Today's Favorite Verse: Isaiah 45:18

Today's Favorite Verse: Isaiah 45:18

"For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else."

This reminded me of this.

"And behold, the glory of the Lord was upon Moses, so that Moses stood in the presence of God, and talked with him face to face. And the Lord God said unto Moses: For mine own purpose have I made these things. Here is wisdom and it remaineth in me.

And worlds without number have I created; and I also created them for mine own purpose; and by the Son I created them, which is mine Only Begotten. "

(Moses 1:31, 33)

The earth was created to be inhabited. Each world that has been created has been for God's own purposes. In this world God created man in his own image. That was part of his purpose.

"And I, God, created man in mine own image, in the image of mine Only Begotten created I him; male and female created I them."

(Moses 2:27)

It does make me wonder if in other worlds he did not create man in his own image. Otherwise, where did the Cherubims and Seraphims that minister in the heavenly sanctuary, Holy of Holies, and guard the tree of life come from?

"Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly."

(Isaiah 6:2)

"So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life."

(Genesis 3:24)

"And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly."

(Hebrew 9:5)

Day 2883

Today's Favorite Verse: Matthew 28:7, 9

Today's Favorite Verse: Matthew 28:7, 9
"And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him."

I went back and read the other accounts of Jesus resurrection and appearances and this is the only account I could find of the women running to tell the disciplines and meeting Jesus along the way. They are mentioned in Luke's account by not that they met him.

Mary Magdalene saw the resurrected Lord first, early in the morning. She was told "Touch men not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father." It was later at sunrise the other women came to the sepulchre and found the angels there. They were instructed to tell his disciples he was risen. Obediently running along the way they meet the resurrected Lord. They held his feet and worshiped him. It was all the same day so there is a small period of time been early in the morning to sunrise. I find it interesting one was told not to touch him and others could. How much time passed between the two events? How much time did Jesus need to ascend to his Father?

After reading and pondering on the accounts I realized it all really doesn't matter to me. It is interesting, it would be good to have the complete account, but in the long run I'm fine with not understanding what exactly happened. I just know it did happen. What I wondered is what would I have done when I met Jesus along the way? I can picture many things and it all reminds of that song "I Can Only Imagine". I had to go listen to that.



Day 1532

Today's Favorite Verse: Psalms 127:3

Today's Favorite Verse: Psalms 127:3
"Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward."

Saw this scripture verse a little differently today. Heritage reminded me of my forbearers, and how we pass on a family resemblance. Then I thought of this verse.

"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."
(Genesis 1:27)

One of the heritages from the Lord is that I was made in his image. Every baby born down through the ages is in his image too. We are literal children of God and have a noble heritage.

Day 1180

Today's Favorite Verse: Abraham 4:26-27

Today's Favorite Verse: Abraham 4:26-27

"And the Gods took counsel among themselves and said: Let us go down and form man in our image, after our likeness; and we will give them dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping things that creepeth upon the earth.

So the Gods went down to organize man in their own image, in the image of the Gods to form they him, male and female to form they them."

To simply know that my body is designed after the image of God helps me feel like I am one of his children. I have believed this since I was a child. It helped me understand the concept of God being a loving Heavenly Father. I cannot imagine what it must feel like to think of God without a body but just everywhere. I think I would feel much more distant from him. To think that God wanted me to be formed in his image means he expects me to become like him.

Day 571