Psalm 97 ~ Clouds and thick darkness are all around Him

Psalm 97

1 The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice;
let the many coast lands be glad!
2 Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

3 Fire goes before him
and burns up his adversaries all around.


4 His lightnings light up the world;
the earth sees and trembles.
5 The mountains melt like wax before the Lord,
before the Lord of all the earth.

Revelation 4:3

And he who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald.

 6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
and all the peoples see his glory.
7 All worshipers of images are put to shame,
who make their boast in worthless idols;
worship him, all you gods!

8 Zion hears and is glad,
and the daughters of Judah rejoice,
because of your judgments, O Lord.
9 For you, O Lord, are most high over all the earth;
you are exalted far above all gods.

10 O you who love the Lord, hate evil!
He preserves the lives of his saints;
he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

11 Light is sown for the righteous,
and joy for the upright in heart.
12 Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous,
and give thanks to his holy name!

Clouds and thick darkness are all around Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His Throne.



Why would God the Father want to use Clouds and Thick Darkness all around Him???


This is Good News for Today.
These times. With factions and violence.

Seems so unusual for God to use Clouds and Thick Darkness. We know God is partial to Light from Genesis 1 and John 1. Father God tells us His Son - Jesus is the Light of the World in all of mankind.

Light overcomes Darkness. God says so. Here on earth and Heaven.
God is Good. All the Time.

Matthew 5:15-16
15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a lampstand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.

In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.



And the Good deeds, shining Light of Father God Almighty, our very own God in Heaven fully display His Glory.

The Glory of God is Jesus, fully perfect, clothing us in His Righteousness as a free gift of Faith. 
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And found...

Revelation 11
19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple; and there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.

Why would GOD be clothed in darkness?

Genesis 1:14
Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years
 

Romans 1:20
For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

 
 God tells us He wants to save the world in Jesus Christ - therefore - God Is Always overcoming Dark.

John is our disciple writing John's Gospel of Jesus Christ. John 1 tells us of Heaven and John speaks of God's Throne.

The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.

What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.



"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty."

Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back.

And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory."

Who among the gods is like you, LORD? Who is like you-- majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?

'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,' who was, and is, and is to come.

“Behold, The Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world!"

Father God,

The Light of God is Love and Mercy. Grace.

The goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior have appeared.

Jesus, the Only Son of God our Father, has saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His own Mercy.

By the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit. Father God has poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior.

In His Grace, we need to be mindful because we accept His Salvation with Faith, Hope and Love. Justified by Jesus' own grace - we become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people.

If possible, so far as it depends on us, live peaceably with all. Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.

Let us be born of water and Spirit, calling Jesus the Law fulfilled for us. Let us draw upon His Joy and give Him our today. Jesus is our hope, joy, Love and expectation. We lift our cares, the cares of the one's we love and pray for, our communities, our Churches, the Nations of the world in Jesus Christ's Salvation. And end our prayers holding fast to Him and His embrace. Looking for Jesus to Lift His Face, the Light of His smile for us! We know all who call upon Jesus are heard. For the faith to see renewal, joy and His blessings - Jesus dwell in me always! Amen in Jesus.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †

John 1:9 ~ The True Light, which gives Light to everyone

Recently we had a college in Texas ask the President of the Student Body to apologize for All Lives Matter.

This is fundamental to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

This is something The Holy Spirit records just as Jesus is being carried in the womb of His Mother, Mary.

This is our call in Christ Jesus. The people who know the Light of Jesus is in all of mankind.

Luke 1

and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah,
to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,
and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just,
to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.

John 1:9

4 In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind.

9 The true light, which gives light to everyone.




We are a people prepared. We know we will meet Jesus. To tell Jesus - here is my life, my soul, my words, my deeds - I need You Jesus the Lord. Your Grace.



We will be like Simeon every day when we pray.

Luke 2

28 he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,

29“Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace,
according to your word;
30for my eyes have seen your salvation
31 that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,



We will hold on the Peace God gives us for praying and expecting Jesus.


29 “Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace,
according to your word;
30 for my eyes have seen your salvation

Jesus never ends. He is the circle of Love, continuing to grow in stature and grow wisdom in those who believe.


Jesus is God and when we let Him, He will wrap us in his Arms like wings and carry us out of troubles.


And in knowing Jesus - this is how we deal with the difference of the Body of Christ.

Acts 10
34 So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, 35 but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him."


This is so fundamental to Christianity, to God - Father of All, Moses wrote of this:

Deuteronomy 1:17

'You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not fear man, for the judgment is God's


Job was alive the same time as Jacob. 2000 B.C.

