalem.Suleman the magnificent ,a muslim ruler has sealed the golden gate because according to their prophecy the messiah of the Jews will enter through the golden gate and establish the kingdom of God.We find a lot of cemetries right outside the golden gate , Elijah is to come before the messiah so idea was to defile the entry of the Jewish predecesser of the messiah.
Christian perspective-Christ's second coming for His bride.
In all those tombstone ,there is no tomb for Jesus,because' He is not here,He has risen!'.
Jerusalem ,a city waiting in anticipation for the messiah.People of three different faiths all waiting for the messiah.
Are we like Jerusalem waiting and alligning our lives to the second coming of the King?
Why do we live in this anticipation?
Angels said it.
Jesus said it.
There is a deposit of His promise,God's gaurantee -the Holy spirit.
2 Corinthians 5 vs 5
'Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God,who has given us the Spirit as a deposit,gauranteeing what is to come.'
The pastor observed that all our celebration was in commemoration of events of the past which had a great implication for the future.What about celebration and an alligning of our lives in anticipation of the things to come?
Today the advent begins and the latin word adventus is the greek word parousia commonly used to refer to the second coming of Christ.
We looked at the city of jerusalem today.
Jew perspective-There are graves of the jews on the Mount of Olives,an expensive space to be burried in .Amidst the tombstones we find the graves of the prophets also.According to the prophecy in Zechariah 4 and 5,it talks of the Messiahs feet being on the Mount of Olives and how the elect will come up with Him.The Jews anticipate the coming of the Messiah first to the Mount of Olive and thus believe that they will be the first to rise up from dead to be with their messiah.
Muslim perspective-There is a golden gate in the wall of Jerusalem.Suleman the magnificent ,a muslim ruler has sealed the golden gate because according to their prophecy the messiah of the Jews will enter through the golden gate and establish the kingdom of God.We find a lot of cemetries right outside the golden gate , Elijah is to come before the messiah so idea was to defile the entry of the Jewish predecesser of the messiah.
Christian perspective-Christ's second coming for His bride.
In all those tombstone ,there is no tomb for Jesus,because' He is not here,He has risen!'.
Jerusalem ,a city waiting in anticipation for the messiah.People of three different faiths all waiting for the messiah.
Are we like Jerusalem waiting and alligning our lives to the second coming of the King?
Why do we live in this anticipation?
Angels said it.
Jesus said it.
There is a deposit of His promise,God's gaurantee -the Holy spirit.
2 Corinthians 5 vs 5
'Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God,who has given us the Spirit as a deposit,gauranteeing what is to come.'
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