Daily Devotional, Year 2 – January 1 (The Eternity Game! Part 2)

By admin On October 15th, 2014

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Daily Devotional, Year 2 – January 1  

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The Eternity Game!

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Part 2 

To read Part 1, click here…December 31st (The Eternity Game!)

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cropped-big-brother-is-watching-1984.pnghttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zombies_NightoftheLivingDead.jpgHave you noticed that very few of the futuristic movies and books portray a bright outlook for the future for this world?

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Well, perhaps it’s hard to be optimistic about the future, when one surveys the current world-landscape!

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Zombies Night of the Living Dead – Wikipedia – Public-Dom.

From George Orwells Futuristic book 1984 – cropped image – Wikimedia – Free-Art License

 

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“BECAUSE INIQUITY SHALL ABOUND…LOVE…SHALL WAX COLD”

Matthew 24:12

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One might say, “It’s getting almost too depressing to merely look at the daily headlines!” 

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Thousands dying daily of killer viruses!

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False religions wanting to “kill the infidels”!

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Schools now beginning to encourage anti-God philosophies and perverted lifestyles to students!

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Government spending itself into financial suicide!

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Hate groups rising up in every direction!

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Crime and lawlessness rising to new heights!

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Dishonesty and hypocrisy likewise rising to new heights!

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Businesses being over-regulated into self-destruction!

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Mass Genocide being committed on the unborn!

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National borders collapsing!

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Totalitarian tyranny taking control of nations!

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The marriage institute in a state of shambles!

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Churches preaching a prosperity-driven gospel!

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ISIL – Execution of man – September 2014 – Wikimedia – Public Domain

V for Merdeka flash mob protest on New Year’s Eve – cropped image – Wikimedia – share-alike license.

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“That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting (lacking) cannot be numbered (filled)!”

Ecclesiastes 1:15

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:UpstateNYerAnd isn’t it remarkable, that no matter how many hospitals we build, and how many medicines we invent, the more sick people there are?

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And the more laws we enact, the more lawless our world gets?

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And the more humanitarian projects we implement, the more human suffering there is?

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And the nicer and more generous we are to the world, the more we are hated?

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9/11 World Trade Center attack – New York – by UpsateNYer & Wikipedia – cropped image – Share-Alike Lic.

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THE WORLD PERISHES!

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Yes, the outlook for this present world appears very dismal, to say the least! Things just seem to get more hopeless with each and every passing day!

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Now the Bible says… “Where there is no vision, the people perish:” Proverbs 29:18

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Yes, Where there is no vision, the people perish! But it’s hard to have a vision of happy things, when everything around us seems to be going down the proverbial, “tubes”! And this world’s drama seems to be racing to its, “final curtain call!”

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Global Warning – Christ Coming by Julian Osley – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share Alike License

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“LOOK UP & LIFT UP YOUR HEADS!”

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But the Bible tells us…“And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” Luke 21:28

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If ever there was a time when it is imperative to look up, it is now! This sad old world is racing toward its final fiery deluge! The signs of the times are literally everywhere!

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And so, like never before we need to take our eyes off this doomed planet and refocus on Heaven’s glories!

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Starry Night at La Silla – cropped/altered image – Wikimedia – Share-Alike license

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NO MORE SUFFERING!

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Yes, the New Heaven and New earth will, no doubt, be a place in which those of us who suffered here will enter into a Paradise in which suffering no longer exists!

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And our past suffering will all be forgotten!

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River of Water of Life – H. Melville – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

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GLORIOUS REST!

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“…and His (God’s) rest shall be glorious.” Isaiah 11:10 

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And those who spent night-after-night, year-after-year in torturous sleeplessness, will find the sweet Rest in that land to be so wonderful and so blissful!

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Job (oil on canvas) by Bonnat, Leon Joseph Florentin (1833-1922) – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heinrich_Seufferheld_Betendes_Maedchen_opus_16,1_1893.pngA BRAND-NEW BODY!

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And those who lost a limb, or teeth, or became disfigured, or just got old and wrinkled, will rejoice in their brand new glorified spiritual body which will never wear out!

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And in that Promised Land, we will be forever young!

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Woman praying – Heinrich Seufferheld – 1893 – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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GREATLY ADORED!

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And those who were lonely, rejected or forsaken here, will delight to find themselves loved as a long-lost son or daughter is greatly beloved!

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Weeping Woman – Van Gogh – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

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NO MORE TORMENTORS!

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anger_during_a_protest_by_David_Shankbone.jpgAnd those who were abused, bullied, mocked, scorned, and even tormented, will not be able to find even one of those abusers or even one of those bullies, or one of those mockers or scorners in that Land!

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All those tormentors will simply be, nowhere to be found! (Even many may have repented and turned to the Lord!)