Job 34:19
Who shows no partiality to princes Nor regards the rich above the poor, For they all are the work of His hands


Paul gets snippy about this and says:

Galatians 2:6
And from those who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—those, I say, who seemed influential added nothing to me.


Heaven. God says Nations will exist. God says when Nations in Heaven want a situation solved, they will not war and instead go to God for His Justice and Judgement.

Father God, understands the Body of Christ comes in shapes, sizes, colors, educational levels, with talents. He has created us to all play a part and have a place at the Table. His plan has always been to not be clones, instead to be individuals with God as Father.

Revelation 7:9
After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.

Luke 15:22-24

22 The father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 23 Bring the fatted calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate. 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate."



This is were we all are going. The same destination. This great equalizer.

Not only has God made us different, He clothes us in the same Righteousness - Jesus the Lord. And in His Grace, He unites and unifies us in the Purpose of Giving God Glory. Love Brings Us to God.

Above us all is Jesus Christ. 
He is puts Himself to us as Love, Binds everything in perfect harmony.

Telling us all this - about Prayer and God.

Hebrews 4:16
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Ephesians 3:12
In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God's presence with boldness and confidence.

Father God,

We pray and believe the Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.

We work to believe and Know Your Promises are Truth. We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. This faith calls us.

You are the Father God of patience and consolation. Grant us to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: That we may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Father God, Yourself our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.

We ask and expect and will see Father God make us to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all of mankind, even as we do toward You, God.

We ask for now until the end, You may establish your heart un-blameable in holiness before You, God, our Father, Today - this day and every day and at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

Give us this day to understand all days are in You. From now until Eternity. We believe in You, Jesus Christ. This day and all days - nothing is impossible in You.


We give You our loved ones, the people we pray for, our communities, Churches and Nations. We seek Your Help. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †

Luke 7:11-17 ~ This news about Jesus

Luke 7:11-17

Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain.

And his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.

When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.”

Then he went up and touched the bier they were carrying him on, and the bearers stood still.

 He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!”

The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

They were all filled with awe and praised God. “A great prophet has appeared among us,” they said. “God has come to help his people.” 

This news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding country.

"That is - impossible". If you heard that story from a person at work, if you were in a hurry and they were telling you, you might be very, very frank.

And your day progresses busily - yet the co-worker comes back and says,"Look here is Stan and he saw this too. With his own eyes." Stan glowingly tells the same impossible story.  Well, they have never, ever told you a story like this, but they look too gleeful. Could be a scam. (Hey, Stan, Got him!) You are now busy and uncertain and annoyed, " Ok, wow, thanks - "you reply and you say, "I am very, very busy."

And the deadline is met, but you missed.............

Actually, in Oklahoma a teen-age boy was brain dead from a head on collision.  the machines and the doctors and the family knew to be dead for hours - he had checked he was an organ donor. The medical people came in with the tools - to break his skin - he had Rigor mortis. And the tech screamed because this teenager clamped her hand and said, "No." He had just his mom there? No, his extended family. The whole small town in Oklahoma prayed for this teen - who recovered. Every Church in town asked for prayer.

Man makes "miraculous" recovery from brain death after ...
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Mar 27, 2008 - ... Oklahoma authorities were informed of his death, while friends and family were ... Forty-eight days after being declared dead, Dunlap returned home, where Dan Coffin presented him with the pocketknife that proved he was still alive.

And the woman in New Jersey who had cancer and died. She was turning black with Rigor mortis when she was wheeled into the hospital morgue. Fortunately a heart attack had finished her off. You can't find her on Google now either. Or her oncologist. But she was perfectly well even after the nurse described how her whole body turned black and stiff as her skin died and she held on. And she dreamed Jesus said, "I will heal you." And He did. She was perfect. Way, way, way back in 2010.

Mom prays, dead son comes back to life - USA Today
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Feb 4, 2015 - A Missouri mother is saying the power of prayer brought her son back to life after he was dead for 45 minutes. But, the teen didn't just survive, his brain is normal ...

Meet 'Lazarus tot' whose heart stopped for 1 hour - Today.com
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Sep 17, 2010 - Gore Otteson, 2, was underwater for 25 minutes, but he's OK today.

Wadena, Minnesota in July 2009. Every wall remaining from an F4 Tornado- had a Cross on the wall.

How many years have these miracles happened?

In 1978, I saw my mother's tumor on her thyroid disappear in a healing service. Documented by her surgeon, the technician who then found no tumor and the photo on her driver's license.

