“Say to the daughter
of Zion, “Behold your King is coming to you, gentle, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden” (Matt. 21:5). “Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do
with Jesus?” They all said, “crucify him!”
Hey Gang: Just arrive
home from several weeks in sunny Florida thinking our arrival home would be to
spring-like weather with buds on the trees and greening of the grass. Yuk! You know the old saying: ‘In like a lion,
out like a lamb- or in like a lamb and out like a lion’.
During this pre-Easter Season, I committed to search out as
many Scriptures that in any way pointed to Calvary and the tremendous gift the
Father gave to us: “For God so lived the
world, that gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not
perish but have ever lasting life” (John 3:16).
In my research I found more than seven-five Scriptures that
directly referred, in some way to the crucifixion. There were many others that one might term
‘asides’, so, focusing on the crucifixion and all the ramifications of the
crucifixion would include hundreds of others.
I have also found this to be true in my studies of prophecy. I have found that over one-third of the Bible
consist of prophecy-related Scriptures.
I tend to lean towards what God said about what is going to happen; however,
one can find prophecy in most the Bible.
We left London, Kentucky on our final leg home on Easter
Morning- about the same time that those churches which hold to the tradition of
Sunrise Services, would have begun. The
London stop brought back memories of another time when I, along with my son and
one of our workers, visited London to pick up three boys who had truanted and
stolen a car. Special memories for both
Michael, my son and Dan, the worker, both have moved on to a far better place.
As we traversed the final 534 miles home, I did some very serious
research. Do you know how many churches there
are between London, Kentucky and Big Rapids, Michigan? I don’t know the exact number but counted
more than one hundred. My interest was
not in the number of churches but in what their parking lots looked like. I can share with you this morning, if all
who arrived in the parking lots of the churches along Route 75 in Ohio are truly
living for Jesus born again believers, the body of Christ is alive and doing
very well in Ohio
When we hit the Michigan line most lots were empty, so my
parking lot research ended. But before
ending this epistle I want to share a thought that suddenly popped into my
mind. It pertained to the Scriptures of
the day. Jesus entered Jerusalem on a
donkey to the worship and praise of the people who respected Him and loved Him.
We know the rest of the story - that shortly thereafter, the mob screamed. “Crucify
Him”.
The question that entered my mind: “Is this not similar to
what is happening to our President today?”
We have a very clear and distinct differences of opinion in our nation –
on one side we hear the voices of those who believe he was chosen and placed in
the oval office by God, and, on the other side, we hear, “Impeach him” and, if
that does not work, “Crucify him”.
We recently celebrated the home going of Billy Graham. In one of his letters he wrote{ “It is the
hope of the Second Coming of Christ that thrills me every day of my life,” I
know that He is coming again, and I know that He going to see a kingdom of
which there will be no end. In Titus 2, it says, “Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great
God and our Savior Jesus Christ”.
Jesus spoke to them saying, “Go therefore, and make disciples of all nations” (Read Matt;
28:18-20),
Blessings,
Gramps
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