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Anger during a protest – by David Shankbone – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-alike-License

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_-_Study_for_The_Cross_and_the_World......_-_Thomas_Cole.jpgTHE REAL BILLIONAIRES!

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And those who lost or gave up the riches and glories of this world, and instead, lived self-denyingly here for the sake of following Jesus, will delight themselves in the eternal heavenly, spiritual riches which will be lavished upon them in the wonder-filled world-to-come!

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Pilgrim enters Heaven – Study for The Cross and the World…… Brooklyn Museum Thomas Cole US public domain

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NO MORE HEAVY BURDENS!

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And those who were weighed down under the heavy burdens of this life will rejoice to discover that everlasting life will be a brand new adventure each and every morning!

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Prayer – Anna Blunden – For Only One Short Hour – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internet_addiction.jpg“Then shall the lame man leap as an hart!”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Munch_Det_Syke_Barn_1896.jpg

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And those who were once incarcerated, addicted, lame, or bed-fast will freely jump, skip, and “leap as an hart (deer)” and they shall, “grow up as calves of the stall!” (Isaiah 35:6 & Malachi 4:2)

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Munch Det Syke Barn – 1896 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

Internet addiction prisoner – Wikipedia – Creative Commons lic.

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A DREAM LIFEhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Constable_The_Hay_Wain.jpg

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And those who failed to find some little piece of Heaven down here on earth, will delight to find that God prepared for them that dream-cottage nestled by a peaceful river!

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John Constable – The Hay Wain Cottage – Wikipedia – US public domain

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SEE OUR CHILDREN ONCE AGAIN!https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Creator:Frederick_Cayley_Robinson&action=edit&redlink=1

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And those who prayed and pleaded for their dying children will rejoice to meet them once again! 

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Orphan on Mother’s Grave – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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AN ENDLESS LIFE THERE!http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ThomasCole-Pilgrim_Cross_End.jpg

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And those who died at an early age (and we all die at an early age) will realize that a supposedly long life in this sin-cursed earth is meaningless; only the endless life which Salvation brings has any true meaning!

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Thomas Cole – Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

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GET A VISION OF ETERNITY!

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And so, there is much to contemplate regarding the world to come!

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And maybe what we all need to do, is to spend more serious time, just trying to imagine how wonderful this will all be, and catch a vision of the joy-filled Land which awaits us, when we finally cross that river!

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Yes, that’s it! Let’s continue to imagine what eternity future will be like there!

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 The Pilgrim’s Progress – by Byam Shaw – Wikimedia Commons – US Public Domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to catch a vision of good things to come…

Woman Praying – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

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https://theheavensdeclare.net/the-alter-the-woman/READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Flower of Heaven Constellation”, 

ABOVE STAR-CHART: Flower of Heaven Constellation hanging from the Altar Constellation

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

 

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LET’S CATCH A VISION OF THE PROMISED LAND!

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“Where there is no vision, the people perish” Proverbs 29:18

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In the beginning, God placed our first parents in a beautiful garden. But as a result of sin, this world lost much of its beauty. The curse has marred, to a great extent, the pristine condition of nature.

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There are perhaps many, who are under the impression, that God’s redeemed will spend all eternity sitting on a puffy little cloud, strumming a harp. Nothing could be further from the truth! “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth:” Revelation 21:1

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Do we really imagine that the same God who created that incredible garden for our first parents, would then put us through all this sorrow and hardships, only to stick us in some boring situation, for eternity? Such people don’t know God nearly well enough.

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The beauty and innocent joys of this present world, are just a faint reflection of what awaits all those who persevere on the upward pathway to that Celestial City of God.

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LET’S CATCH A VISION OF THAT PROMISED LAND

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So Signs Of Heaven encourages the reader to begin to get a vision of the New Heaven and New Earth, and begin to get excited about it. When we hear the cry of a new-born baby, or the innocent laughter of little children. When we see a little forest creature having fun, or we enjoy a walk along the sand at the ocean, and hear the majestic roar of the crashing waves. These, and the many other joys of life were created by the One who has also gone to prepare an even more beautiful place for us to live. He knows our needs, and will provide a home, far more wonderful than this sin-cursed Earth.

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And when we finally cross that river, and we stand together on the shores of that world-to-come, we will look in amazement at what He has in store for us there. And then we will know for certain, that, His mercy endures forever”, because, “God is love”!

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Wildpferde Tripsdrill – Wikimedia Commons – share-alike license

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pollyann_statue_(18902222832).jpgTOMORROW…

JANUARY 2 (The Gospel According To Pollyanna, Part 1)

 

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TO ALL NOBLE BEREANS: YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL. 

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THIS IS STUDY #366, PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…

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