Cave 4 Dead Sea Scrolls. Carbon Date - very interesting information. 4Q521 is in the 1st Century. Others are older.

Qumran Cave 4 (4Q) – 1952. Discovered by Bedouin treasure huntersexploring right under the noses of archaeologists excavating the site of Qumran. The most legendary of all caves, Cave 4 revealed ample treasures: thousands of fragments from hundreds of manuscripts, comprising 75% of all material from the Qumran caves, including parts of biblical and apocryphal books, biblical commentaries, works on Jewish law, prayers, sectarian texts. Due to their poor condition, these fragments were among the most difficult to decipher and translate. Given the most amount of time for study.

Roman historian, Pliny the Elder, wrote John the Baptist was a visitor in the Essenes and mentioned a log book kept by the Essenes. Pliny was a geographer and claimed the Essenes lived mainly in the desert near the Dead Sea, on the northwestern shore. This is the same location where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. Seems he knew of what he wrote.

Another source of dating Scripture, many very, very early Biblical historians discuss in detail the thoughts and philosophies of early Scripture. Certainly telling us we have yet to discover more papyrus of early, early Scripture. Recently India found old Papyrus which is believed to be Barnabas carrying freshly written Scripture.

Before 70 A.D.
The Essenes Dead Sea Scroll
The Signs of the Messiah: 4Q521 - Found in Cave 4.
And the fr[uit . . .] will not be delayed for anyone.
And the Lord will accomplish glorious things which have never been as [He . . .]
For He will heal the wounded, and revive the dead and bring good news to the poor

The Essenes' written history record John the Baptist, towards the end of his ministry, stayed with the Essenes. John the Baptist ministry was to preparing a straight the path of God's Good News. John released his own disciples to go with Jesus Christ.



105 A.D.
And then you have Bishop Papias of Hierapolis interview the Disciple John, The Beloved Disciple, of Patmos about the Gospels and veracity of his eye witness in about 105 A.D. John said the Gospels were indeed accurate.

2nd Century and 3rd Century A.D.
And you find Papyrus 4 is Bibliothèque nationale de France and houses extensive chapters of the New Testament dating the Scriptures, not to the 4th century, but to the 2nd century. Papyrus 75 in the Vatican Library is 144 pages and has Luke 17 in the pages. This is 3rd Century. For 300 years, people in the Roman Empire were allowed to live, escape, go on, if Scripture was handed over to being burned.

Jesus and His Father Have Never Ceased Working.

Life to Life. Eternity is beginning now.

David fought the good fight and ended well. Nathan helped.

Solomon, it's rather unknown, spent many years in the high places begging God to do things Solomon's way and eventually Solomon rediscovered God has a Plan and Solomon ended well.

Hezekiah fought the good fight - and ended well.

Jeremiah fought the good fight - and ended well.

John fought the good fight and - ended well.

Titus fought the good fight - and ended well.

Luke fought the good fight and ended well.

Mark fought the good fight and ended well. Abraham,.. Isaac... Jacob... JESUS!

Give us this day!!!

Mark 12:27

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

 

Isaiah was a visitor of Almighty Father God's Eternal Kingdom unto His Throne. Isaiah 49 tells us there are Highways, Hills and Nations. God tells us in Revelation of His Love of Color. Nations and Nations in Heaven.

The Creator of Heaven and of earth - is our Lord Father God.  He says he gives us glimpses of Heaven - His Kingdom.

The Creator of Heaven and Earth are the Same

. The Earth displays His Majesty in New Zealand and across China 

Not all roads in Heaven need gravity,

Father God, 

In Your Scriptures and in Your Power every one of us will bow at the Name of Jesus.

Jesus, You appeared in the Power of the Grace of God offering Salvation to us all. In every Nation. For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Jesus tells us Your eternal Kingdom is Paradise. And this is Your free gift to us.

Father, You want all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. Faith calls us to Trust in You.

You have planned eternal life, we will know You the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

We have a hope in You, there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust. Father God will render to each one of us according to patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, You will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.

There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given higher than Jesus.

We pray that as we face eternity we have told with great effect the name of Jesus - that our families in Heaven not only include our blood families - but include the nobility - the true nobility is those who look to Father God knowing He Loves us and will be for us in Jesus Christ. For all nations and may God bless the peaceful and the Nations who call upon Him. 

I am asking prayers for my upcoming arm surgery - to go very well and have good health. And for the young man I saw throw a very unhappy fit in public today. For his peace and those around him to comfort him.  For healing and for guidance we ask in Jesus.

Gratitude for prayers given daily. So appreciated  Amen and the Blessings of Jesus..

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †