Honored of Heaven
And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church.—Ephesians 1:22 Day was breaking over the Sea of Galilee. The disciples, weary with a night of fruitless toil, were still in their fishing boats on the lake. Jesus had come to spend a quiet hour […]
Bleeding Victim
And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last.—Mark 15:37 The priests and rulers were amazed to find that Christ was dead. Death by the cross was a lingering process; it was difficult to determine when life had ceased. It was an unheard-of thing for one to die within six hours of […]
Minister of the New Covenant
But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.—Hebrews 9:11 The sacrificial service that had pointed to Christ passed away; but the eyes of men and women were turned to the true sacrifice for the […]
Great Pattern
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”—Matthew 5:16 Paul writes, “Do all things without murmurings and disputings that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye […]
Coming Redeemer
Arise for our help, and redeem us for Your mercies’ sake.—Psalm 44:26 How unmistakably plain were Isaiah’s prophecies of Christ’s sufferings and death! “Who hath believed our report?” the prophet inquires, “and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a […]
Builder of the Church of God
“And He shall build the temple of the LORD.”—Zechariah 6:12 In the temple in heaven, the dwelling place of God, His throne is established in righteousness and judgment. In the most holy place is His law, the great rule of right by which all humanity are tested. The ark that enshrines the tables of the […]
